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Reference Number 24601
Position Title Quality and Safety Manager - Public Fertility Services, Reproductive Services Unit
Employment Type Ongoing Part Time
Service Quality and Safety Manager - FS
Location Parkville
Salary $61,467.00 to $64,549.00
Hours Per Week 22.8 hours
Position Summary
Quality and Safety Manager - Public Fertility Services, Reproductive Services Unit
- Ongoing Position
- Part-time: 22.8 hours per week
Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.
Join us to create Victoria’s first fully Public Fertility Service (PFS) and help thousands of Victorian people to fulfill their dream of becoming parents. The new PFS offers high-quality, safe, and value-based fertility services for all eligible Victorians including people who are single, Aboriginal, LGBTIQ+, living with a disability, from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, from regional and rural communities and/or living on low incomes.
Building on decades of leadership in fertility care the PFS offers a full range of integrated services including:
- Fertility assessment and management, including consultations, fertility investigations, ovulation monitoring/tracking and ovulation induction
- Assisted reproductive treatments, as well as counselling, information and support
- A publicly run fertility preservation program so people with cancer or other health issues can have their tissue stored and retrieved for future us
As our Quality and Safety Manager (Fertility Services) you will define, develop, manage and report on the Fertility Services Quality Management System to meet Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee (RTAC) Code of Practice. Through your thorough understanding of RTAC's Code and National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) standards you will lead the Fertility Services to exemplary standards of quality and safety, that comply with all statutory requirements. You will extend this expert guidance to the fertility service satellite sites.
Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Implement the Fertility Services Quality Management System including incident management guidelines, systems, business rules, and timeframes.
- Ensure all clinical incidents area are investigated and reported according to the Women’s incident management guidelines, within required timelines, including reporting serious incidents to RTAC and VARTA as required.
- Develop improvement plans in response to identified risks and along with department managers, facilitate their implementation
To be successful within this role you will need to have:
- Current registration with AHPRA as a Division 1 Registered Nurse, or other relevant clinical experience
- Fertility nursing experience
- Thorough understanding of the RTAC Code of Practice
- Familiarity with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
- Experience with the Victorian Healthcare Incident Management System (VHIMS)
- Experience in a systems approach to quality, safety, continuous improvement and risk management
When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.
Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit:
We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.
The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.
It is a policy of the Women's to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, please contact the hiring manager listed under 'Contact Person'
Ready to make the move?
For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.
All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
Please be aware that in line with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all workers at the Women's regardless of role, will be required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
Influenza Vaccination Requirement
In line with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, some health care workers are now required to have their flu vaccination to work in health care. Evidence of vaccination is required.
As this role fits into category A or B of the departments risk ratings, applicants will be required to have been vaccinated against influenza. Evidence of vaccination is required.
All applicants will be required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.
If you would like to receive this information/publication in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) please call our HR Enquiries line on: 03 8345 2080, or email
Selection Criteria Essential: Do you have a current registration with AHPRA as a Division 1 Registered Nurse or other relevant clinical experience?
Essential: Do you have fertility nursing experience? If yes, please detail your experience.
Essential: Do you have a thorough understanding of the RTAC Code of Practice?
Essential: Are you familiar with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards?
Essential: Have you had experience with the Victorian Healthcare Incident Management System (VHIMS)? If so, in what capacity?
Essential: Please outline what a systems approach to quality, safety, continuous improvement and risk management means to you.
Contact Person Melissa Culka
Contact Number (03) 8345 2032
Alternate Contact Person Anna Burchell
Alternate Contact Number (04) 2770 6595
Closing Date 15/12/2022
Position Description Quality and Safety Manager Public Fertility Services 28.11.2022.pdf
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Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on the closing date.
Please ensure your application is added before this time as we do not accept late applications.
