Quality and Safety Nurse Manager Emergency Department

• Lead safety and quality initiatives in a dynamic ED environment

• Empower teams to deliver exceptional, patient-centred care

• Drive innovation, learning, and continuous improvement

Lead, influence, and elevate care standards by managing quality and safety across a fast-paced, high-performing Emergency Department at Westmead Hospital. 

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (up to 30/06/2026)
Position Classification: Nurse Manager Grade 2
Remuneration: $66.50 - $67.83 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital

Where you'll be working
Join the Emergency Department at Westmead Hospital, part of the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) — one of NSW’s leading tertiary teaching hospitals. You’ll be part of a passionate, multidisciplinary team committed to improving safety, performance, and outcomes in emergency care.

• Supportive, collaborative leadership team driving innovation and excellence

• Culture of learning, reflection, and continuous improvement

• Opportunity to shape quality and safety strategy across a major ED

• Work with district and state-level safety networks and programs

• Commitment to staff wellbeing, development, and empowerment

What you'll be doing 
As the Quality and Safety Nurse Manager, you’ll lead, guide, and influence safety and quality practices within the Emergency Department. You’ll provide expert consultancy, oversee incident management, and embed a proactive safety culture that supports clinical excellence.

• Lead and coordinate ED quality and safety programs and initiatives

• Support harm review processes and implementation of SAER recommendations

• Provide education and coaching to staff on safety standards and improvement

• Collaborate with facility and district teams to align Q&S strategies

• Analyse and interpret data to inform risk management and decision-making

How to Apply
Be part of shaping safer, smarter emergency care and join WSLHD at Westmead Hospital and make a meaningful difference in patient outcomes by championing quality, safety, and leadership excellence in emergency nursing. Apply now to lead with purpose and help create a culture where every patient receives safe, high-quality care—every time, by submitting online your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria:

• Qualifications: post graduate qualification in a specialty area and/or leadership/management experience (as deemed appropriate by the Western Sydney Local Health District). 

• Registration: Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with a post graduate qualification in a specialty area and/or leadership/management experience (as deemed appropriate by the Western Sydney Local Health District). 

Selection Criteria:

1. Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with a post graduate qualification in a specialty area and/or leadership/management experience (as deemed appropriate by the Western Sydney Local Health District).

2. Demonstrated understanding of the quality and safety and risk management in the ED and ability to enable safety culture

3. Understanding of professional subcultures within the health care system and demonstrated ability to design and deliver project outcomes that both challenge and create balance with those competing viewpoints

4. Demonstrated understanding of change management and influences, a track record in project management and the ability to deliver outcomes within specified timeframes

5. Highly developed and proven communication skills that include coaching, conflict resolution, mediation, delegation and negotiation skills and the ability to write reports of a high standard

6. Demonstrated computer literacy and ability to use a variety of computer applications (e.g. word processing, Excel, databases and Intranet)

7. Understanding of, and commitment to the effective and meaningful engagement of clinicians in the decision-making process that impacts on positive patient outcomes

Requisition ID:  REQ602674
Applications Close: 26^th October 2025

 
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• For inquiries about the role, contact Kelly Bivona on 0487 579 653