Introduction
Are you proactive and take pride in driving best practice? If so, join Thornford Park as our Quality Lead, working to continuously improve the Quality of service delivered and ensuring our compliance with CQC Regulations, NHSE Expectations, and other external regulatory bodies.
What you will be doing
As our Quality Lead, you will lead on Quality and Compliance within Thornford Park Hospital, providing clear communication, direction, support, and active involvement in achieving the standards and quality required.
Working 37.5 hours a week, you will be providing support across a range of areas including developing systems, delivering and arranging training, and embedding changes to ensure the sites meet all regulatory, clinical, quality, and corporate requirements.
You will liaise with senior leaders across Thornford Park regarding our regulatory compliance standards, contractual reporting, and our site Quality Improvement Plan. You will also manage a Quality and Compliance Coordinator.
As our Quality Lead you will be:
* Managing Thornford Park’s compliance with the standards within all contracts ensuring information submissions and recording meet set deadlines and quality.
* Working with colleagues across all levels, from HCAs and service users to meetings with the Senior Management Team.
* Leading with impact, including with our audit schedule and working with colleagues to give audits meaning.
* Following up on actions, completing projects, and ensuring compliance with all statutory requests and regulatory bodies.
* Working in partnership with stakeholders across local health communities to facilitate improvements in clinical quality.
* Providing and leading on assurance that corporate, regional, and local policies and procedures are in place and implemented.
* Developing quality at Thornford Park through our governance systems and quality improvement plan.
* Being interested in quality improvement, driving quality, and being a role model.
* Line managing a Quality & Compliance Coordinator.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
* To interpret data to give it meaning to clinical colleagues.
* To train, coach, and develop people in areas you lead.
* To understand audits and audit processes.
* To complete compliance reports for external submission.
* Strong team-working skills.
* A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach.
* A positive attitude and a naturally caring and compassionate demeanor.
* A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice.
Where you will be working:
Location: Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET
You will be working at Thornford Park, a 141-bedded independent hospital that supports service users requiring medium and low secure Forensic Mental Health Services. In addition to these services, there is also a PICU Mental Health Service.
The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering people in their recovery and rehabilitation.
Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder, and females and males in a PICU service.
What you will get:
* Annual salary of up to £40,000.
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
* Free meals and parking.
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
* Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
* Pension contribution to secure your future.
* Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
* Enhanced Maternity Package to truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers, and much more.
There are also career development opportunities, with a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability, and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.
About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
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