Northern Sydney Local Health District
Reference number
REQ642499
Occupation
Clinical Operations
Work type
Part-Time
Location
Sydney - North/North West
Salary Information
$ $150222
Closing date
05 March 2026 at 11:59pm
This newly created position presents an exciting opportunity for someone skilled and experienced in the area of clinical governance, patient safety and quality.
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $ $75.76 per hour
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism.
Where you'll be working
PARVAN Service, Royal North Shore Hospital Campus
What you'll be doing
The Prevention and Response to Violence Abuse and Neglect ( PARVAN) Quality Manager provides leadership and delivers relevant strategic and operational advice on clinical governance, patient safety and quality, patient experience and accreditation functions across NSLHD PARVAN Services. The role leads the Clinical Governance Quality and Safety functions across the PARVAN Service, ensuring PARVAN Service compliance with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
This includes facilitation, leadership, training and support to the management team and multidisciplinary clinical teams in delivering improved client care, and to undertake quality monitoring and improvement initiatives including clinical risk and incident management, clinical audit, and clinical improvement initiatives. The role also includes providing direction in Quality Improvement and Accreditation, Consumer Focus (Complaints, Compliments and Suggestions), Clinical Risk Management, Policy and Procedure development, Work Instruction development and maintenance and guidance of the PARVAN Internet and Intranet.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
* Health related tertiary qualifications or equivalent extensive health experience in a Quality and Safety Management, Senior Project Management or Senior Management role.
* Demonstrated understanding of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS} Standards and requirements for implementation, including risk management and mitigation approaches, and evidence development.
* Extensive knowledge of and demonstrated ability to provide leadership to implement quality and safety/ clinical governance strategies and accreditation requirements for the organisation.
* Extensive experience in providing high level leadership and strategic advice on quality and clinical safety programs and development of policies, procedure and guidelines. Understanding and proven ability to affect change utilising change management skills.
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Applications Close: 5 March 2026