Job Title: Quality Coordinator Department: Quality Job Type: Permanent Hours: 37 hours per week Blackrock Clinic is the leading and longest established private hospital and clinic in Ireland. Since it opened in the mid-1980s, the clinic has consistently built an unparalleled reputation in new high-tech surgical procedures, medical treatments, and ground-breaking diagnostics. Blackrock Clinic is now part of Blackrock Health private hospital group along with the Hermitage Clinic, Galway Clinic, and Limerick Clinic, some of the most advanced hospitals in Irish private healthcare. As a JCI accredited hospital, Blackrock Clinic is a progressive and pioneering hospital in which care for the patient is central to everything we do. Role Purpose: The key purpose this role is to lead and conduct clinical audits, with the aim of identifying gaps and recommend changes to clinical practices to ensure that optimum care is delivered to patients to achieve safe outcomes for all patients. The Quality Co-ordinator has primary responsibility for coordinating and managing clinical audits to ensure that the healthcare organisations follow proper procedures and protocols, and to check compliance with evidence based best practice as set out in policies, procedure and guidelines. To collate and analyse data in conjunction with the quality team and prepare audit data for the various committees and stakeholders Quality Co-ordinator may also be tasked with identifying areas of improvement within the organisation. This could include anything from suggesting changes to processes or procedures to recommending new technologies or equipment. Qualifications/Experience: Clinical background is essential Qualification in auditing is desirable Experience with IT / administration systems Experience in a Quality/ Healthcare environment desirable Experience working on own initiative and with multidisciplinary stakeholders Key Responsibilities: To conduct clinical audits including but not limited to reviewing charts, other documentation, and observation of practice. Liaise with the Quality and Risk Manager to set up audit schedules and review current audit frameworks. To facilitate clinical audit work across the organisation Provide advice guidance and support to staff undertaking clinical audit projects Ensuring that audits comply with the principles of good practice To work closely with hospital departments in conjunction with the Quality team to provide reports and feedback on audits conducted. Develop an audit and monitor compliance Validate auditors in line with hospital policy and JCI /HIQA requirements Main Duties and Key Accountabilities Review patient records or other data sources and accurately and completely record information in accordance with the audit design and protocols Maintain strict confidentiality in relation to patient identifiable information Management of the clinical audit process and reporting on progress against clinical audit plans Arranging case notes required for clinical audit projects Provide information and advice to clinical and managerial staff on auditing To help educate and train new clinical auditors throughout the organisation. To help develop new audit tools in conjunction with the Quality and Risk Manager and Head of Quality and Patient Safety To help demonstrate learning and improvements as a result of clinical audit outcomes in conjunction with the Quality and Risk Manager. Other Duties As a member of the Quality Department, the post holder will also have responsibilities for actively contributing to the wider patient safety and quality agenda including feedback on audit outcomes from clinical audit into practice development and improvement work. To help promote and support Best Practice within the Hospital leading by example to sustain a quality culture To comply with Quality Standards striving for continuous improvement Assist with the Accreditation process throughout the hospital Attend and contribute to appropriate meetings when required To undertake any other duties that may be reasonably required Why work at the Blackrock Clinic: At the Blackrock Clinic, we are passionate about our people and believe in their development and growth. As a member of the team, you can benefit from: Competitive salary Pension Discounted café Sports and Social club Employee Assistance Programme Discounted onsite pharmacy Please Note: Job descriptions are a reflection of the present service requirements and may be subject to review and amendments to meet the changing needs of the service. Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Blackrock Clinic is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we are committed to creating an environment that promotes equality and dignity at work. Blackrock Clinic is committed to providing reasonable accommodation when needed. Please advise if you have particular requirements, so that we can look into arranging reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. You can contact us at It is essential that you have valid work permission for the Republic of Ireland to take up employment for this position, or in the case of critical skills, you must be eligible for a work permit. Skills: Systems experience auditing experience communication time management