Quality & Safety Officer (For serving HA staff only)

Rank \: Advanced Practice Nurse

Department/Cluster\:

Quality & Safety Division, New Territories East Cluster

Pay

HK$64,518 to HK$89,978 (HGPS Pt 26 to 33A) per month including Monthly Allowance

Up to 15% of total basic salary (after deducting the contribution of Mandatory Provident Fund by Hospital Authority) as end-of-contract gratuity may be offered to contract staff upon completion of the contract subject to satisfactory performance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Assist with the promotion of organizational quality and safety culture, practices and service.
2. Participate in planning, implementation, and evaluation of the service.

3. Coordinate quality assurance related issue including Audits, Performance/Quality indicators, Clinical outcome indicator, etc.

   Assist and coordinate departments for Continuous Quality Improvement programs.

4. Assist clinical departments to develop risk reduction strategies and programs.
5. Coordinate the implementation of quality/risk reduction program.
6. Conduct patient safety assessments, risk management round, risk data collection and analysis.
7. Manage the quality and risk knowledge information.
8. Conduct training on quality & incident management.
9. Coordinate the preparation for Hospital Accreditation.
10. Facilitate learning and sharing on quality and Hospital Accreditation.
11. Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisors.

Entry Requirements

1. Holder of a valid Registered Nurse practicing certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Hong Kong.

2. Qualification in advanced nursing specialty*.

3. A degree in Nursing or equivalent.

4. 5 years or more post-registration experience in healthcare, of which at least 3 years is in the related specialty.

*Qualification in advanced nursing specialty refers to recognized post-registration certificate, or post-graduate certificate/diploma course in nursing specialty, or Master in nursing# or related discipline with considerable coverage on a relevant nursing specialty.

#Only post-registration Master in nursing programmes are accepted.

Preferred Attributes / Exposure

1. Demonstrated competency requirements and leadership ability of an APN.
2. Master degree in nursing or related discipline.

3. Contribution to professional development including research/evidence-based practice,

   teaching and training.

4. Experience in quality / risk management activities.
5. Experience in coordinating and conducting training workshop/seminar.
6. Able to work independently and under pressure in an efficient and accurate manner.
7. Good interpersonal relationship and communication skills.
8. Able to speak fluent English with good writing skills in English.
9. Good in computer and web system.