Quality Assurance Lead - Chelsea, United Kingdom - The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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Chelsea, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Providing a high quality service to our patients is at the core of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Therefore applicants will preferably have experience of working in a healthcare environment.

As the Lead for Quality Assurance you will be working very closely with the Trust's Chief Nurse, Medical Director, Divisional directors and Divisional Medical Directors to ensure the trust maintains effective integrated governance.

You must have excellent communication skills, a keen eye for detail, be adaptable, flexible, and innovative.

You must have the ability to work on your own as well as within a team and be highly motivated to deliver excellence.

The post is hybrid working and will be based at the London site of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, however as the specialties are cross site so the post holder is also expected to work at the Sutton, Kingston and Cavendish Square sites.

Is accountable to the Chief Nurse and the Deputy Director of Patient Safety and Quality Assurance for leading and monitoring the overall delivery of the Trust's Assurance strategy and framework, and all other services managed within the Clinical Assurance team, including Chairing relevant Trust committees within that remit.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre.

Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer.

We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services.

We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team.

We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways.

There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance.

We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Is responsible for the line management of the senior operational staff responsible for the management of Patient Information, Caldicott, Complaints, Clinical and Integrated Governance, Clinical Audit and specialist accreditations such as ISO and QSI.
Holds responsibility for the development, delivery and monitoring of the Trust assurance agenda, and provides leadership on the development of strategy and assurance products to support the Deputy Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Assurance who then reports to the Board of Directors in its internal control and assurance role.
Is responsible for advising senior staff, and through the Deputy Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Assurance, the Board of Directors, and on Board Assurance requirements and mechanisms in relation to Clinical/Quality Assurance across the trust.