Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health

Sepsis Improvement Priority Focus Area - EOI

We’re invit­ing expres­sions of inter­est for a Clin­i­cal Lead and Expert Advi­so­ry Group (EAG) mem­bers to guide work on sep­sis improve­ment as part of the clin­i­cal excel­lence and safe­ty Pri­or­i­ty Focus Area (PFA).

About the clin­i­cal excel­lence and safe­ty PFA

Achiev­ing clin­i­cal excel­lence and safe­ty is a high pri­or­i­ty in the South Aus­tralian health sys­tem as it reduces unwar­rant­ed clin­i­cal vari­a­tion and improves patient safe­ty, qual­i­ty, equi­ty, and sys­tem efficiency.

This PFA is focused on sep­sis improve­ment. Sep­sis is a lead­ing cause of ill­ness and death in South Aus­tralia and affects peo­ple across com­mu­ni­ty and hos­pi­tal set­tings. There is a clear oppor­tu­ni­ty for sys­tem-wide improvement. 

The PFA’s work seeks to ensure that South Aus­tralia has a coor­di­nat­ed, statewide improve­ment effort sup­port­ed by core work streams and project activ­i­ties designed to:

  • Improve ear­ly recog­ni­tion, diag­no­sis, and acute man­age­ment of sepsis
  • Reduce unwar­rant­ed clin­i­cal vari­a­tion across Local Health Networks
  • Har­ness dig­i­tal sys­tems and data to dri­ve real time con­tin­u­ous improvement. 

What are PFAs?

PFAs are SA Health’s top pri­or­i­ties for improv­ing patient out­comes and the health­care sys­tem. Each PFA focus­es on a key theme and aims to deliv­er real improve­ments through time-lim­it­ed projects.

PFAs are guid­ed by EAGs made up of clin­i­cians, con­sumers, and oth­er sub­ject mat­ter experts. EAGs work togeth­er, fol­low­ing a clear work­plan, to guide and com­plete their projects.

Role cri­te­ria

Clinical Lead

As a Clin­i­cal Lead, you will:

  • Bring strong strate­gic insight and lead­er­ship capability
  • Lead the plan­ning, deliv­ery and eval­u­a­tion of the sep­sis improve­ment work
  • Col­lab­o­rate with clin­i­cians, con­sumers, and oth­er sub­ject mat­ter experts to guide pro­gram direc­tion and fos­ter innovation
  • Report on progress, share results, and help turn project learn­ings into prac­ti­cal improve­ments for South Australia’s health­care system.
Clinician/Subject Matter Expert EAG members

As a clin­i­cian or oth­er sub­ject mat­ter expert, you will:

  • Have clin­i­cal or oth­er expert expe­ri­ence in clin­i­cal registries
  • Be pas­sion­ate about shap­ing and deliv­er­ing real improve­ments in data-dri­ven clin­i­cal deci­sion mak­ing in the South Aus­tralian health system
  • Com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly and work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly in a team to solve problems
  • Be avail­able to par­tic­i­pate in meet­ings and work­ing groups.
Consumer EAG members

As a con­sumer rep­re­sen­ta­tive, you will:

  • Have lived expe­ri­ence rel­e­vant to health sys­tems and the patient journey
  • Share per­son­al insights to help the PFA’s project reflect what mat­ters most to South Aus­tralians using health services
  • Be pas­sion­ate about shap­ing and deliv­er­ing real improve­ments in clin­i­cal deci­sion mak­ing to the South Aus­tralian health system
  • Com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly and work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly in a team to solve problems
  • Be avail­able to par­tic­i­pate in meet­ings and work­ing groups.

Appli­ca­tions close Fri­day 6 March 2026.

How to apply

Before sub­mit­ting your appli­ca­tion, please review:

Have a question?

For more infor­ma­tion about the sep­sis improve­ment work please email ceih.​sepsis@​sa.​gov.​au.