This role offers an exciting an opportunity to lead and coordinate quality, safety, and risk initiatives within the Gladstone Hospital, aligning them with CQ Health’s strategic standards and national benchmarks.

You will manage patient liaison activities, ensuring continuous improvement through patient feedback and safety measures, while also overseeing staff training and risk mitigation strategies. Your responsibilities will include coordinating accreditation preparations, managing incident reporting and investigations, facilitating quality meetings, and implementing innovative safety and quality programs.

If you are passionate about enhancing healthcare quality and safety, I highly encourage you to apply for this rewarding role and make a meaningful impact within CQ Health.

Suitable for both Administration and Nursing streams.

Job details

About us:

Gladstone Hospital is a 70-bed hospital and offers a range of general and specialist inpatient and outpatient services including emergency, general medicine and surgery, basic orthopaedic, clinical investigation, obstetrics, maternity, gynaecology, high dependency and coronary care, palliative care, medical imaging, pathology, and paediatrics.

Gladstone Hospital has approximately 282 full time equivalent staff delivering services across acute, community and primary care. Approximately 500 babies are born at the Gladstone Hospital each year and approximately 1600 surgical cases performed in the two operating theatres.

About the role:

The primary purpose of the position is to advocate for and provide advice to the business unit on contemporary quality, safety, and risk management practices to meet the business unit's strategic and operational objectives, Central Queensland Health (CQ Health) Quality, Safety and Risk strategic priorities and the Australian Healthcare Standards (ACHS) Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program (EQuIP) National Standards.

About you:

AO6: Nil.

Nurse Grade 6 (1): Current registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

• A relevant postgraduate certificate or post graduate diploma is an expectation of this position.

• Where the successful applicant does not currently hold this qualification, commitment to completion within an agreed timeframe is expected and will form part of the performance and development plan.

What we offer:

Total remuneration value of up to $148,323 p.a. is comprised of:

• An hourly rate between $61.20 - $65.56 p.h. (AO6)
• An hourly rate between $54.44 - $58.30 p.h. (NRG6)
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your current CV or resume, including referees.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
• Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.

Please note pre-employment checks will be carried out on applicants recommended for appointment/employment which may include confirming your qualifications, professional registration/s, previous employment history (including any previous disciplinary action), criminal history, Australian work status and vaccination requirements.

For assistance:

1. Contact Recruitment.CentralQueensland@health.qld.gov.au
2. Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) GL5E638023

Applications close: Monday, 16 June 2025

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

This position will be filled in accordance with Queensland Public Health Sector (QUEENSLAND HEALTH) CERTIFIED AGREEMENT (No. 11) 2022.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• GL5E638023 - NRG 6 (PDF, 343KB)
  Role Description
  
  GL5E638023 - AO6 (PDF, 341KB)
  Role Description
  
  Information for Applicants (PDF, 316KB)
  Information Package for Applicants