Quality Leader Eastern Cape ( Based NRC Head Office) - NRC Head Office Clinical Governance at National Renal Care Pty(Ltd)

Description

National Renal Care has grown and evolved into the leading total kidney disease management organisation that provides person-centered health and care, which is digitally enabled, and data driven. National Renal Care seeks to recruit an ambitious, talented, goal driven and self-motivated individual to fulfil the role of a Quality Leader.

The Clinical Governance Quality Leader will assume a broad level of accountability for the outcomes of care within a specific geographical area. You will be responsible for ensuring the improvement of all modalities of clinical outcomes for the area under your management.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Clinical data collection and clinical report writing.
• Collaborate with the operations teams to determine the clinical needs in the region and development interventions to formulate plans to address these educational and clinical needs.
• Implement clinical pathways and bundles of care.
• Collaborate in the provision of continuous training and encourage continuous quality improvement in the unit environment.
• Assumes a broad level of accountability for the outcomes of care for an assignment of patients in a specific geographical area.
• Assist with the collection and analysing of data related to individual patient outcomes.
• Devises care plans with the unit leaders and monitor progress thereof to improve the patients experience and clinical outcome and guiding these plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, physicians and the multidisciplinary team, toward reachable goals in a timely manner.
• Assist in the development, review, revision and roll out of clinical policies and procedures and/or education materials.
• Participate with the clinical department and unit managers in the identification and development of unit specific education and outcome goals.
• Benchmark unit outcomes, identify and share best practices.
• Provide training and monitor the implementation of clinical policies and procedures in the unit.
• Ensure quality management programs are in place and functional in the units.
• Participate in the QI meetings to ensure areas for improvement are addressed and appropriate action plan is formulated per policy and procedure.
• Work with the operations teams to ensure implementation and resolution of deficiencies.
• data collection.
• Manage allocated special projects regionally i.e. vascular access, Cath-away, nephron, and the patient app.
• Participate and assist in research.
• Assist the units with applicable student training.     

Requirements

• Registration with HPCSA as a Medical Practitioner or registration with the South African Nursing Council as a registered nurse/midwife is essential.
• MBChB degree in Medicine or a Masters degree in Nursing or Masters Degree in Clinical Technologist: Nephrology or a BMed in Clinical Practice is essential.
• Relevant qualification within a specialist area in nephrology preferred.
• Relevant experience in the  nephrology will be preferred.
• Project management and improvement methodology experience.
• Extensive travel nationally.