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Patient Safety Advisor
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#513534
Full Time
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Job description
About Us:
The Department of Health, Tasmania values compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence in all its endeavours. We strive to create a work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our team is committed to providing exceptional healthcare services to the community.
About the Role:
This Allied Health Consultant - Patient Safety position plays a critical role in ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to promote quality improvement and patient safety across Hospitals South.
Key Responsibilities:
Developing and delivering training programs and projects to improve service delivery and mitigate risks within the scope of the assigned quality and patient safety portfolio.
Leading and implementing an integrated patient safety and risk management program in collaboration with colleagues.
Promoting and evaluating data to inform quality improvement across Hospitals South.
Facilitating quality and patient safety investigations, development of relevant procedures and reports.
Requirements:
Extensive knowledge of continuous quality improvement, national accreditation processes, risk management, undertaking clinical investigations and management of complaints.
Experience in data collection and analysis and the ability to produce high level written reports and correspondence.
High level interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to liaise with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and educate, influence and motivate staff.
About Us:
The Department of Health, Tasmania values compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence in all its endeavours. We strive to create a work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our team is committed to providing exceptional healthcare services to the community.
About the Role:
This Allied Health Consultant - Patient Safety position plays a critical role in ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to promote quality improvement and patient safety across Hospitals South.
Key Responsibilities:
Developing and delivering training programs and projects to improve service delivery and mitigate risks within the scope of the assigned quality and patient safety portfolio.
Leading and implementing an integrated patient safety and risk management program in collaboration with colleagues.
Promoting and evaluating data to inform quality improvement across Hospitals South.
Facilitating quality and patient safety investigations, development of relevant procedures and reports.
Requirements:
Extensive knowledge of continuous quality improvement, national accreditation processes, risk management, undertaking clinical investigations and management of complaints.
Experience in data collection and analysis and the ability to produce high level written reports and correspondence.
High level interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to liaise with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and educate, influence and motivate staff.
