Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

• Full time (Part Time 0.8 will be considered), Fixed term role 12 months,
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The Quality Improvement Lead is part of the Quality and Continuous Improvement team, shaping and supporting cohealth's organisation-wide approach to Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). Working across both Service and Enabling networks, the role leads the implementation of cohealth's Quality Improvement Strategy, a key strategic priority positioning cohealth as a leader in quality improvement within community health.

With curiosity, vision, and collaboration, the Quality Improvement Lead develops and embeds consistent CQI practices across the organisation, strengthening a culture of quality improvement and supporting cohealth to deliver high-quality care and services to our communities.

Your duties include:

• Lead the development, evaluation and management of CQI systems and processes aligned with the Quality Improvement Strategy
• Establish systems to track, monitor and report quality improvements through governance channels.
• Parter with Network Directors to set and achieve annual CQI targets and demonstrate the impact of CQI initiatives.
• Support managers, teams, and the broader workforce to identify and action opportunities for quality improvement.
• Lead the development of CQI capability across the workforce through supporting training, coaching, and the facilitation of a Quality Improvement Community of Practice.
• Supports the workforce to engage with clients as partners in CQI.
• Act as a subject matter expert in improvement methodologies, supporting the workforce to apply these in CQI activities.
• Lead and support CQI initiatives as required.

Provide subject matter expertise in quality improvement across forums, committees, and projects.

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a quality improvement/management role within a health care setting
• A qualification or certification in improvement methodology (IHI improvement science, lean six sigma etc), or extensive experience using improvement methodologies.
• Certificate IV Workplace Training & Assessment, or experience in delivering training
• Victorian Driver's Licence and ability to meet pre-employment requirements (police check, WWCC, work rights, vaccinations)

Application Process

To download the PD, and apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6798809.

Applications close 05 September 2025 at 10pm

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter as well as address the key selection criteria. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Amanda Cameron Amanda.Cameron@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.