Nurse/Health Manager - Quality, Risk and Patient Safety
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- REQ610851 Requisition #
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- 22 hours ago Post Date
Nurse/ Health Manager - Quality, Risk and Patient Safety - Permanent Full Time - The Sutherland Hospital
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Clinician Level 3
Remuneration: $139,661.16 - $142,254.44 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ610851
Location: Caringbah, Sydney
Applications Close: 26 October 2025
Come Work With Us!
An exciting opportunity to join South Eastern Sydney Local Health District!
Want to work in a highly motivated environment that values individual strengths, teamwork and collaboration, contributing to the organisations culture of safety and quality.
For role related queries or questions contact Elizabeth Mason on Elizabeth.Mason@health.nsw.gov.au
Where you'll be working
The Sutherland Hospital
What you'll be doing
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The position provides support to the operational and strategic clinical quality systems for The Sutherland Hospital and Community Health Services by facilitating an organisational culture in which patient safety, risk management and clinical quality become an integral part of core business.
Selection Criteria:
- Registered Nurse/midwife with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration, or relevant tertiary qualifications and experience in a health service manager role that demonstrates a track record in quality, safety and risk management.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the quality systems and standards used to review, monitor and evaluate the health services performance including National Standards.
- Demonstrated skills in managing a number of projects concurrently, with varying timeframes and workloads, in a high-volume work environment.
- Highly developed communication, interpersonal and influencing skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with clinical teams and senior management.
- Sound knowledge of quantitative and qualitative evaluation strategies to monitor and report on performance of quality improvement and demonstrated ability to write reports and present findings to inform decision making.
- Highly developed skills and experience in managing and supporting quality improvement projects, including the ability to positively influence teams.
- Demonstrated skills in leadership and motivation with experience in mentoring, coaching and facilitating multi-disciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated experience in patient safety, incident management and incident investigation methodologies and risk management.
Benefits:
- Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
- Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
- Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Elizabeth Mason on Elizabeth.Mason@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace
We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.
Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email seslhd-recruitment-tsh-garrawarra@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for applicants:
- If you have relevant qualifications or experience, please include any supporting documents with your application.
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural background, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
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