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About Peninsula Health Peninsula Health provides public healthcare services to residents of the Mornington Peninsula.
Our hospitals and emergency departments are located at Frankston and Rosebud, and we provide a wide range of community health, dental, rehabilitation, mental health, palliative care ad aged care services from campuses at Frankston, Hastings, Mornington and Rosebud.
Person centred care is at the heart of everything we do, guided by our values of Services, Integrity, Compassion, Respect and Excellence.
Position Summary The Sepsis Improvement Project has been established to improve the recognition and immediate management of sepsis in the hospital setting. This project is supported by the Better Care Victoria Innovation Fund.
The purpose of the Project Officer position is to facilitate the process of implementing and sustaining the Adult Inpatient Sepsis Pathway across the organisation to ensure consistency of the program. This role will include structured quality improvement implementation, data collection, education, training, and directly liaising with clinicians.
The Sepsis Improvement Project Officer will be expected to develop networks with project team members, clinicians, managers, professional bodies, and consumers as appropriate to inform and lead discussion on sepsis management.
Key Responsibilities • Ensure patient and consumer safety and quality of care is the highest priority. • Ensure any risks are identified and reported promptly and that prevention strategies are implemented to ensure the safety of all patients and consumers. • Maintain a good working knowledge of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, take the initiative to pursue opportunities for quality improvement, and actively contribute to the accreditation of the service being delivered. • Ensure and take all reasonable care for your personal safety and the safety of patients, consumers and colleagues. • Ensure any hazards or incidents identified are reported promptly and that risk controls are implemented to eliminate/reduce risks and ensure the safety of staff as well as others. • Actively participate in workplace health and safety initiatives and consult with colleagues and management in relation to issues that impact on the safety of the workplace. • Comply with all Policies and Procedures, including the ‘Hand Hygiene’ Policy, ‘Smoke Free Work Environment’ policy and clinical/operational practice guidelines. • Maintain confidentiality as per Peninsula Health Policies and Procedures and in accordance with relevant privacy and health records legislation. • Actively involve patients, consumers and/or carers in quality and safety improvement activities. • Maintain up-to-date immunisation status related to own health care worker category. • Ensure that the principles of general and patient manual handling are adhered to.
• Create and develop a positive working relationship with team and colleagues. • Act in accordance with the ‘Code of Conduct’ and ‘Workplace Behaviour’ Policies. • Actively participate in relevant professional development.
How to apply
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Other Information
• Ensuring the health and safety of our patients, visitors and staff is at the heart of everything we do. As part of this commitment, all new members of our team must meet the immunisation requirements of their role prior to commencement. • Peninsula Health is committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. • Peninsula Health believes in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce where each person’s uniqueness is valued. Peninsula Health believes that by embracing the diverse life experiences and perspectives of our people, we will provide high-quality health care to all members of our community – regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, disability, religion or sexual orientation.
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Selection Criteria |
Essential: Ability to prioritise and deliver project outcomes within specified timeframes Essential: Ability to develop networks with project team members, clinicians, managers, professional bodies and consumers as appropriate to inform and lead discussion on sepsis management Essential: Experience in the collection and review, analysis and reporting of project related data and performance measures. Essential: Knowledge of adult learning principles and ability to apply these when providing workshops and facilitating education and training sessions. Essential: Experience in working with high acuity patients (e.g. ED, hematology, or ICU liaison) Essential: Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills. Essential: Experience in provision of regular progress reports to key stakeholders. Essential: Work independently with minimum supervision while ensuring sound reporting mechanisms are in place to monitor achievements and link to organisational priorities. Desirable: Experience in the development, implementation and assessment of quality improvement activities. Desirable: Demonstrated project management experience in a health related environment including scoping, planning and aligning activities. |