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Healthcare Quality Focus: Clinical Governance Officer - SA Health Opportunity

Join SA Health as a Clinical Governance Officer at Flinders Medical Centre and play a key role in enhancing patient safety and healthcare quality. This full-time contract position until December 2026 offers the opportunity to support clinical governance frameworks, coordinate quality improvement initiatives, and work with multidisciplinary teams in one of Adelaide's leading hospitals. Make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes while developing your expertise in clinical governance within South Australia's largest health network.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nursing Director, this role is responsible for the support of all Clinical Governance Unit activity within SALHN. These services contribute to the timely achievement of Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) service objectives. The Clinical Governance Unit Support Officer is accountable to the Director, Clinical Governance for the administration of significant projects of a sensitive, innovative, critical or complex nature

Duties for the role will include:

• Responsible for a range of financial related functions within Clinical Governance, including the oversight and completion of work assignments and standard of work quality/delivery,
• Maintain spreadsheets for monitoring performance of various types of Clinical Governance expenditures,
• Assist in planning, coordinating, and preparing for Clinical Governance meetings, conferences, and events,
• Assisting in directing and project managing Business initiatives which are constructed to meet customer objectives,
• Administration of significant projects of a sensitive, innovative, critical or complex nature. They have significant level of discipline knowledge, sound expertise and competence in the required areas and the ability to formulate, implement, monitor and evaluate projects and programs,
• Quality administrative/project support,
• Review report submissions to Clinical Governance Director to ensure all relevant information and details are included, are correct and have the relevant sign-off approvals

About you:

• Proven ability to meet stringent deadlines and perform well under pressure and have sound knowledge of the functions and responsibilities of working in a CEO’s office,
• Proven ability to recognise and discreetly deal with confidential matters; demonstrate integrity of the highest order and exercise diplomatic skills appropriate to sensitive and high-level issues,
• Proven ability to work with a high degree of independence, determine priorities and anticipate the requirements of an Executive Team,
• Experience in managing a range of clerical duties and tasks,
• Proven experience in the provision of financial analysis, information and advice,
• Experience in the creation and maintenance of financial budgets

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: SALHN Clinical Governance, (08) 8204 6665, katie.andrews@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 7 December 2025

Attachments:

• ASO4 Clinical Governance Officer- Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 922997