Quality Assurance and Improvement Partner
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
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 corporate directorate 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 work 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.
About us
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.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of quality improvement projects, managing quality indicators, and collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance service delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Trained healthcare professional qualification
* Educated to post graduate degree level or equivalent knowledge
Experience
* Experience and knowledge of quality improvement methodology
* Proven experience to manage and deliver projects
Knowledge and experience
* Analytical and problem-solving skills
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.
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
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