Patient Safety Improvement Unit Manager
- Sydney, NSW
- $127,150-144,444 per year
- Temporary
- Full-time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $127,150.00 - $144,444.00 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ603163
Application Close: Sunday, 14 September 2025Patient Safety Improvement Unit Manager - Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye HospitalBenefits:
- A workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing
- Orientation and supported transition into your new role
- Targeted clinical stream education programs affiliated with university partners
- Development pathways that are aimed at career progression
- Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Leading the development and implementation and monitoring of patient safety and clinical improvement activities and processes within the Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital (SSEH).
- Development and implementation of activities related to the business improvement and risk management projects within the operational and clinical services of the hospital.
- Engaging and supporting clinicians and administrative staff in patient safety and clinical improvement projects and
- Facilitating a patient safety ethos within SSEH, to achieve an organisational culture in which patient safety, risk management, clinical quality and consumer partnerships become an integral part of core business.
- Providing leadership to foster quality improvement culture across the organisation in order to enhance the safety and quality of patients care and risk minimisation.
- Tertiary qualification in a health discipline and/or extensive recent clinical experience in complex health care settings relevant to clinical governance.
- Demonstrated understanding and application of the concepts, principles and practice of clinical governance, including patient safety, clinical risk management, quality improvement and complaints/Patient Experience management.
- Demonstrated analytical problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated presentation skills and the ability to provide training and education on patient safety issues to clinical and clinical support staff
- Demonstrated superior written and oral communication skills with a demonstrated ability to produce comprehensive reports.
- Demonstrated exceptional interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to communicate; consult and negotiate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrated experience working constructively with clinical staff in complex health care organisations and demonstrated peer leadership skills with the ability to effectively motivate and develop staff in a multidisciplinary environment.
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