Quality Assurance and Improvement Partner
Job overview
As an essential and integral part of the Northampton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s continued drive to improve and develop our quality initiatives we are looking for an ambitious healthcare professional to join the Quality Hub as a Band 7 Quality Assurance and Improvement Partner.
The post holder will play a key role in ensuring that clinical quality is fully embedded within service delivery. As the successful candidate you will lead and develop processes to ensure that all quality indicators, targets, innovations and initiatives are negotiated, implemented, monitored and evaluated in line with local and national requirements.You will manage the EQIA process and will be an expert in Quality Improvement methodology supporting the Trust with the development and monitoring of quality improvement projects.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Quality Assurance and Compliance Lead, you will be an inspirational leader with experience in implementing quality initiatives, in return you will working with a well-motivated team who will provide you with the support required to undertake this role.
Working with colleagues both within the Trust and externally is a key part of the role so you must possess strong communication and facilitation skills, management experience and have proven experience of multi- agency working.
The post holder will be based at St Mary’s Hospital, Kettering and will be expected to travel to sites across Northamptonshire.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible.This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Trained healthcare professional qualification
- Quality Improvement qualification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to post graduate degree level or equivalent knowledge
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience and knowledge of quality improvement methodology
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria- Analtytical and problem solving skills
Experience
Essential criteria- Proven experience to manage and deliver projects
Experience
Essential criteria- Effective communication skills
Important Information
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You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
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Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours.
Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy.For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.