Johannesburg North: Clinical Risk & Quality Improvement Lead posted by The Working Earth

About the Role

The Working Earth is seeking a Clinical Risk & Quality Improvement Lead to join our team in Johannesburg North. As a key member of our clinical risk management and quality improvement program, you will serve as the primary clinical interface between hospital management, clinicians, medical experts, and technical advisory teams. You will be responsible for driving high-quality clinical audit outputs, identifying cross-facility patterns, and implementing practical improvements to enhance patient safety and quality of care.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary clinical interface between hospital management, clinicians, medical experts, and technical advisory teams.
• Build trust at executive and provincial levels and communicate programme insights clearly and effectively.
• Oversee clinical audits, case reviews, expert opinions, and root cause analyses.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality clinical audit outputs and identify cross-facility patterns.
• Lead hospital walkthroughs, assess governance structures, documentation practices, and high-risk clinical areas (maternity, emergency, theatre, ICU).
• Support facilities in identifying priority gaps and implementing practical, resource-appropriate improvements.
• Convert medicolegal case intelligence into targeted quality improvement recommendations.
• Collaborate with analytics teams on coding frameworks, trend analysis, and risk profiling.
• Produce recommendations for protocols, training, resourcing, and patient safety interventions.
• Provide clinical input into reports, insight papers, and provincial governance discussions.
• Support policy strengthening and knowledge-sharing across facilities.

Requirements

• MBChB or equivalent.
• Current HPCSA registration (in good standing).
• Significant post-qualification clinical experience in South African public hospitals.
• Exposure to clinical governance, M&M reviews, audits, and quality improvement processes.
• Experience in high-risk medicolegal areas: Obstetrics & Maternity, Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Paediatrics, Family Medicine (with hospital exposure).
• Additional South African language (advantageous).
• Extensive travel across South Africa, including rural and periurban hospitals.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications not specified in the original job description.