Champion Patient Safety. Lead Clinical Excellence.

Are you an experienced midwife with a passion for patient safety and quality improvement? Join Bayside Health Service as a Clinical Midwife Consultant – Patient Safety Officer, where you'll lead clinical governance initiatives, influence organisational change and help deliver safe, person-centred care across the service! Upcoming backfill opportunities available!

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About your role

As the Clinical Midwife Consultant – Patient Safety Officer, you'll provide advanced clinical leadership within the Clinical Governance Unit, supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality care across Bayside Health Service.

In this role you will:

• Lead patient safety and clinical governance initiatives across the service.
• Coordinate and support clinical incident investigations and reviews.
• Provide expert advice on patient safety, quality and risk management.
• Analyse clinical data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and HEAPS review processes.
• Support accreditation, clinical audits and governance activities.
• Develop and implement evidence-based quality improvement strategies.
• Build strong partnerships with clinicians, executives and consumers.
• Mentor and educate staff in patient safety and clinical governance.

About you

You're an experienced and collaborative midwife who is passionate about improving patient outcomes through clinical governance, quality improvement and evidence-based practice. 

You'll bring:

• Expertise in patient safety, clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Experience leading clinical incident investigations and reviews.
• Strong knowledge of NSQHS Standards and accreditation requirements.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Experience interpreting clinical data to drive service improvements.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and continuous learning.
• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field are highly regarded.

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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.

Redland Hospital:

Redland Hospital is the major health centre for adults and children in the Redlands and Brisbane's southern bayside suburbs. We provide a range of services including emergency care, primary health and minor injury care, acute and subacute medicine, general surgery, maternity and paediatric, mental specialist outpatient and mental health care.

It's an exciting time as our Redlands Coast community grows bringing a diverse range of patients & an opportunity to make a real difference in the community. With more beds, new and expanding services the Redland Hospital expansion provides a range of opportunities to pursue and build a long-term career, enjoy a supportive work environment, professional growth opportunities, and a vibrant community!

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.

• MS08688993 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)