Quality Manager – Medicare Private Hospital at Africa Health Care

Description

• A vacancy exists for a Quality Manager reporting to the Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will form part of the multidisciplinary team ensuring that all our patients receive comprehensive quality nursing care.

Critical Outputs

• Risk Management assessment of all relevant clinical procedures and implementation of controls.
• Quality management and infection control.
• Compiling and management of quality processes in the hospital.
• Managing, reporting, investigation and close out of all quality and environmental incidents and deviations to standards in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
• Measuring performance against the quality objectives, evaluating the results and co-ordinate corrective action where necessary, together with the multidisciplinary team.
• Conducting risk assessments on an annual basis, together with multidisciplinary team, in accordance with legal requirements
• Monitoring and review of hazard/risk management quarterly, together with multidisciplinary team.
• Monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of actions taken to mitigate/control risk, together with the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintaining and updating of risk register.
• Coordinating the hospital Health & Safety Committee meetings.
• Ensuring that all legal appointments are made, staff trained in the requirements of such appointments and legal requirements are adhered to.
• Guiding the Hospital Manager on health and safety related issues to ensure that the legal requirements are adhered to for staff safety.
• Coordination of employee injuries and occupational disease reporting – internally and externally.

Requirements

• Registered with the South African Nursing Council as a Professional Nurse.
• Advantageous – Diploma in Healthcare Management, Risk management and infection control
• Knowledge and skill in quality assurance, improvement of quality, infection control, health and safety, training and development, risk management and administration
• At least 3 years’ experience in private healthcare.
• Computer proficiency.