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Role: Group Head of Quality & Patient Safety
Location: Lucan, Co. Dublin (Multi-site role)
Contract: Full-time 37 hours per week, hybrid flexibility with WFH options available. Weekly travel to hospitals in Dublin and Galway.
Salary: €100,000 + 10% bonus + excellent benefits

Excel Healthcare is proud to partner with leading private hospital group, to recruit a Head of Quality & Patient Safety. This is a high-impact, executive-level opportunity to shape and lead quality, safety, and clinical governance strategy across one of Ireland’s leading private healthcare groups.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior clinician or healthcare leader ready to step into a Group-level strategic role with real influence and impact.

The Role Purpose

Working as part of the Group Leadership team, this role will promote and sustain a quality culture in accordance with the Hospitals Vision, Mission and Strategy.

The appointed Group Head of Quality and Patient Safety will be responsible for all key drivers of Quality & Patient Safety, incorporating but not limited to Clinical Audit, Clinical Effectiveness, oversight of Risk Management (including Incidents, Complaints and Claims), Accreditation and providing support to clinicians and managers for clinical quality improvement strategies.

Reporting directly to the Group CEO, with a dotted line to the Group Clinical Director, this position sits as a core member of the Group Leadership Team.

You will lead and drive

• Group-wide Quality & Patient Safety strategy
• Clinical governance, audit, and effectiveness programmes
• Risk management (incidents, claims, complaints)
• Accreditation standards (JCI, HIQA, and international benchmarks)
• A strong, embedded culture of safety and continuous improvement

Key Responsibilities

• Lead with a visible, engaging leadership style that promotes a culture of continuous quality improvement across the organisation
• Build and maintain a strong, collaborative relationship with the Group Clinical Director
• Act as a key member of the Group Clinical Governance Committee, contributing to strategic decision-making
• Act as Group Accreditation Lead, to ensure accreditation standards are being achieved including JCI, HIQA and other national and international accreditation bodies with which we are aligned.
• Support internal and external inspections by regulatory and other bodies
• Ensure alignment the Quality & Patient Safety Programme with the Group Strategy to deliver measurable outcomes for patients and staff.
• Oversee clinical governance, compliance, and risk frameworks at Group level
• Lead accreditation and regulatory readiness across all sites
• Develop and implement Group-wide quality and patient safety strategies
• Analyse incident trends and claims data to inform improvements
• Collaborate closely with Clinical Directors, CEOs, and multidisciplinary teams
• Present strategic reports to executive leadership and board-level committees
• Lead education, training, and continuous professional development initiatives

Qualifications and experience

• Post-Graduate qualification, or equivalent, in Quality & Patient Safety
• Seven years post-graduate experience in acute care setting
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience at management level
• High professional standards in relation to confidentiality and ethics
• Working knowledge of relevant legislation including JCI, HIQA
• Claims Management experience
• Experience managing and working collaboratively with multiple internal and external stakeholders, as relevant to this role
• The requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and management ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

Benefits

• Salary of €100,000 per annum
• 10% performance related bonus
• Employer pension scheme (post-probation)
• 30 days annual leave
• Hybrid working model with flexibility built in
• Executive-level exposure and influence
• Opportunity to drive innovation and transformation in patient safety and quality
• Collaborative, forward-thinking leadership environment

Next Steps

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Charlene Cooke confidentially via email or by phone at 089-9455139 exclchar