Job Ref #: 00740
Industry: Pharmaceutical And Medical/Healthcare
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Market Related
Description:
The Clinical Governance Quality Leader will assume a broad level of accountability for the outcomes of care within a specific geographical area. You will be responsible for ensuring the improvement of all modalities of clinical outcomes for the area under your management.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
- Clinical data collection and clinical report writing.
- Collaborate with the operations teams to determine the clinical needs in the region and develop interventions to formulate plans to address these educational and clinical needs.
- Implement clinical pathways and bundles of care.
- Collaborate in the provision of continuous training and encourage continuous quality improvement in the unit environment.
- Assume accountability for the outcomes of care for an assignment of patients in a specific geographical area.
- Assist with the collection and analysis of data related to individual patient outcomes.
- Devise care plans with the unit leaders and monitor progress to improve the patients' experience and clinical outcomes, guiding these plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, physicians, and the multidisciplinary team toward reachable goals in a timely manner.
- Assist in the development, review, revision, and rollout of clinical policies and procedures and/or education materials.
- Participate with the clinical department and unit managers in the identification and development of unit-specific education and outcome goals.
- Benchmark unit outcomes, identify, and share best practices.
- Provide training and monitor the implementation of clinical policies and procedures in the unit.
- Ensure quality management programs are in place and functional in the units.
- Participate in QI meetings to ensure areas for improvement are addressed and appropriate action plans are formulated per policy and procedure.
- Work with the operations teams to ensure implementation and resolution of deficiencies.
- Manage allocated special projects regionally, i.e., vascular access, Cath-away, nephron, and the patient app.
- Participate and assist in research.
- Assist the units with applicable student training.
Requirements:
- Registration with HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner or registration with the South African Nursing Council as a registered nurse/midwife is essential.
- MBChB degree in Medicine or a Master's degree in Nursing or Master's Degree in Clinical Technologist: Nephrology or a BMed in Clinical Practice is essential.
- Relevant qualification within a specialist area in nephrology preferred.
- Relevant experience in nephrology will be preferred.
- Project management and improvement methodology experience.
- Extensive travel nationally.
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