Drive Quality, Governance and Safer Care at Logan Hospital
Join Metro South Health as a Clinical Governance and Safety Officer (HP5) and play a pivotal role in strengthening patient safety, clinical governance and quality improvement across Emergency and Clinical Support Services. This is a Permanent Full Time opportunity based at Logan Hospital, ideal for an experienced clinician ready to lead change at scale.
About This Role
Your new role:
As the Clinical Governance and Safety Officer, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist expertise to drive patient safety and quality initiatives across the Emergency and Clinical Support Service Line. Working closely with senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams, you will shape clinical governance systems, support NSQHS accreditation activities, and use data-driven insights to improve patient outcomes.
Key Responsibilities Include
* Providing expert leadership in patient safety, quality improvement and clinical governance
* Leading NSQHS Standards activities, including gap analysis, audits and short-notice assessments
* Analysing safety, quality and performance data to inform decision-making and service improvement
* Supporting incident management, investigation and reporting (including RiskMan/CAMMS)
About You
You are a senior health professional with strong clinical judgement and a passion for patient safety and quality improvement. You thrive in complex environments, work confidently at an autonomous level, and influence change through collaboration and evidence-based practice.
You Will Bring
* Advanced clinical expertise in safety, quality and clinical governance
* Demonstrated experience in incident management, audits and quality improvement initiatives
* Experience using RiskMan, CAMMS and Microsoft applications (highly desirable)
* Relevant tertiary qualification with professional registration (postgraduate qualification desirable)
* Proven ability to lead, influence and engage multidisciplinary stakeholders
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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
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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.
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.