Full time / Part Time - Shellharbour Private Hospital & Wollongong Day Surgery
About the Business:
Shellharbour Private Hospital is a 60-bed hospital with consultancy, outpatient, rehabilitation day programs, surgical, general medical and rehabilitation services.
Wollongong Day Surgery provides high quality surgical services in a range of specialties including gastroenterology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic, IVF, gynaecology, adult and paediatric dental surgery, ENT, oral and maxillofacial surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery and general surgery.
About the Role:
Reporting to each site's DCS, the Quality & Risk Manager is a position that plays a critical leadership role in promoting a culture of exceptional quality and safety across Shellharbour Private Hospital and Wollongong Day Surgery.
The success profile and key accountabilities of this position include:
* Reflecting Healthe Care's strategic direction in maintaining a local quality and risk strategic plan that creates a pathway to developing, maintaining and improving quality and safety standards.
* Manage a professional development program for increased staff knowledge and awareness surrounding quality and risk systems, and fostering the skills required to maintain a safe working environment for themselves, their coworkers and visitors to the hospital.
* Maintain a risk identification framework in creating a culture of 'risk mitigation' and 'risk management' to prevent incidents from arising.
* Develop and implement proactive strategies to increase awareness of HIMS from both a quality and risk management perspective.
* Critically review all HIMS entries to establish learning outcomes and identify actions required to avoid, manage and control identified risks.
* Provide professional guidance and direction to the Work Health & Safety Committee, including professional development as necessary.
* Provide monthly reports to the site Executive Teams regarding quality and risk performance.
* Facilitate the compilation of specialty clinical registry data and participate in internal and external clinical outcome reviews via craft group meetings
Essential Criteria
* Current nursing registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse or tertiary qualifications in Allied Health with registration/relevant eligibility for association membership, with at least 3 years postgraduate experience
* Comprehensive understanding of the National Safety and Quality in Healthcare Standards and accreditation processes
This role will require the employee to work across both Shellharbour Private Hospital & Wollongong Day Surgery.
Please forward Expressions of Interest to Jane Wilkinson at **************@healthecare.com.au or via link
Applications close 15 April 2026.