Patient Safety Manager

The Patient Safety Manager works across the hospital to improve and sustain the patient safety behaviour, outcomes and culture in the hospital. This starts with the identification, reporting and analysis of patient safety events and the use of these findings to plan, facilitate and execute improvement work.

• ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
• Professional Nurse qualification
• DESIRED EDUCATION
• Risk or Patient Safety Management qualification
• ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
• 3 years of Professional Nurse experience in a hospital
• 1 year IPC link nurse experience
• DESIRED EXPERIENCE
• N/A

Identify, report and investigate Patient Safety using systems analysis methodology.

To lead the MCSA Patient Safety culture at the hospital through Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives and awareness of patient safety risks and mitigation methods.

Identify training needs in the hospital to enable and build a Patient Safety and Quality Improvement culture

Manage and oversee clinical audits and accreditations and ensure compliance with Statutory and Regulatory requirements including Medico-Legal investigations

To provide support to the hospital regarding Infection Prevention and Control management in the absence of the Infection Prevention and Control Specialist