Quality & Risk Advisor

Are you passionate about quality, compliance and continuous improvement?  Join Southcare in a pivotal role where you will help shape and maintain our quality, compliance and risk framework, supporting excellent in service delivery across our organisation. Working closely with leaders and stakeholder's, you will contribute to accreditation outcomes, ensure compliance with the Aged Care Quality Standards, and provide specialist advice on risk governance, quality system sand continuous improvement activities.

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining Southcare's quality, compliance and risk frameworks across the organisation, supporting accreditation and compliance with the applicable Aged Care Quality Standards and providing specialist knowledge and advice on risk governance

About the Role

If successful You will be responsible for maintaining Southcare's quality, compliance and risk framework across the organisation, supporting accreditation and compliance with applicable Aged Care Quality Standards, and providing specialist knowledge and advice on risk governance.

Driving a culture of quality, safety and continuous improvement across our organsiation, you will lead Southcare's quality, risk, compliance and continuous improvement systems, providing expert advice on Aged Care Quality Standards and regulatory requirements.  Coordinating audits, policy reviews, risk management and accreditation activities and preparing quality and risk reporting for management and governance committees.  

You will be responsible for developing, maintaining and actioning the internal and external Quality audit plan in MOA.  Planning and leading quality audits both internal and external to the organisation using formal audit processes.  You will provide monthly reporting to the Quality Committee on internal audit plan status and outcomes. You will also provide training to new and existing staff on the Quality Management and Risk Management systems as required.

You will manage the continuous improvement plan (MOA) by implementing and supporting continuous quality initiatives across the organsation.  Promoting a culture by coordinating and supporting quality initiatives in practicing ongoing quality improvement.

If you believe this role is the right fit for you, read on to learn more about what you will bring to the role and the benefits of joining the Southcare team!

To be successful in this role you will bring;

• Qualifications and/or relevant experience in risk, compliance and auditing.
• Experience coordinating accreditation processes including associated audits and preparation of relevant documentation.
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, evaluating and implementing a quality, risk and compliance system in an aged/health care setting or similar.
• Experience implementing organisational-wide change management strategies to support new quality and risk processes and initiatives.
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills, including working successful across multidisciplinary teams and with diverse communities.  Ability to research and prepare reports and deliver presentations to multiple audiences.
• Well-developed level of IT skills including an understanding of document management systems, databases and data analysis.
• Have a hands-on approach to problem solving and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Be team focused with an ability to encourage and motivate others to elicit cooperation.
• Demonstrated understanding of person-centered care and a willingness to work within Southcare’s Purpose & Values.

What Southcare can offer you!

• 12% superannuation + competitive Salary Packaging benefits of up to $15,900 per annum tax free (more after tax $ in your pocket!)
• Up to $2,650 per annum tax free meal and entertainment card
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• On-site free parking
• Flexible working arrangements to promote work/life balance
• Supportive working environment so you can learn and thrive
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Well-being initiatives including free flu vaccines and Employee Assistance Program x 4 consults per year
• Celebrations including birthday, annual awards events and end of year celebration to connect you with fellow Southcarers

Next steps

If you are a motivated and community-minded professional with a passion for relationship-building and growth, we would love to hear from you.

Southcare is an EEO employer and welcomes applications from indigenous and diverse backgrounds.   We promote Gender Equality and Empowerment. 

All successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and will consent to a pre-employment assessment.

If you're interested in this role and wish to apply, please submit your application with a covering letter explaining why you think this is the perfect role for you.