Quality Coordinator

• Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Whanganui District
• Patient Safety, Quality, and Innovation
• Permanent, 40 hours per week

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Do you have a passion to keep our patients safe while in hospital? Then this is the role for you.

Quality improvement is around assurance and improving already existing systems,

As a QI coordinator you will have different work each day dependant of the demand and the health team you are working with. While it may be completing an adverse event review, it could also be creating a new way to improve something at the hospital.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The patient safety team have portfolios that cover infection prevention, family violence, education in protection of children, mental health quality team, mortality and morbidity reviewer, patient quality coordinators, document control, customer relations, privacy and moving and handling roles.

For more information on living and working in Whanganui, click here

About you

• Experience in leading quality improvement programmes
• Post graduate qualifications in quality improvement
• What a quality health system looks like for you

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by the close date

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Stacey at jobs@wdhb.org.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.