Quality and Risk Officer

Your role at St John of God Warrnambool Hospital

We are seeking a Quality & Risk Officer to join our team and play a key role in supporting and strengthening quality and continuous improvement across the hospital. The role supports quality improvement and risk management initiatives assists with accreditation and licensing requirements and helps foster a proactive culture of continuous quality improvement.

You will work across a diverse range of specialty areas including Perioperative Services Clinical Services Day Oncology and Outpatient Rehabilitation providing variety and meaningful impact in your work.

This position offers genuine flexibility to suit your lifestyle. Hours can be tailored to the successful candidates availability. Schoolhours arrangements may also be considered making this an ideal opportunity for candidates seeking worklife balance without compromising professional contribution.

The Position

• Liaise with caregivers and medical practitioners to promote awareness of the quality improvement cycle and foster a culture of openness within the organisation.

• Assist in maintaining the electronic incident management system for SJGGH ensuring measures and outcomes are appropriate.

• Assist in maintaining the clinical audit program at SJGGH ensuring databases and systems are in place to effectively manage the audit data.

• Provide information to key stakeholders to allow informed decision making on key concerns identified through electronic incident management system.

• Carry out statistical analysis of data generated by audit and present in an appropriate format to the relevant parties.

• Participate in Benchmarking Activities and provide assistance in producing actions plans to generate performance improvement.

• Provide analysis and reporting to the Hospital Management Committee (HMC)Quality and Risk Manager and Senior Managers for;

  • Department of Health auditing requirements

  • Clinical Indicators (ACHS)

  • KPIs

  • Patient feedback

  • External audits and evaluations

• Participate in relevant committees and working groups reporting and providing relevant data.

You will have a current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and minimum of five (5) years clinical experience.

To succeed you will have to demonstrate Demonstrated understanding knowledge expertise and achievement of accreditation and private hospital licensing addition you will demonstrate conceptual and analytical skills including the ability to analyse information and provide reports relating to findings.

The Benefits:

• Salary: $117134 to $123300 per annum (pro rata basis for part-time) plus 12% superannuation

• Permanent part-time role up to 22.8 hours per fortnight.

• Salary packaging up to $18550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage rent meal entertainment holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options additional purchased leave and well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Dynamic multidisciplinary team

For enquiries contact Rebecca White Quality and Development Coordinator on (03)

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure welcoming and accessible and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.