Quality and Patient Safety Officer

About

Support and guide quality and patient safety initiatives for the business unit to achieve company goals and comply with relevant regulatory requirements. The role requires relevant clinical and quality-improvement qualifications, hospital-based quality-project experience, accreditation and regulatory-audit experience, and specified quality, analytics and communication skills. Number of posts: 1 Reference: 74882 Duty station: Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates

How to apply

Apply online through the official Mediclinic Middle East careers advert page using the Apply Now option or Start applying with LinkedIn.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and guide quality and patient safety initiatives aimed at achieving JCIA accreditation standards.
• Provide guidance to business to achieve quality and patient safety standards by means of relevant policies and procedures.
• Implement appropriate and effective training programmes aimed at educating business on sound quality and patient safety measures.
• Schedule and execute quality and patient safety audits to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and best practice.
• Support business with quality improvement metrics and related analytics, including periodic reviews of the effectiveness of implemented quality and patient safety measures.
• Monitor and manage the clinical and non-clinical risk management programme.

Qualifications

• A relevant formal qualification in Nursing or other related clinical discipline.
• A relevant degree or diploma in Quality Improvement.
• At least 2 years' experience in developing and leading quality projects or related initiatives within a hospital setting.
• Previous experience in hospital accreditation surveys (e.g. JCI, AHA, SRC, CARF, etc.).
• Previous experience in JAWDA data extraction and validation.
• Previous experience in Abu Dhabi licensing and regulatory audits (e.g. DOH, Tasneef, etc.).
• Computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Data analytics and methodologies.
• Development and implementation of training programmes.
• Quality management and governance standards and best practice.
• UAE healthcare regulatory framework and related requirements.
• Verbal and written communication skills in English.