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- Fixed Term Part-Time (24 hours per week) - parental leave backfill: October 2026 to November 2027
- Lead improvement in infection prevention, patient safety and clinical excellence
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Division
The Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Division is located within the Directorate of the Chief Medical Officer and provides leadership and oversight of systems and processes that enable the delivery of safe, effective and appropriate care for our patients. The Division is made up of the Patient Safety Unit, Patient Experience Unit and Clinical Excellence Unit.
About the role
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Excellence Lead to join the Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Division at Austin Health.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to organisation-wide quality improvement initiatives and support Austin Health's commitment to delivering safe, effective and person-centred care. Working within a collaborative and high-performing division, you will play a key role in strengthening clinical governance, leading standards improvement activities and supporting accreditation readiness across the organisation.
While the position supports organisation-wide clinical governance and accreditation activities, the primary focus of the role is leading and coordinating improvement initiatives related to Standard 3: Preventing and Controlling Infections under the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards. The role works closely with the Infection Prevention and Control team, clinical leaders and operational stakeholders to strengthen systems, drive sustainable improvement and support best-practice care across the organisation.
You will join the Patient Safety and Clinical Excellence Division, a supportive and high-performing division that leads quality, safety, accreditation, patient experience and clinical governance initiatives across Austin Health.
You will:
- Lead standards improvement and accreditation activities, with a primary focus on Standard 3: Preventing and Controlling Infections.
- Work collaboratively with clinical and operational teams to drive quality improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate assessments, audits, reporting and evidence collection.
- Analyse data and use findings to support improvements in patient care and outcomes.
- Support implementation of the Clinical Governance Framework and continuous improvement across the organisation.
About you
You are a healthcare professional with experience in quality improvement, clinical governance, accreditation or patient safety. You have a strong understanding of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and enjoy working collaboratively to drive meaningful improvement.
You will bring:
- Clinical experience within a healthcare setting.
- Knowledge of quality improvement and clinical governance principles.
- Experience supporting accreditation or standards improvement activities.
- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
- Excellent organisational, analytical and report-writing abilities.
- A proactive, collaborative and solutions-focused approach.
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Deborah Brown, Associate Director Clinical Excellence at [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Thursday 27 August 2026
