Safer Together Program Regional Morbidity and Mortality Quality Improvement Lead

Fixed Term
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About the Role

Are you passionate about improving clinical safety and quality across healthcare services? This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in strengthening clinical governance and quality improvement across the Grampians Local Health Service Network (LHSN).

As the Regional Morbidity and Mortality Quality Improvement Lead, you’ll support regional health services to implement evidence-based practices, improve clinical outcomes, and ensure learnings from critical events are translated into meaningful change.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Facilitate quarterly M&M meetings for Urgent Care Centres and EDs across the Grampians LHSN

• Assist health services with implementing M&M recommendations

• Support clinical risk reviews, audits, and process improvement initiatives

• Assist services with reviewing cases aligned to key STP priorities (e.g., Stroke, Sepsis)

• Provide education on clinical risk, RCAs, and adverse event reporting

• Help develop and access regional policies and protocols related to clinical risk

• Build strong regional partnerships for safety and quality initiatives

• Represent the role at regional Quality and Safety Network meetings

• Collaborate on developing KPIs aligned with strategic priorities of the STP

Skills & Experience

• Registered with AHPRA (Nursing or Allied Health discipline)

• Knowledge of clinical risk and quality systems in healthcare

• Skilled in conducting M&M and clinical incident reviews

• Proficient in VHIMS or similar adverse event systems

• Experience in quality improvement and change management

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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Lisa Oro, Safer Together Program Coordinator on 0402087955 for a confidential discussion. 

Job applications close: 13 August 2025

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent. Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.