Quality & Safety Manager
Quality & Safety Manager
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Job Description
About the role
Mater Private Hospital Townsville is excited to announce an incredible opportunity for our dedicated internal team. We are seeking applications for an Interim Quality & Safety Manager to provide cover while we undertake a formal recruitment process for this role. This is a fantastic chance for an internal employee to showcase their skills and take on a leadership role within our renowned hospital. The successful applicant will be offered a 6-week fixed term secondment where you will work 38 hours a week.
The role involves providing support in delivering safe and high-quality care with a focus on creating a culture that values safety identifies vulnerabilities and integrates risk quality and safety functions. Reporting to General Manager the Quality and Safety Manager will be responsible for managing activities related to quality and clinical safety management accreditation and continuous improvement across Mater Private Hospital Townsville.
What youll be doing
Key Responsibilities include:
- Lead develop implement and maintain an organizational-wide quality system.
- Systematically monitor performance across all safety and quality systems.
- Report to the health service organization and governing body.
- Maintain personal professional skills competence and performance.
- Set up operational policy and procedure framework.
- Implement effective systems for management of credentialing clinical education and training performance monitoring and clinical safety and quality education.
- Respond promptly and effectively to indications of clinical underperformance.
- Coordinate and oversee planning and development of the Mater Health environment to support safety and quality.
- Engage with clinicians on the environment of Mater Health.
- Allocate appropriate resources to ensure the environment supports safety and quality.
- Respond to identified concerns about the environment.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Relevant qualification and/or substantial work experience (greater than 5 years) in managing organizational clinical governance/quality systems.
- Experience working in clinical quality and safety roles in the healthcare sector.
- Postgraduate qualifications in a related field (desired).
- Sound knowledge of maintaining accreditation status and compliance with accreditation standards.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to influence others.
- Advanced computing skills and ability to interrogate data.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
Applications close Friday 29th August 2025. If you require further details please reach out to Please note we may contact applications prior to the closing date please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
For more information regarding Reconciliation at Mater please visit our Reconciliation webpage.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Contract
