Drive Quality, Governance and Safer Care at Logan Hospital

Metro South Health is seeking an experienced Clinical Governance and Safety Officer - Clinical Nurse Consultant (NG7) to lead clinical governance, quality and patient safety initiatives across Emergency and Clinical Support Services at Logan Hospital. This is a permanent full-time opportunity..

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Your new role:

As the Clinical Governance and Safety Officer – Clinical Nurse Consultant, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and expert advice to strengthen patient safety, quality improvement and clinical governance across the Emergency and Clinical Support Service Line. Working closely with senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams, you will lead NSQHS activities, incident management, audits and data-driven improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and service performance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading patient safety, quality improvement and clinical governance activities
• Providing expert advice on clinical incident management, analysis and reporting
• Leading NSQHS Standards activities, including audits, gap analysis and short-notice assessments
• Analysing safety, quality and performance data to inform strategic decision-making

About you:

You are a senior Registered Nurse with strong clinical credibility and a passion for improving patient safety and quality. You are confident working autonomously, influence effectively at a senior level, and bring a collaborative, evidence-based approach to clinical governance.

You will bring:

• Advanced clinical expertise in patient safety, quality improvement and clinical governance
• Proven ability to analyse and report on clinical and safety data
• Experience leading change and service improvement initiatives
• Proficiency with RiskMan, CAMMS and Microsoft applications (desirable)
• Relevant postgraduate qualification (or working towards) highly desirable

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• 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.

About us:

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.

Documents

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

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS02673980_HP Role Description (PDF)
  
  MS02673980_NG Role Description (PDF)