Employer: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Torquay
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/10/2024 23:59
Head of Compliance and Assurance
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Providing high quality, safe care really matters to us and we are proud that our dedicated people are rated as 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We have an excellent opportunity to join our Patient Safety and Quality Team to become our organisation's Head of Compliance and Assurance. This role is critical for establishing regulation and compliance programmes for dedicated and specific areas within Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. This role supports a culture of compliance within the organisation, ensuring regulation is understood.
You should be a registered healthcare professional, have a degree in healthcare or equivalent and be up to date in patient safety methodology in line with PSIRF.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be the organisation's lead and subject matter expert for CQC and compliance and will lead and support in developing mechanisms to ensure an improving compliance CQC rating. You will work closely with the Chief Nurse and Executive Directors to provide a robust self-assessment framework that enables good outcomes and positive patient experiences.
You will manage a programme of peer reviews, mock inspections and self-audits so that all Trust services can identify any concerns and to ensure that those concerns are addressed and rectified.
You will ensure that systems are in place to provide early reporting and escalation of quality and compliance standard issues through the Trust's governance framework and provide advice on mitigation and resolution.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring systems are in place to facilitate the collection and collation of data and information to fulfil requests from external regulators.
You will have knowledge of regulatory compliance, integrated governance and risk processes and experience of advising senior management.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full vacancy details can be found on the attached job description / person specification.
Communication and working relationship:
* This is a key leadership role within the Trust and central patient safety / quality team
* The role is the liaison contact between the organisation and the CQC
* Build strong working relationships with external stakeholders, regulators and commissioners
* Communicate comfortably with colleagues of all levels including Trust Board members, care group triumvirates, clinical leads
* Lead the CQC Assurance Group
Analytical and Judgement:
* Quantify the CQC's recommendations, ensuring they are translated into appropriate practice for the Trust's range of professional services.
* Take a management leadership role in implementing compliance processes and systems for the Trust
* Develop and implement robust outcome reports from evidence reviews related to CQC regulation requirements and provide exception reporting through integrated governance structures
* Analyse highly complex key performance indicator data from a range of sources and make recommendations for remedial management and recovery where appropriate
Planning and Organisation:
* Formulate and adjust strategies to deliver on key performance targets relating to CQUIN delivery, including the reporting of CQUIN's achievements to commissioners in line with contractual requirements, dealing with queries raised in a prompt manner
* Responsible for the production and presentation of all routine patient Equality and Diversity reporting to the Patient Experience Committee; and any other committees as requested
* Maintain accurate and timely records of evidence in relation to CQC registration and other regulation and liaise with managers, clinicians, colleagues and staff about registration requirements and local evidence collection in relation to registration and core standards.
People Management and Training:
* The role will have full line management responsibility for sickness, appraisals, disciplinary and performance issues
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience:
* Degree in healthcare or equivalent
* Recent training in patient safety methodology in line with PSIRF
* Knowledge of regulatory compliance
* Knowledge of clinical governance
* Experience in clinical risk management
* Broad range of clinical experience in the NHS
* Knowledge and experience of investigating patient safety incidents
* Financial and budget management
* Previous leadership role in relation to regulatory compliance
* Project management
* PSII trained
* Quality Improvement experience
* MSC/MA or equivalent experience
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly.
* Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role.
* Correspondence will be via Trac, text and email. Please check your email and Trac account regularly.
* Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band.
* If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
* It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references.
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.
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.
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