Patient Safety Capability Lead

Patient Safety Capability Lead
Full Time Permanent role
Patricia Peck Education and Research Precinct, Malvern
$130,000 + superannuation

Cabrini offers:

• Tax savings - Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits
• Hospital located close to public transport with discounted Myki Commuter fares
• Discounts to hospital services
• Opportunity to develop your career in a supported environment
• Excellent workplace culture in a mission based, values driven organisation

How you will make an impact:
Cabrini is committed to delivering safe, effective, high quality healthcare services in partnership with patients and their families. The Patient Safety Capability Lead will build expertise within the Quality and Patient Safety team and the wider organisation for clinical incident reviews extending to serious adverse Patient Safety event (SAPSE) reviews in line with Duty of Candour legislation.

Working in collaboration with other members of the Patient Safety, Patient Liaison, Patient Experience and Quality Improvement teams, the patient Safety Capability Lead will contribute to the development of a culture of safety, quality and clinical risk management across Cabrini by improving systems and processes to monitor, follow up and reduce the incidents of adverse events and complaints.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working with the Quality and Patient Safety team to review and implement incident management procedures
• Providing coaching and mentoring to Quality and Patient Safety Partners for contemporary incident review practices
• Conducting incident/mortality/hospital acquired complication case reviews and follow up system or process issues
• Promoting and supporting the implementation and management of the Statutory Duty of Candour (SDC)/Open Disclosure (OD) and the sentinel event program
• Regularly review reported incidents or feedback including the identification of possible trends that require improvement
• Managing the review of adverse Patient Safety events (APSE) including serious adverse Patient Safety (SAPSE)/sentinel events and maintaining a register

What you will bring to the role:
To be successful in the role, you will have a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development and also have the following:

• Relevant degree in a health-related discipline
• At least 5 years' post graduate clinical nursing or health professional experience in the acute care setting
• Proven experience leading clinical incident investigations and complex complaint reviews
• Broad understanding of SDC including SAPSE and sentinel event reviews and legislative requirements
• Knowledge of clinical incident and quality management processes, frameworks and tools
• Experience managing staff and building team capability
• An understanding of the RiskMan incident reporting system desirable
• Knowledge of quality improvement principles and processes
• Understanding of legislative and accreditation requirements for acute health

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Enquiries to: Jodie Dooley, Director of Clinical Quality & Patient Safety - 9508 3524 / 0448 746 ***

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne's southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, we have been providing quality, compassionate care to our community for 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini. Wherever we work, we are compassionate, connected people transforming lives together. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care, and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers and provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation, and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise their potential.

Cabrini is an equitable and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a safe environment for children and vulnerable people.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for Influenza and COVID-19 (including boosters), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.