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Clinical Nurse Consultant ¿ Patient Safety Officer
Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook
Are you ready to shape safer healthcare through clinical leadership and innovation?
Join Metro South Health as a Patient Safety Officer at Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, in this temporary full-time opportunity to lead clinical incident management, drive quality improvement and help deliver safer healthcare for our community.
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South,Logan - Beaudesert |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS11696077_NG |
| Closing date | 17-Nov-2026 |
| Job duration | 15/02/2027 - 13/02/2028 |
| Contact person | Mildred Chitabwa |
| Contact details | (07) 3299 8764 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
Bring your clinical expertise and passion for improving healthcare outcomes to a specialist leadership role where you will influence patient safety and clinical quality across Logan and Beaudesert Health Service.
In this role, you will:
- Lead the review, analysis and management of clinical incidents, including conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and identifying opportunities to prevent patient harm.
- Provide expert clinical advice and support to managers and multidisciplinary teams on patient safety, clinical risk and quality improvement.
- Drive the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based quality initiatives, clinical audits and improvement strategies.
- Promote a strong patient safety culture through education, collaboration, mentoring and clinical leadership.
- Monitor patient safety trends, communicate lessons learned and contribute to service-wide improvements and reporting.
About you:
You are an experienced and motivated nursing professional with a strong understanding of clinical governance and a genuine commitment to improving patient safety and quality of care.
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and a relevant tertiary nursing qualification.
- Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in clinical governance, patient safety, quality improvement or clinical risk management.
- Demonstrated experience in clinical incident investigation and analysis, including Root Cause Analysis and identifying strategies to minimise preventable patient harm.
- Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and support positive change.
- A commitment to evidence-based practice, continuous improvement and collaborative multidisciplinary teamwork.
- A relevant postgraduate qualification, or evidence of enrolment in further study, will be highly regarded.
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What we can offer you:
- Play a key role in strengthening patient safety and improving healthcare outcomes across Logan and Beaudesert Health Service.
- Expand your clinical leadership and specialist expertise while contributing to organisation-wide quality initiatives.
- Contribute to evidence-based initiatives, clinical redesign and improvements that make a real difference to patient care.
- Access flexible working arrangements that support your personal and professional commitments.
- You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
Logan Hospital:
Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.
We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.
Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are better together.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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