The Manager will be responsible to set up the Medical Affairs develop strategies to enhance the effectiveness of its clinical quality program within the organisation and to identify and work on developing quality models design and implementation of audits and risk management activities.
Job Responsibilities
- Set up and run the following QA and clinical services committees in functions such as organising meetings preparing relevant reports for meetings recording minutes and ensuring that followup actions are taken after the meetings.
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- Clinical Committee which may comprise
- Pharmacy Therapeutics and Medication Safety Committee
- Credentialling and Privileging Committee
- Clinical Services Medical Device and Procedures Committee
- Clinical Pathways Committee
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee
- Clinical Ethics Committee
- Infection control Committee
- Risk Management Committee which may comprise
- Mortality Morbidity and Peer Review Learning Committee
- Patient Safety Committee
- For clinical performance measurement:
Monitor and collate data for
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- Hospitalwide Dashboard
- Healthcare Performance Office
- QIP indicators hospital wide clinical quality indicators
- Other indicators
Collaborate closely with relevant data/ operations teams to ascertain the precision and validity of data facilitating the timely submission of the performance indicators report to the Ministry of Health.
- Ensure that drafts for new or revised clinical forms e.g. consent forms and clerking forms are vetted by hospital lawyer if necessary and approved by GCMB/ Clinical Lead in a timely manner.
- Conduct JCI / ESS (or equivalent) activities.
- Conducting clinical audits for various clinical work processes case notes audit / review audits on problem cases and adhoc audits.
- Oversee the monitoring of mortality and morbidity reporting ensuring 100% reporting rate.
- Compile and analyse data and generate annual reports.
Secondary Responsibilities and Duties
- Coordinate activities for Hospital Licensing Exercise and serve as liaison person for any queries on hospital licensing. (if required)
- Assist in preparing budget proposal (if required)
- Other Medical Affairs Activities
- Prepare presentations for HO / MO orientation (if required)
- Prepare papers for Medical Board and MOH as and when required.
- Any other assigned duties.
Job Requirements
- Possess Bachelor’s degree with experience in a hospital setting
- Experience in Quality Management/Assurance in an acute care hospital will be an added advantage
- Computer skills in Words Excel Access and PowerPoint
- Basic statistical skills
- Keen interest in developing databases and reports relating to clinical QA
- Strong interpersonal skills be meticulous selfinitiated and independent