About Us
Haines Medical is a dynamic and innovative business focusing on specialty products in Infection Control and Manual Handling. Haines works in consultation with healthcare professionals to design and develop products that meet the specific needs of hospitals, healthcare facilities, and their patients.
About the role:
The Quality and Safety Lead is responsible to manage, coordinate and support the Quality Management System (QMS) and Work, Health and Safety (WHS) at Haines Medical Australia.
Key duties and responsibilities:
Management of Quality System and WHS
- Improve, implement and maintain quality and safety system
- Design and implement quality standards and procedures
- Manage change processes and document control processes within the system in accordance to the required standards and guidelines,
- Prepare and conduct Management Reviews/Quality Reviews,
- Oversee adherence to compliance, policies, procedures and relevant legislation
- Manage non conforming outputs and audit findings ensuring all relevant investigations, corrective actions root cause analysis and effectiveness reviews are conducted
- Ensure that products and processes comply with quality & safety systems
Coordination, Administrative Support and Record Management
- Provide training and guidance to staff on quality standards, procedures and best practices.
- Perform administrative duties are required in the quality & safety systems
- Collaborate with departments to ensure quality standards are met
- Ensure that appropriate records are kept as required in the quality & safety systems.
Audit and Controls
- Coordinate and conduct internal audits and inspections ensuring compliance with certifications and WHS requirements
- Manage and lead compliance audits and ensure adherence to industry standards
Quality and Safety Management
- Contribute to the maintenance of ISO 9001 Management System, including any future accreditations and certifications
- Ensure continued improvement for the Haines Quality system
- Act as representative for the Quality System
- Act as representative for Work Health and Safety to identify and communicate safe working practices in line with current standards and acts
Performance Measures:
Role specific performance is measured against:
- Effective management of tasks, systems and processes
- Self-direction, prioritising and time management of workflow is demonstrated;
- Meets the key responsibilities within the position;
- Displays the HMA behaviours and values.
- Individual development performance measures are discussed in monthly 1:1 meeting linked with individual KPI’s set and discussed within those meetings.
Experience required:
- 3+ years’ experience in a quality assurance role, regulatory role or similar discipline
- Proven experience in professional writing of procedures and compliance documentation
- Comprehensive Microsoft Office skills – Outlook/Word/Excel/Teams
- Ability to work autonomously with high attention to detail
- Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills
- Tech savvy to implement system, efficiencies and troubleshoot
- Ability to work with all levels of company staff
- Optimistic, efficient, warm, helpful and resourceful
- Driven and self-motivated; flexible and adaptable
- Professional presentation, phone and customer manner
Desirable
- Qualifications in internal auditing, WHS and ISO9001:2015
- MS SharePoint experience
- Experience in medical products
If this sounds like you, please submit a CV and cover letter.
Interested?
To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'apply' button to be redirected to our candidate application portal.
At Haines, we are motivated by the opportunity our equipment provides to change people’s lives. We have a clear vision to ensure all our people feel valued and respected, can be themselves and can flourish as contributors to the success of our business.
Our promise is all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, disability, age and all the other wonderful characteristics that make us different.
Please note: Haines will undertake pre-employment checks via our accredited background check provider for the successful candidate to ensure that Haines is meeting legislative obligations and the information a candidate provides is accurate. For all roles, an offer of employment will be subject to the following pre-employment checks: identity check, reference checks, right to work in location (checks for visa holders), police integrity. By proceeding and applying for the role, you acknowledge our hiring process and agree to undertake the required pre-employment checks if successful.
It is also a mandatory requirement for certain roles within our organisation, where the successful applicant may be required to present certifications and/or vaccinations status as per role requirements. Evidence of certificates or vaccination status will be requested during the interview process by management to qualify fit for role and prior to any offer.
Agency Disclaimer
Haines does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or third parties. In the absence of a current, written and executed recruitment agency agreement, any resumes submitted to Haines will be deemed unsolicited, and no fees or charges will be payable. Haines reserves the right to engage, interview or employ any candidate submitted in this way without incurring any obligation to the submitting agency or third party.
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