Quality & Patient Safety Advisor
Vacancy Details
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| Job Type: | Corporate Support Services |
| Vacancy Group: | St. Vincent's University Hospital |
| Category: | Management / Admin |
| Closing Date: | 17/08/2022 |
| Reference: | HR22E367 |
Description
Applications are invited for the permanent position of Quality & Patient Safety Advisor (Grade VII Officer) in the Quality & Patient Safety Department of St. Vincent’s University Hospital.
Role Summary:
Evolving healthcare requirements demand a skilled resourced department to lead on quality within healthcare. Quality & Patient Safety are core fundamentals of every department and aspect of care and services provided here in SVUH. With SVUH possessing both JCI and JAG accreditation & in light of the National Licencing of Healthcare proposal by HIQA, SVUH Quality & Patient Safety Department are ideally placed to build on our existing expertise and knowledge and support the organisation in facing future challenges.
The Quality and Patient Safety (QPS) Advisor (Grade Vi) will lead the Quality & Patient safety Coordinator team to focus on quality improvement projects within SVUH both from external drivers (e.g. National Quality Improvement projects /IEHG projects/ International Standards) and projects identified internally (e.g. Clinical Directorates/incidents/ SVUH Clinical Audit).
The QPS Advisor (Grade VII) will be responsible with leading on proactive quality improvement programmes coordination of response to national standards and accreditation requirements and linking with Clinical Directorates in targeted initiatives to improve the quality of care.
As a key member of the Quality and Patient Safety Department, the post holder will be responsible for leading & guiding the development, co-ordination and delivery of activities associated with patient safety and quality improvement programmes in St Vincent’s University Hospital
The post holder will work with the Operation Manager and Quality & Patient Safety Team, to drive core programmes in quality, safety and risk management in line with SVUH strategic goals, including:
- Coordinating status of recommendations from local & national investigations, reports and audits.
- Quality improvement
- Risk management
- Patient safety and service improvement
Informal Enquiries: Dr Emer Bairead, Interim Director of Quality & Patient Safety. Email: ebairead@svhg.ie
Please download the below Job Description for this position, as this will not be available online after the vacancy close date.
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