Quality Improvement Facilitator
Job no: 955582
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Various categories
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Bedford Park – Clinical Services, Rehabilitation, Aged Care and Palliative Care
- Salary $132,794.00 - $138,730.00 RN/M3 (Pro Rata)
- Salary $112,139.00 - $120,284.00 AHP3 (Pro Rata)
- Full-Time Position Until March 2028
Join our Palliative Care team and make a significant impact on the lives of our patients.
As a Quality Improvement Facilitator within Southern Adelaide Palliative Services (SAPS), you will apply your clinical knowledge and leadership to strengthen the systems and processes that underpin safe, compassionate palliative care. Working closely with SAPS and Divisional Services, you will lead quality improvement projects, support innovative care delivery approaches, and drive meaningful progress against the Network's Strategic Safety and Quality Plans.
About the role:
Reporting to the SAPS leadership team, this role is integral to embedding a culture of continuous improvement across the service. Working alongside clinical and operational colleagues, you will contribute to quality and safety initiatives that directly enhance patient outcomes in palliative care. Duties for the role will include:
- Contributing to the improvement of Patient Safety Management Systems to enhance patient health outcomes
- Supporting the development and delivery of quality, safety and risk programs across the service
- Facilitating quality improvement best practice and the application of relevant research in a palliative care context
- Maintaining ongoing professional development to sustain and grow specialist expertise in safety and quality
About you:
You are a motivated quality and safety professional with a genuine commitment to improving outcomes in a specialist palliative care environment. To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Experience leading and managing change within a complex or multi-disciplinary organisation
- Knowledge of risk management and quality management systems standards and principles
- Strong computing skills, with confidence working with data, reporting and analytical tools
- Relevant qualifications in quality, audit or risk management (desirable)
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
Want To Know More? Contact: Maria Garcia - RAP Casual Pool Clinical Support Nurse, Phone: (08) 8404 2657, E-mail: Maria.Garcia2@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 22nd November 2026
Attachments:
- Quality Improvement Facilitator - Role Description
- AHP3 Palliative Care Project Facilitator - 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: 955582
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