Quality Improvement Partner

Part time (0.8FTE per week), fixed term until January 2027

Parkville location, with multiple public transport options available

$111,103 - $119,553 (pro-rata for part time) + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave

The Royal Women’s Hospital is one of Australia’s oldest and most distinguished tertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health. Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About The Team The Quality and Safety Unit at the Women’s is committed to driving excellence in care by fostering a culture of continuous improvement, clinical accountability and patient-centred outcomes. We work in partnership with consumers and staff to ensure that care is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and person centred.

About The Role As a Quality Improvement Specialist you will provide improvement expertise across the breadth of clinical and non-clinical services at the Women’s, with a primary focus on maternity services. You will be involved in planning, implementing and evaluating quality improvement projects that support safe, high quality maternity care. This includes implementing improvement priorities determined through analysis of incident review recommendations, clinical audit findings and patient feedback.

A Regular Day Will See You

Work collaboratively with maternity clinical leaders and other key stakeholders to identify, scope, design, plan, evaluate and report on quality improvement initiatives

Convene working groups, workshops, focus groups etc to ensure maternity staff and consumers are engaged as active participants in quality improvement activities

Facilitate the delivery of relevant education, training, coaching and professional support in relation to each quality improvement initiative

Build capability amongst the clinical staff, supporting others to participate and engage in quality improvement projects (e.g. participating in audits, guideline review, delivering training etc)

About You You’ll bring with you:

Experience as a health professional, preferably within the public health sector

Highly desirable: Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse and/or Midwife, with a minimum of three years’ post-registration experience

A proven track record in implementing quality improvement initiatives and managing change projects ideally within acute or maternity care settings

The ability to lead and influence others

Skills and experience to facilitate groups and workshops effectively

Our Benefits At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

Up to $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation

A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program

Public transport options at our doorstep and end of trip facilities for cyclists

Onsite post office, eateries, retail stores and library services

Mentoring, learning and career development opportunitiesFive weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading, monthly ADO’s (for full time) and purchased leave options

Inclusion and belonging The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

Join us! If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a valid Working with Children Check. Clinical staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases.

Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, or if you require an accessible copy of the position description, you are most welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.

For more information, please view the Position Description for this role.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Donna Smith on (03) 8345 3872 or donna.smith@thewomens.org.au or Andrea Donnell (03) 8345 3872 3413

Application closing date: 24 February 2026

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