Midwifery Maternity Patient Safety Co-Lead
- Generous leave conditions in accordance with NSW Health (State) awards.
- Collaborate with leaders to shape governance and improve healthcare systems.
- Oversee data analysis, risk management, and policies to drive excellence.
Lead safety and quality improvements in Women’s Health Network and drive operational excellence.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Midwife Manager Grade 5
Remuneration: $150,623.88 - $153,175.41 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Westmead Hospital
Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) provides healthcare across several LGAs, including Auburn, Blacktown, and Parramatta. We are committed to delivering high-quality healthcare in line with our core values of collaboration, respect, and empowerment.
- Provides primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare
- Westmead: A major tertiary referral facility
- $1 billion Westmead Precinct transformation
- Cutting-edge health, education, and research hub
- Focused on delivering quality care for decades
What you'll be doing
The Midwifery Patient Safety Clinical Lead drives safety and quality across WSLHD's Women’s Health Network, strengthening clinical governance and improving systems to support operational excellence.
In this role you will:
- Collaborate with network and safety teams
- Analyse event and clinical data for improvements
- Ensure policies align with best practices
- Support audits and performance reviews
How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.
Essential Criteria:
- Registration: Midwife - Registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Midwife.
Selection Criteria:
- Extensive clinical and management experience in the maternity environment or possess post graduate qualifications at masters level in specialisation or equivalent work experience.
- Demonstrated experience in quality, safety and clinical risk management within a complex/acute maternity environment, including the application and evaluation of patient safety programs, clinical risk identification, and improvement methodologies.
- Demonstrated knowledge of clinical systems and health services, including understanding of human and other factors impacting on patient safety.
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal, communication, negotiation, influencing and motivational skills that support personal capacity to build and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with a range of multidisciplinary stakeholders including senior managers and clinical staff.
- High level verbal and written communication skills including the ability to analyse and synthesise data and use it to drive improvement through the production of briefs, presentations, business plans and reports.
- Well-developed organisational and project management skills including the capacity to successfully complete several tasks concurrently and achieve set deadlines.
- Demonstrated leadership, coaching, mentoring and training skills to support a range of change management initiatives.
- Evidence of a current class C driver's licence and ability and willingness to travel for work purposes.
Requisition ID: REQ517560
Applications Close: 7th November 2024
Need more information?
- Discover more about the application process.
- Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.
- Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
- For inquiries about the role, contact Andrew Pesce on Andrew.Pesce@health.nsw.gov.au OR Michelle Underwood on Michelle.Underwood@health.nsw.gov.au
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.
Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
