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Patient Experience Partner

Job posted: 26/11/2024
Applications close: 10/12/2024 (Midnight)
2 days remaining

2 days remaining

Job Description

Location: Melbourne | Parkville

Job type: Part time

Organisation: The Royal Children's Hospital

Salary: $111,000 - $121,000

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 12587

Reference: 12587

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Salary Range: $111,000 - $121,000

Work location: Melbourne | Parkville

  • Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital
  • Friendly and supportive team environment
  • Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging

 

About the Role

This is a Permanent Part Time position at 60.8 hours per fortnight within the Quality Department. You will be responsible for leading the identification, triage and review of feedbcak from RCH patients and families. You will play an essential role in supporting and connecting patient experience principles through our clinical divisions including; leadership in responding to concerns, ensuring contemporary review practices and embedding learnings from feedback to ensure RCH continuously improves the care of our patients and families.

 

Classification for this position will range from AO71 – AO75, Grade 7 Level 1 to Grade 7 Level 5 (FTE base salary $111,103 to $121,274 per annum, plus superannuation).

 

What you’ll achieve:

  • Monitor trends relating to patient experience across RCH working with divisional partners to ensure high quality, safe care.
  • Support teams across RCH in the use of the Victorian Incident Management System (VHIMS).
  • Work with all RCH patients, families and staff to ensure a just and open culture.

 

Your skills and experience:

  • Tertiary qualifications in a related field and/or significant relevant industry experience.
  • Proven leadership experience in a team environment and ability to work well as a senior team member.
  • Proven experience in the review of adverse patient safety events including the development of the systems to support patient safety.

 

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

 

About the Department

The RCH Quality team is dynamic and collaborative, supporting patient safety, patient experience and clinical excellence systems and processes across the health service. The Quality Department supports clinical governance processes, coordinates accreditation against the National Safety and Quality Health Service standards and provides expert advice to staff on matters relating to patient safety and patient experience.

 

What we offer:

  • Culture of continuous improvement
  • Flexible work options available

 

Other requirements:

  • Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
  • Valid Working with Children Check
  • Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

 

Application process

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!

For more information about this position please contact Jo Miller, Director Quality Ph: 0478 854 014 Email: jo.miller@rch.org.au

 

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 10 December 2024

Patient Experience Partner

Job type:

Part time

Job classification:

Undefined

Contact:

Jo.Miller@rch.org.au - Jo Miller - 0478 854 014

Patient Experience Partner