Lead Professional for Quality and Patient Safety - Stafford, United Kingdom - NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

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Job title Lead Professional for Quality and Patient Safety

Band 8b

Hours Full time (secondment/fixed term until 31stMarch 2024)


The post holder will work with other members of the Chief Nursing and Therapies Officer's team and influence service level agreements and the clinical quality measures developed.


The post holder will be required to take a strategic lead on specific agreed quality improvement programmes/projects across the wider geography of Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent and to demonstrate improved outcomes for patients.


The Lead Professional for Quality & Patient Safety will support the Senior Team in implementing key nursing strategy and policy, for example, the national nursing strategy; Leading Change Adding Value and any subsequent published policies appropriate to the role.


To support, and where appropriate deputise for the Associate Director and to work with the wider team and ICB to undertake quality reviews, responsive quality and nursing inspections, appreciative enquiry visits and other quality improvement projects where quality and patient safety are the focus of the review.


The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning functions; managing the NHS budget and arranging the provision of health services in the geographical area.

Location Home based/hybrid working (most of posts).

Travel on occasions to a Hub location with at least 1 days notice

New starters are expected to collect IT equipment, from offices in Stoke-on-Trent, and if based at home are required to have appropriate desk/chair/ relevant equipment in compliance with DSE regulations


Posts at Band 8c and above, will take part in the On-call rota, flexible over 7 days, supporting the System Control Centre, with full training provided.

Unconscious Bias/Invisible Disability Training and Equality Induction are mandatory.

Interviews may take place via MS Teams or in person

The Lead Professional for Quality & Patient Safety will support the Directors and Associate Directors in implementing key nursing strategy and policy, for example, the national nursing strategy; and any subsequent published policies appropriate to the

The post holder will be responsible for quality management of a portfolio of projects and will need to analyse and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data in order to arrive at judgments on performance and the scale and scope of any necessary improvement

To undertake and report on triangulation of evidence/data and view the range of information from multiple sources related to patient experience, safety and the effectiveness of care to assist the CCGs to improve the quality and safety of commissioned services, and prioritise activity as

To work in partnership with the wider Nursing and Quality directorate and other teams to provide early warning to the CCGs where there is evidence to suggest the quality of services is inadequate or there is evidence to suggest a risk of a significant deterioration in the quality of

The post holder will work with Associate Director to ensure the robust implementation of the CCGs' QIA policy and

To support the work of the CCGs' committee structure, providing direct input and support to the Governing Board as required including, but not limited to, producing regular reports for the Quality Committee and other groups and sub committees on request, This can be unplanned and with short

The post holder will be required to maintain their registration with the relevant professional body.

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