Quality Development Lead

Job summary

We have recently embedded two new Quality Development Lead roles in our Acute Directorate which are proving a great addition to a work alongside our ward and urgent care teams to focus on improving the quality of the care we deliver.

We are now seeking to cover one of these posts for 12 months due to maternity leave.

The posts cover areas across Adult Mental Health, Crisis Services and Older People Services. Working closely together on several workstreams focusing on quality improvement projects by upskilling staff to drive excellence in care delivery and on the patient pathway, ensuring timely flow, and involving patients and carers in every step of our service delivery. We are committed to the ethos of the recovery model promoting hope, optimism and innovative ways of working in partnership with patients.

If you are committed to enabling the recovery of people experiencing acute mental ill health we would like to hear from you to ensure we provide continued high quality care whilst supporting the existing team in an innovative clinical environment.

Main duties of the job

We value highly motivated, enthusiastic and resilient staff to work alongside out team whilst taking responsibility for coordinating and managing autonomous workloads. These post holders will work closely with the matron to ensure we are proactively addressing gaps in knowledge base and enhancing the clinical services we deliver.

If you are forward thinking, a strong clinical leader that possesses a good working knowledge of the principals of acute psychiatry we would welcome your application. Support will be offered through regular supervision, weekly established band 7 meetings, in-house and external training and as well-established clinical lead forums to learn and develop with peers across the care group.

As we have two posts available, we are also pleased to be able to offer this opportunity to any allied health professional with a comprehensive background in mental health, or a registered nurse.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook