Job summary
Are you passionate about improving the quality of healthcare? Do you want to work in a role that involves wide-ranging collaboration with NHS England colleagues, as well as healthcare partners across the system. An exciting opportunity to work in Northwest NHS England's Nursing Directorate will help you achieve that.
NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital came together in 2023 as a new single organisation. The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on delivering integrated care to patients at the local level and we can best support the NHS to deliver this as a single integrated organisation.
Our new operating model represents a strong shift to regional delivery supported by expert corporate teams. Local health systems are supported by our integrated regional teams who play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage.
This is a role will support the directorate to deliver on its quality and patient safety objectives for the region.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide senior specialist patient safety advice and lead on safety related activities as well as playing a key role in providing clinical quality advice and support to the Heads of Quality, ensuring a seamless quality response for the areas that they oversee. They will also advise other staff on safety issues and wider clinical quality issues.The post holder will be able to demonstrate significant knowledge and experience of patient safety and quality systems across the NHS and will have extensive knowledge of specialist areas.
Ability to work effectively with a wide range of people/organisations/groups and skilled in implementing change.
This role requires the post holder to be able to analyse and interpret complex quality information, both quantitative and qualitative, lead on the development of quality and safety reports for regular and ad hoc meetings and support improvement programmes at regional, ICB and provider level.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will contribute to the delivery of NHSEs priorities in line with the Long-Term Plan and the Operating framework.
- Support effective stakeholder collaboration across different departments and at all levels, maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, such as key strategic regional and national policy makers, inside and outside of NHSE.
- To provide credible and visible professional leadership, supporting and assuring ICBs and whole system work on improving quality safety & patient experience.
- Support the Head of Nursing and Deputy Head of Nursing with delivery of Nursing priorities and work streams.
- Operational lead on review of data / intelligence related to portfolio areas to identify risk issues and ensure appropriate actions are taken to mitigate.
- Monitoring and establishing accountability on the overall progress of the portfolio areas to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
- Manage and actively promote the relationships with key stakeholders In particular, the post holder will work with the ICBs, regulators and educators to ensure that the local system delivers safe high-quality care.
- Lead on internal quality governance processes for NHSEs regulatory functions.
- Operational management of the regional nursing risk register.
- Oversight of the ICB primary care complaints function as part of the National Oversight Framework.
- Deliver on aspects of delivery of the National Patient Safety Strategy.
Please see the attached Job Description for further details on the role, responsibilities and person specification.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will contribute to the delivery of NHSEs priorities in line with the Long-Term Plan and the Operating framework.
- Support effective stakeholder collaboration across different departments and at all levels, maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, such as key strategic regional and national policy makers, inside and outside of NHSE.
- To provide credible and visible professional leadership, supporting and assuring ICBs and whole system work on improving quality safety & patient experience.
- Support the Head of Nursing and Deputy Head of Nursing with delivery of Nursing priorities and work streams.
- Operational lead on review of data / intelligence related to portfolio areas to identify risk issues and ensure appropriate actions are taken to mitigate.
- Monitoring and establishing accountability on the overall progress of the portfolio areas to ensure completion within agreed timescales.
- Manage and actively promote the relationships with key stakeholders In particular, the post holder will work with the ICBs, regulators and educators to ensure that the local system delivers safe high-quality care.
- Lead on internal quality governance processes for NHSEs regulatory functions.
- Operational management of the regional nursing risk register.
- Oversight of the ICB primary care complaints function as part of the National Oversight Framework.
- Deliver on aspects of delivery of the National Patient Safety Strategy.
Please see the attached Job Description for further details on the role, responsibilities and person specification.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person Specification
SKills / Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates leadership and engagement skills including the ability to inspire and innovate
- Can develop, conduct, review and evaluate data, write detailed reports and evidenced based documents
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience at senior level
- Demonstrates leadership and engagement skills including the ability to inspire and innovate
- Can develop, conduct, review and evaluate data, write detailed reports and evidenced based documents
- Experience in quality improvement and assurance
- Experience in clinical governance
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a Provider/ Commissioner within specialist area (Quality/Risk/Governance).
Person Specification
SKills / Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates leadership and engagement skills including the ability to inspire and innovate
- Can develop, conduct, review and evaluate data, write detailed reports and evidenced based documents
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience at senior level
- Demonstrates leadership and engagement skills including the ability to inspire and innovate
- Can develop, conduct, review and evaluate data, write detailed reports and evidenced based documents
- Experience in quality improvement and assurance
- Experience in clinical governance
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a Provider/ Commissioner within specialist area (Quality/Risk/Governance).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
