Site University Hospitals of North Midlands - Covering Royal Stoke & County Sites
Town Stoke on Trent/Stafford
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 17/10/2024 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity is now available to join Network Services Division as a Quality and Safety Facilitator.
Working closely with the Directorate Teams, Heads of Nursing and Divisional Governance Manager, the successful candidate will support the Network Services Directorate in the co-ordination and delivery of governance and quality across the Division; supporting the Directorate Management Teams and Specialty Teams to implement the Trust's Governance and Quality agenda, including the Trust Risk Management and Assurance Strategy.
To support the delivery of a robust governance and quality framework which ensures that systems for learning and improvement are in place, effective and monitored.
Main duties of the job
1. Co-ordinate the Directorate's response to all requirements in relation to external accreditation, inspection and review.
2. Be a point of contact for the Directorate providing Governance and Quality support and advice when required.
3. Support with developing systems and processes to monitor and improve outcomes in line with the Quality and Governance Agenda.
4. Support the Service Line Management structure to ensure that Governance and Quality are fully integrated into the Directorate objectives.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM, and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfill their true potential.
UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Co-ordinate the Directorate's response to all requirements in relation to external accreditation, inspection and review.
2. Be a point of contact for the Directorate providing Governance and Quality support and advice when required.
3. Support with developing systems and processes to monitor and improve outcomes in line with the Quality and Governance Agenda.
4. Support the Service Line Management structure to ensure that Governance and Quality are fully integrated into the Directorate objectives.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience
Knowledge, skills & Experience
* Experience of using and managing systems such as DATIX, SharePoint and Excel
* Experience in the field of quality, safety & Compliance
* Involvement with investigations and action planning
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel; with the ability to manipulate data and produce it in a graphical format.
* Good understanding of the wider Governance agenda
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non-encrypted format.
If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles; on this occasion, we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Melanie Mountford
Job title Head of Nursing
Email address melanie.mountford@uhnm.nhs.uk
Telephone number 01782 675067
Additional information
Alternative contact - Trish Lavin, Divisional Governance Manager - 01782 679065
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