The Team:

Quality and Patient Safety Team comprises a diverse team that work within the North West Hospitals and Primary Care Sites. All our team work closely together to focus on delivering excellence in Quality and Safety healthcare to achieve improved outcomes for our consumers, our workforce, and the Tasmanian community.

The Role:

Working across Mersey Community Hospital and North West Regional Hospital, this position contributes to the successful positioning of the Patient Safety Service to provide high quality, accountable and measurable healthcare, both internally and externally.

We are seeking someone who has strong interpersonal skills and who can develop rapport and maintain effective communication with health professionals and consumers from varied backgrounds and experiences. If you like a challenge, have great energy and attitude, are organised, competent with computer systems, care about good consumer outcomes and want to be a part of a progressive team this could be the job for you.

As a member of the Quality and Patient Safety team, the Patient Safety Advisor contributes to the successful positioning of the North West Quality and Safety Service by providing quality, accountable and measurable healthcare. This is achieved by:

• Ensuring the principles of continuous quality improvement are applied in the delivery of the services within the Patient Safety Service.
• Promoting and ensuring a proactive, integrated, innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to continual improvement, which includes the active engagement of consumers in the development and implementation of quality improvement projects and the coordination of THS NW Policy documents.
• Active participation in continuous improvement through the Consumer Feedback program.
• Meeting Key Performance Indicators and Statewide Compliance and accreditation requirements

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of appointment:

Permanent full time, day worker position, working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as you can join the team.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.

Salary: $98,255 to $103,069 per annum. Our Employer 11.5% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accordance with Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2022

Salary Packaging:

You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.

Benefits available to eligible candidates:

More information about our Employee Benefits can be found here

Eligibility:

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications
• Current Driver’s Licence

Note: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of pre-employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.

Statement of Duties:

• Advisor - Patient Safety Band 5 (July 2023) CSU.docx

Application Guide:

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide Sep 2024.docx

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.

*applications from Recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role

For more information:

Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.

Judy Taylor

Executive Director of Quality and Safety

Phone: (03) 6478 5353
Email: [email protected]

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Respecting diversity is the foundation of everything that Department of Health do. This allows us to instil trust and collaborate through honest and fair communication and helps cultivate an environment of growth and innovation. We strongly encourage applicants from key communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ people, and people living with disabilities.