Maternity Quality and Safety Programme (MQSP) Coordinator
Dunedin
Category Healthcare & Nursing Jobs
Otago and Southland District-wide opportunity Permanent position, full-time or part-time FTE negotiable to suit your needs Hours of work - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm M te tranga - About the role We have an exciting opportunity for someone to help shape our service provision with a district-wide focus as a Maternity Quality and Safety Programme (MQSP) Coordinator. Reporting to the Director of Midwifery, this role will see you interfacing with Maternity teams across the district to monitor and improve the provision of safe, high-quality maternity care to Southern families. The key purpose of this role is to lead the maternity clinical quality and safety programme and ensure meaningful liaison with stakeholder groups.
This is a District role, so will require travel across the District regularly, you can be based in either Invercargill or Dunedin. Mu ake - About you To enable your success in this role you will also: be a Registered Midwife and hold a current NZ annual practicing certificate be experienced with Project Management; Quality Improvement Systems; Audit; Research have a good understanding of and commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi and the importance of reducing inequalities in health outcomes be a respected professional with the ability to develop and maintain excellent relationships with LMCs, primary, secondary and tertiary maternity providers and maternity stakeholder groups in both community and hospital settings have confidence with te ao Mori, tikanga, and te reo Mori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth. You will also require a full, clean driver's licence to be able to successfully carry out this role as travel will be required across the region on a regular basis.
View position description Painga - Benefits Continuous support for career development Subsidised gym membership and discounted health insurance Access to a range of retail discounts and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Find out more about our variety of benefits and discounts here Benefits of joining us - Southern Health - He hauora, he kuru pounamu M mtou - About us Southern Midwifery supports a very diverse maternity community spread across the region, providing care to whanau in urban, rural and remote areas of the Southern region. To achieve our maternity and broader population health goals we work in partnership with Iwi, primary care and community providers, rural trust hospitals and education and research partners across the district. Find out more about midwifery at Te Whatu Ora Southern here Midwifery - Southern Health - He hauora, he kuru pounamu Now is a great time to relocate to family-friendly Southern if you are considering a move The Southern District offers excellent amenities, first-class early childhood through to tertiary education and the opportunity to have an outstanding work-life balance.
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