Assistant to Head of Quality & Professional Standards

Invicta Health CIC

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Job summary

There is an exciting opportunity for an assistant to the Head of Quality & Professional Standards.

Please note this role is part time, 30 hours per week.

The post holder will assist the Head of Quality and Professional Standards to maintain oversight of the quality performance and associated processes across the organisation and support the delivery of the Strategic objectives framework.

The post holder will act as the system administrator for the organisations automated risk management system providing support and training to staff to optimise the use of the system.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide general administrative support to the Head of Quality and Professional Standards.
  • To provide support in the management of the Quality agenda.
  • To receive, enter, analyse, and present data of relevance to aspects of quality and governance when required under direction of the head of Quality and Professional Standards.
  • To liaise with external bodies in a professional manner, providing information or referring to other members of the team as required.
  • To work closely with and provide professional support to staff and service managers to support the quality agenda.
  • To support the Head of Quality to ensure effective dissemination of learning throughout the organisation.

About us

We are a non-profit company, with a passion for primary care. We have a wide range of services such as hub-based GPs services, GP surgeries, services in Urgent Care Centres and A&E, a Community Primary Care mental health service, GP staff training service and the list is growing all the time.

We are formed by a federation of General Practitioners working in Canterbury and South Kent Coast areas of East Kent. Our aim is to provide local, high quality services for local people by collaborating with other established organisations in the health and social care community.

Date posted

02 December 2021

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£20,329.11 to £21,776.26 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0082-21-7204

Job locations

Innovation House

Innovation Way

Sandwich

Kent

CT13 9FF


Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

  • To provide general administrative support to the Head of Quality and Professional Standards.
  • To provide support in the management of the Quality agenda including:
  • o Planning and scheduling meetings
  • o Drafting agendas, minute taking and maintaining action logs
  • o Collating reports, preparing data and summaries e.g. exception reporting
  • To receive, enter, analyse, and present data of relevance to aspects of quality and governance when required under direction of the head of Quality and Professional Standards.
  • To liaise with external bodies in a professional manner, providing information or referring to other members of the team as required
  • To work closely with and provide professional support to staff and service managers to support the quality agenda
  • To provide relevant support to ensure the accuracy of data submission as required
  • To support the Head of Quality to ensure effective dissemination of learning throughout the organisation.
  • Under the supervision of the Head of Quality work with teams to monitor the progress of action plans and highlight where barriers my inhibit this.
  • Under direction and supervision of the Head of Quality to work independently with teams providing necessary administrative support to enable the effective record keeping of compliance issues.
  • Participate in committees/groups across the organisation as necessary for the role.
  • Identify own training and development needs and undertake appropriate training/education as required, supported by regular PDP review by the Head of Quality and Professional Standards.
  • Deliver training as necessary to staff and managers in the use of Ulysses.
  • Support staff and managers across the organisation on a day-to-day basis to ensure Ulysses risk management system is used to its full potential.
The post holder will be expected to:

  • Manage safety alerts from external governing bodies ensuring documentation and dissemination to relevant practitioners and services in accordance with Organisation policy.
  • Work flexibly across the corporate team to ensure business continuity is maintained as and when required e.g during periods of staff absence or increased service demand.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

  • To provide general administrative support to the Head of Quality and Professional Standards.
  • To provide support in the management of the Quality agenda including:
  • o Planning and scheduling meetings
  • o Drafting agendas, minute taking and maintaining action logs
  • o Collating reports, preparing data and summaries e.g. exception reporting
  • To receive, enter, analyse, and present data of relevance to aspects of quality and governance when required under direction of the head of Quality and Professional Standards.
  • To liaise with external bodies in a professional manner, providing information or referring to other members of the team as required
  • To work closely with and provide professional support to staff and service managers to support the quality agenda
  • To provide relevant support to ensure the accuracy of data submission as required
  • To support the Head of Quality to ensure effective dissemination of learning throughout the organisation.
  • Under the supervision of the Head of Quality work with teams to monitor the progress of action plans and highlight where barriers my inhibit this.
  • Under direction and supervision of the Head of Quality to work independently with teams providing necessary administrative support to enable the effective record keeping of compliance issues.
  • Participate in committees/groups across the organisation as necessary for the role.
  • Identify own training and development needs and undertake appropriate training/education as required, supported by regular PDP review by the Head of Quality and Professional Standards.
  • Deliver training as necessary to staff and managers in the use of Ulysses.
  • Support staff and managers across the organisation on a day-to-day basis to ensure Ulysses risk management system is used to its full potential.
The post holder will be expected to:

  • Manage safety alerts from external governing bodies ensuring documentation and dissemination to relevant practitioners and services in accordance with Organisation policy.
  • Work flexibly across the corporate team to ensure business continuity is maintained as and when required e.g during periods of staff absence or increased service demand.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education.

Desirable

  • ECDL level 2 or equivalent.
  • NVQ level 3 Administration.
  • RSA level 3 (relevant to role).

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable relevant experience in a similar role.
  • Experience of electronic diary management.
  • Advanced excel entering data and creation of databases.
  • Experience of agenda setting/minute taking & maintaining action logs.
  • Experience of supporting communication strategies at all levels.

Desirable

  • Experience in a risk and governance or complaints and incidents role.
  • Experience of working in the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Strong organisation skills with good judgement and planning application
  • Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft office including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines with high attention to detail
  • Analytical and numerate
  • Business approach to work with a clear focus on quality and delivery
  • Able to work with autonomy as well as part of a team
  • Ability to work with all grades of clinical and non-clinical staff across multiple sites
  • Good knowledge of local health services and National Health Service (NHS)

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of healthcare governance processes
  • Knowledge of risk management processes
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education.

Desirable

  • ECDL level 2 or equivalent.
  • NVQ level 3 Administration.
  • RSA level 3 (relevant to role).

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable relevant experience in a similar role.
  • Experience of electronic diary management.
  • Advanced excel entering data and creation of databases.
  • Experience of agenda setting/minute taking & maintaining action logs.
  • Experience of supporting communication strategies at all levels.

Desirable

  • Experience in a risk and governance or complaints and incidents role.
  • Experience of working in the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Strong organisation skills with good judgement and planning application
  • Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft office including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines with high attention to detail
  • Analytical and numerate
  • Business approach to work with a clear focus on quality and delivery
  • Able to work with autonomy as well as part of a team
  • Ability to work with all grades of clinical and non-clinical staff across multiple sites
  • Good knowledge of local health services and National Health Service (NHS)

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of healthcare governance processes
  • Knowledge of risk management processes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Invicta Health CIC

Address

Innovation House

Innovation Way

Sandwich

Kent

CT13 9FF


Employer's website

https://invictahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Invicta Health CIC

Address

Innovation House

Innovation Way

Sandwich

Kent

CT13 9FF


Employer's website

https://invictahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Quality & Professional Standards

Barbara Jeffery

ihc.hr@nhs.net

08002425199

Date posted

02 December 2021

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£20,329.11 to £21,776.26 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0082-21-7204

Job locations

Innovation House

Innovation Way

Sandwich

Kent

CT13 9FF


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