Patient Safety and Quality Committee Chairperson
The term of office will start on 1 January 2026.
Deadline for applications is 9 June 2025.
The ESAIC is seeking to recruit the future Chairperson of the Patient Safety and Quality Committee (PSQC).
Through fostering research in projects like the Helsinki Declaration Follow-Up project, disseminating the latest knowledge and Patient Safety strategies, organising education initiatives such as Masterclasses and workshops, and collaborating and networking with other societies, the Patient Safety and Quality Committee fulfils the ESAIC’s goal to improve perioperative patient outcomes in Europe and across the world.
For more information about the role and the composition of the PSQC committee please click here.
Key Responsibilities
Duties and tasks of the PSQC Chairperson:
- Strategic Leadership
- To lead and coordinate the activities of the PSQC as well as ESAIC Patient Safety and Quality Projects in collaboration with the ESAIC Board of Directors, and with other institutions of the Society;
- To identify and promote innovations and best practices, to further increase the quality of the Patient Safety initiatives and launch new activities and projects.
- To advise the ESAIC Board of Directors concerning Patient Safety related matters.
- Governance
- To prepare and chair at least 2 PSQ Committee meetings per year (one during Euroanaesthesia), ensuring effective communication, participation, and adherence to established governance principles.
- To monitor the financial outcome and ethical compliance of the Committee activities, in accordance with ESAIC policies.
- To liaise with other committees, to make sure that the PSQ committee supports other ESAIC initiatives.
- Administration
- To collaborate closely with the ESAIC Headquarters in Brussels throughout the year.
- To write an annual report about activities and achievements of the committee, to be presented to the Council and the General Assembly.
- To elaborate the annual budget to fund PSQC activities;
- To support ESAIC newsletter and supervise the ESAIC PSQC website published contents.
- Other responsibilities as defined by ESAIC bylaws and Board.
Qualifications
The applicant must:
- be a highly respected, senior, certified anaesthesiologist and have an established track record in the field of anaesthesiology and/or intensive care;
- Be a leader in the area of Patient Safety and Quality: involvement in projects, education, publications, and invited lectures related to patient safety and quality will be considered.
- have an up-to-date active ESAIC membership and maintain it during the whole mandate duration. The applicant must have been an active member of ESAIC for at least two years from the date of the application deadline. Therefore, an active membership since 2023 is required.
- work in a different country than the current chair, who is based in The Netherlands. Therefore, applicants from The Netherlands are not eligible for this upcoming position.
- Act as a role model in terms of leadership and according ESAIC’s core values and the Code of Conduct’ policy.
- Evaluation criteria
- International scientific standing, including senior roles in anaesthesiology societies
- Scientific publications
- Invited national/international lectures
- Patient Safety knowledge
- Familiarity with ESAIC processes and structure
- Other criteria
- Strategic and diplomatic leadership skills, and the ability to work across organisational and cultural boundaries.
- Good relations with members and stakeholders in the anaesthesiology and intensive care community.
- Very good command of spoken and written English.
Time commitment
The chairperson is expected to dedicate a significant amount of time to fulfil the responsibilities of the role.
Therefore, the candidate must be able and willing to dedicate a substantial amount of time to this volunteer position.
Term of office
The future chairperson will be appointed on January 2026.
The total mandate lasts 4 years, split as follows:
- Chair (3 years) from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028
- Past-Chair (1 year) from 1 January 2029 to 31 December 2029
How to apply
If you wish to apply, please send out below application documents by e-mail to patient.safety@esaic.org:
- your Curriculum Vitae, which should detail how you meet the criteria listed in the section “Qualifications”;
- a short outline (maximum one A4 page) of your goals and vision as chair of the PSQ Committee;
- a list of publications and the H-index;
- a conflict-of-interest (COI) statement, with a detailed list of current or possible COI’s that may be relevant to the role;
- indicate that you have read and understood the ESAIC code of conduct.
Applications must be submitted no later than 9 June 2025
Appointment will be made by the ESAIC Board following a recommendation by the Nominations Committee. Shortlisted applicants may be interviewed to select the successful candidate.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of this procedure, please contact:
Raffaella Donadio- raffaella.donadio@esaic.org