Job summary
Deputy Director Integrated Governance, Quality & Patient Safety
Division: Quality
Care Group: Nursing
Band: 8d
Salary: £79,592 - £91,787
Interview Date: Monday 12th December 2022
We are recruiting for a Deputy Director Integrated Governance, Quality & Patient Safetywho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven and inspirational leader to join the Integrated Governance and Quality Team within the capacity as Deputy Director Integrated Governance, Quality & Patient Safety.
You'll be passionate about supporting front line staff to deliver safe, effective and high quality care, whilst driving continuous and quality improvement through effective and established systems of Integrated Governance and Quality.
Your experience and credibility as a leader, together with your personal determination and compassion will support the Director of Integrated Governance, Quality & Patient Safety to deliver a programme of transformation across the governance and quality agenda, systems and processes.
Main duties of the job
Working with the Director of Integrated Governance & Quality, this post forms part of the departmental senior leadership team responsible for the delivery of the Trust's Quality Strategy and vision to ensure 'The Best of Care By the Best of People' through the delivery of safe, effective and high quality services, that ensure the people who use our services, their families, carers and visitors receive a positive experience.
The role is responsible for providing senior leadership and expertise for the delivery of the Integrated Governance & Quality work programme/plan, transforming the systems and processes for Patient Safety (including Serious Incident Investigation), PALs & Complaints, Quality Assurance and Compliance (including regulatory compliance), Health & Safety, Integrated Governance, Legal Services and Risk & Policy Management.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
We offer many flexible and part-time working opportunities and all of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme. We value diversity and promote equality of opportunity.
The Trust is taking take positive action to ensure that we can recruit and retain people from under-represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be responsible for:
Promoting a proactive, positive, evidenced-based and Trust wide approach to gathering and acting upon Patient Safety, including Serious Incident Investigation, PALs & Complaints, Quality Assurance and Compliance including regulatory compliance, Health & Safety, Integrated Governance, Legal Services and Risk & Policy Management. Ensuring that staff, people who use our services, their families, carers and others receive outcomes and feedback, which is efficient, effective and insightful of the impact across all aspects of trust business.
Facilitating a culture that improves integrated governance & quality through leading and managing the associated system and processes in line with current Government Legislation, Regulations, Policy Guidance and good practice.
Ensuring that the Trust has effectives systems and processes to identify and monitor lessons, and positively stimulate service improvement.Ensuring the effective development and implementation of systems and processes to enable effective reporting of integrated governance and quality metrics, compliance and performance.
Informing and advising the Chief Executive, Trust Board, Governors and partners on all aspects relating to integrated governance & quality, including areas for improvement and recommended action for practice development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be responsible for:
Promoting a proactive, positive, evidenced-based and Trust wide approach to gathering and acting upon Patient Safety, including Serious Incident Investigation, PALs & Complaints, Quality Assurance and Compliance including regulatory compliance, Health & Safety, Integrated Governance, Legal Services and Risk & Policy Management. Ensuring that staff, people who use our services, their families, carers and others receive outcomes and feedback, which is efficient, effective and insightful of the impact across all aspects of trust business.
Facilitating a culture that improves integrated governance & quality through leading and managing the associated system and processes in line with current Government Legislation, Regulations, Policy Guidance and good practice.
Ensuring that the Trust has effectives systems and processes to identify and monitor lessons, and positively stimulate service improvement.Ensuring the effective development and implementation of systems and processes to enable effective reporting of integrated governance and quality metrics, compliance and performance.
Informing and advising the Chief Executive, Trust Board, Governors and partners on all aspects relating to integrated governance & quality, including areas for improvement and recommended action for practice development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience within the NHS
- Extensive senior and relevant experience in the field of Integrated Governance and Quality
- Management / Leadership qualification is desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of statutory and regulatory, guidance and best practice frameworks requirements for integrated governance & quality
- Demonstrates up to date, evidenced based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Full understanding of investigations and methodology and evidence of production of quality reports and QA abilities
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates experience and detailed knowledge of all aspects of clinical governance and risk management, supporting and maintaining the systems and processes that underpin it
- Experience and working knowledge of the RLDatix reporting management system is desirable
- Experience of managing resources across multiple teams and specialties including of operational budgets, ensuring value for money
Value Based Question
Essential
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience within the NHS
- Extensive senior and relevant experience in the field of Integrated Governance and Quality
- Management / Leadership qualification is desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of statutory and regulatory, guidance and best practice frameworks requirements for integrated governance & quality
- Demonstrates up to date, evidenced based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Full understanding of investigations and methodology and evidence of production of quality reports and QA abilities
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates experience and detailed knowledge of all aspects of clinical governance and risk management, supporting and maintaining the systems and processes that underpin it
- Experience and working knowledge of the RLDatix reporting management system is desirable
- Experience of managing resources across multiple teams and specialties including of operational budgets, ensuring value for money
Value Based Question
Essential
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
Additional information
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).
