Head of Quality & Safety - Health Services & Mental Health

Our Home Health platform is a leading integrated healthcare business delivering in home clinical care and services that meet the needs of the wider community. Fostering an innovative way of working with real social impact, the Quality and Safety team aim to mature clinical and care practices, carefully balancing the cost, effectiveness, and operational impact of interventions, ensuring always that our workforce is skilled and competent to deliver.

As the Head of Quality & Safety - Health Services & Mental Health, you will lead a team of clinical quality partners ensuring strategic focus and ongoing continuous improvement of the health services and mental health quality and safety systems including initiating and leading transformative change.

Supporting the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) you will test key business strategies and innovative clinical frameworks whilst being accountable for the effectiveness of the clinical governance framework and driving performance excellence.

Monitoring the quality and safety of care through effective clinical governance you will also oversee serious incident investigations including corrective actions, identification of root causes and associated preventative actions to continuously improve our ways of working.

This is a full-time opportunity and can be based within NSW, VIC, or Southeast QLD where you will have flexibility to work in a hybrid work model.

About you: 

• Registered Division 1 Nurse with current unrestricted AHPRA Registration
• Experience with Quality Management Systems, Quality improvement and Risk Management
• Relevant understanding of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and Aged Care Quality Standards
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with business leaders to ensure timely, effective, and targeted communications
• Strong interpersonal capabilities and ability to work cross-functionally with others

Benefits:

• Flexible working; with attractive salary package + incentive program 
• Additional yearly paid Well-Being, Community and Deep Listening leave days 
• Fitness Passport - a discounted health and fitness program (NSW & VIC)
• Ability to purchase up to 2 weeks additional annual leave
• Employee discounts on Australian Unity’s product suite plus travel and accommodation
• Novated Leasing– enjoy a new car whilst salary packaging with Maxxia 

Click APPLY or contact Caroline Gray at cagray@australianunity.com.au for a confidential discussion. Applications close Friday 22nd November 2024.

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people. To view our Reconciliation Action Plan, please click https://www.australianunity.com.au/about-us/reconciliation-action-plan