The Commission is seeking a full-time, non-ongoing APS6 Project Officer, Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control. This role is non-ongoing up to 31 July 2026.
Information on this vacancy and how to apply can be found in the link below. Applications for this role will close 11.59pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) 13 October 2025.
Questions about the role can be directed to Jan Gralton (02) 7232 5687
Health service organisations and/or providers can only be assessed to the NSQMHCMO Standards by accrediting agencies that have been granted approval by the Commission.
This presentation is a framework for building a local infection prevention and control (IPC) presentation about risk assessment and management in IPC.
This issue includes items on the new Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard and Atlas Focus Report: Colonoscopy, deprescribing, medicines safety, rare disease, variation, and more. Along with the latest from Public Health Research & Practice, Healthcare Policy, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Also included are the latest from the UK’s NICE and USA’s Evidence to action hub.
The National Medicines Symposium (NMS) 2025 will spotlight one of Australia’s most pressing health challenges – diabetes.
The Commission has released national trend data on colonoscopy in a new Atlas Focus Report that shows the gap in rates is widening, based on where people live and their socioeconomic status.
This issue includes items on the Medication Management at Transitions of Care Stewardship Framework, Clostridioides difficile, racism and cultural safety, the World patient safety goals 2025, medications, heat, and more. Along with the latest from the Australian Journal of Primary Health, BMJ Quality & Safety, Health Affairs Scholar and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Also included are the latest from the National Mental Health Commission and the National Asthma Council.
The Commission has released a Medication Management at Transitions of Care Stewardship Framework to support safe and high-quality medication management at transitions of care.
The Commission is seeking initial feedback by 30 September 2025, from health services, clinicians, clinical experts, consumers, peak bodies and Australian Government, state and territory health departments.
A fact sheet and referral template outlining key components of a comprehensive referral, as described in Quality Statement 1 of the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard (2025).