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Band 8c - Associate Director of Quality & Patient Safety
Band 8c
Main area: Corporate Grade Band 8c
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Flexible working
Job ref: 360-E-7080
Department name: West Herts - General Staffing
Site: Watford General Hospital
Town: Watford
Salary: £76,412 - £87,723 pa inc HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
Quality is a key priority for the trust, this post holder will have a key role in ensuring patient safety and will have direct line management responsibility for the harm free care team.
With a clinical leadership focus for all aspects of patient safety, clinical risk management, and clinical governance; the post holder is expected to be one of the named patient safety specialists in line with the Patient Safety Response Framework.
Key workstreams which form part of the day-to-day responsibilities are:
* Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
* Support the development and operational translation of the patient safety/quality strategy, infrastructure and culture across the organisation
* Patient Safety Specialist
* Harm Free Care
* Quality Account
* Duty of Candour
* Provide quality assurance, ensuring the fundamentals of care are delivered effectively and efficiently against recognised best practice
* Support the Deputy Director of Nursing – Quality and Safety in working with external stakeholders to implement the governance framework relating to clinical quality and safety
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be skilled and have expertise as a qualified healthcare professional with NHS patient safety syllabus training. They must have knowledge of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework as well as the function of the harm free care team; this includes falls prevention, pressure ulcer prevention, nutrition and hydration, continence management, and VTE.
Knowledge of quality governance and leadership skills in managing complex issues is essential.
Experience in working in a patient safety, quality, risk management, or clinical governance in addition to harm free care and ward accreditation is required.
Working for our organisation
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes, and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together, and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional, and inclusive.
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work-life balance.
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Core hours will be Monday to Friday.
The job responsibilities are to lead, enable, and facilitate change on quality initiatives to support the delivery of key objectives and strategic goals driving quality and improvement.
The post holder will deputise for the Deputy Director of Nursing, Quality & Safety.
Day-to-day line management of the Harm Free Care Matrons.
Clinical input into the implementation and delivery of the PSIRF related activities and leading on learning responses to patient safety incidents as assigned.
Person specification
Education
* Qualified healthcare professional, with current professional registration
* Evidence of relevant ongoing professional development with relevant experience gained through education, training, and work experience.
* Level 1 and 2 NHS Patient Safety syllabus training completed or in progress
* Willingness to commit to and complete Level 3 and 4 NHS Patient Safety syllabus training
* Qualification in a governance-related discipline.
* Masters level education or equivalent experience
* Training in systems approach to learning from patient safety incidents
* Formal qualification in advocacy or mediation
Knowledge
* Knowledge of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.
* Knowledge of the Harm Free Care team function - falls prevention, pressure ulcers education and management, nutrition and hydration, continence management & managing VTE.
* Knowledge of quality governance. Demonstrable track record of working effectively and successfully at the corporate level.
* Evidence of leadership role in a complex environment
* Evidence of managing complex clinical governance issues
* Evidence of robust change management skills in a changing and complex environment
* Evidence of autonomous decision making
Experience
* Experience of working in a patient safety, quality, risk management, or clinical governance area.
* Experience of harm free care improvement
* Experience of ward accreditation
* Ability to prepare Board reports and other reports at short notice and under pressure
* Ability to present complex data in an understandable format
* Track record of delivering set objectives and achieving key organisational targets within an agreed timeframe
* Experience of line managing staff
* Significant experience of working at a senior level within the health service (or equivalent).
* Experience of complex budgetary management
* Experience of line management within complex structures
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and East Hertfordshire.
As an employer of nearly 6,000 people, the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Name: Michelle Hope
Job title: Deputy Director of Nursing, Quality & Safety
Email address: michelle.hope7@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07393141938
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0HB
Telephone: 01442 365235, or 07423032842
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