Quality and Risk Manager - Heidelberg, Australia - Healius

Healius

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Heidelberg, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Quality and Risk Manager

Quality and Risk Manager, Genomic Diagnostics

We are one of the Australia's leading healthcare companies
Fulltime Permanent Position in Heidelberg
Competitive salary & Career Progression

About us:

At Healius, we are proud to be one of Australia's leading healthcare companies. We care about providing high quality, easily accessible and affordable healthcare services, including diagnostic imaging and pathology, to our patients and their referring practitioners across the country. We are committed to the wellbeing of our people, customers, and communities which we serve.
Operating 2,200 pathology collection centres and 102 laboratories, 145 Imaging sites and 15 Day Hospitals, Healius employs close to 12,000 people across Australia. What sets Healius people apart is their tremendous energy and enthusiasm for the healthcare sector, and we are more focused than ever on creating a more engaged and collaborative working environment.
Genomic Diagnostics is the national genomics laboratory for Healius Pathology. We provide comprehensive genomic testing, spanning reproductive health, inherited disease, pharmacogenomics, oncology, and relationship testing, to an extensive network of public and private hospitals and community referrers across Australia. Our primary focus is to provide high quality and timely genomic information to assist in diagnosis and clinical decisionmaking.
Key Responsibilities
Provide fortnightly quality and risk reports to the Operations Manager, including current status of quality and risk management activities (complete, ongoing and planned)
Produce summary reports of key quality and risk performance indicators and other activities for review and discussion at GD quality and risk management meetings
Lead quality and risk components of all projects at GD
Supervise the maintenance of laboratory accreditation
Coordinate audits conducted by external accreditation and regulatory bodies
Schedule, coordinate, perform and document internal audits
Coordinate the laboratory response to feedback from internal and external audits, including management of identified nonconformances and risks and formulation of written response to external bodies
Adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to the position of Quality and Risk Manager

To be successful:

Tertiary qualifications in science
Leadershiplevel experience in the implementation and continuous improvement of quality management systems and risk management processes
Previous employment in a health service and/or scientific laboratory, ideally in diagnostic pathology
Demonstrated understanding of clinical governance, laboratory risk management and quality improvement concepts with emphasis on continuous improvement and organisational change
Extensive working knowledge of medical testing laboratory accreditation requirements and standards . .