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For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification. This role gives the opportunity for hybrid working and you will typically be asked to work in a hybrid way, working from your home and also from Trust HQ The Uffculme Centre, or any other agreed site.

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; We recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development, offer a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts. We are now seeking a compassionate, experienced and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as an Associate Director of Quality based in our Central & South West Division. About The Role The role of Associate Director of Quality offers a fantastic opportunity within Avery Healthcare to ensure the exceptional standards of care delivery and quality services for our residents, relatives, and colleagues. Reporting to the Director of Quality and working with the Operational teams you will develop a culture that values the highest standards of care, safety, quality, and clinical risk. Leading by example, you will provide Leadership and take responsibility for ensuring robust quality assurance systems and processes, ensuring group quality indicators and regulatory requirements are fully satisfied and therefore ensuring that safe, quality care is delivered to residents. Our people are invaluable to us and for the future success of the business, you will inspire, coach, and develop a team of direct reports to take full accountability for ongoing development. Working with senior colleagues to drive continuous improvement, you will lead change and challenge conventional approaches, to create a learning organisation, offering expert advice on regulatory requirements, new services, and projects. Supporting the Director of Quality, you will provide professional nursing leadership and advice, supporting with any learning required. The health and wellbeing of everyone in our organisation is of the upmost importance to us so taking on the role of Infection Prevention Control lead, you will ensure that all policies are fit for purpose and up to date. This rewarding role includes an attractive salary package, including performance incentives, travel expenses and benefits. About You You will lead by example, driving our vision to offer exceptional care and experience whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice for residents and employees, creating meaningful lives together. You will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. To be successful in your application, you must: Be a 1st level Registered Nurse (nursing home) with current NMC number Have a minimum of 5 years experience in a Care & Quality role and be able to evidence experience of change management and impact Have proven experience in a leadership role, having managed a team successfully to deliver objectives Have a good knowledge of the regulatory framework Have the knowledge and understanding to analyse and interpret data to identify emerging risks, themes and trends and work with operational teams to identify practicable solutions Have the personal qualities to work with others, influence, negotiate and develop strong working relationships. Please note this role will require: Proof of eligibility to work in the UK A clear and enhanced DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; We recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development, offer a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts. We are now seeking a compassionate, experienced and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as an Associate Director of Quality based in our Central & South West Division. About The Role The role of Associate Director of Quality offers a fantastic opportunity within Avery Healthcare to ensure the exceptional standards of care delivery and quality services for our residents, relatives, and colleagues. Reporting to the Director of Quality and working with the Operational teams you will develop a culture that values the highest standards of care, safety, quality, and clinical risk. Leading by example, you will provide Leadership and take responsibility for ensuring robust quality assurance systems and processes, ensuring group quality indicators and regulatory requirements are fully satisfied and therefore ensuring that safe, quality care is delivered to residents. Our people are invaluable to us and for the future success of the business, you will inspire, coach, and develop a team of direct reports to take full accountability for ongoing development. Working with senior colleagues to drive continuous improvement, you will lead change and challenge conventional approaches, to create a learning organisation, offering expert advice on regulatory requirements, new services, and projects. Supporting the Director of Quality, you will provide professional nursing leadership and advice, supporting with any learning required. The health and wellbeing of everyone in our organisation is of the upmost importance to us so taking on the role of Infection Prevention Control lead, you will ensure that all policies are fit for purpose and up to date. This rewarding role includes an attractive salary package, including performance incentives, travel expenses and benefits. About You You will lead by example, driving our vision to offer exceptional care and experience whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice for residents and employees, creating meaningful lives together. You will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. To be successful in your application, you must: Be a 1st level Registered Nurse (nursing home) with current NMC number Have a minimum of 5 years experience in a Care & Quality role and be able to evidence experience of change management and impact Have proven experience in a leadership role, having managed a team successfully to deliver objectives Have a good knowledge of the regulatory framework Have the knowledge and understanding to analyse and interpret data to identify emerging risks, themes and trends and work with operational teams to identify practicable solutions Have the personal qualities to work with others, influence, negotiate and develop strong working relationships. Please note this role will require: Proof of eligibility to work in the UK A clear and enhanced DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery

Please see job description and person specification for a more detailed overview of the role. This will provide a detailed description of exact responsibilities and requirements

Please see job description and person specification for a more detailed overview of the role. This will provide a detailed description of exact responsibilities and requirements

Please see attached the Job description and Person Specification for detailed overview of the roles and responsibilities.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process. What we offer: A starting salary of £46,148 - £52,809 per annum in accordance with AfC. Three full time opportunity to join as a Band 7, and progress with NHSBT. 1x fulltime permanent contract in Birmingham 1x fulltime 24 months contract in Barnsley. 1x fulltime 12 months contract in Filton, Bristol. Opportunity to work with a national organisation and be based in Birmingham, Bristol or Barnsley. NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities and this role offers hybrid working. 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days after 10 years. NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions Weve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. Its open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role. This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 13th Oct 2024 Interviews are anticipated to be held week of 4th Nov 2024 subject to confirmation For informal enquiries please contact Fred Goddard, Regional Quality Assurance Manager fred.goddard@nhsbt.nhs.uk

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This is an excellent opportunity for a senior registrar to develop a portfolio for leadership and management skills working towards a consultant role on a CCT or CESR pathway. The successful candidate will take part in an emergency on-call rota and routine elective work in both Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This will include Caesarean Section lists, administrative and educational tasks and general and specialist outpatient clinics. On call frequency is 1:8. The post will be based at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital with an understanding the post holder may also be required to work at different sites, dependent on the needs of the service. It would be beneficial that you would be able to drive and have own means of transport. The post holder will be expected to: *Work with a named consultant, who will act as a mentor and will be available to perform appraisals, provide support and advice. *Attend weekly meeting to discuss CTG's and interesting cases for learning. *Attend monthly audit meetings and trainees are encouraged to undertake audit projects. *Attend the monthly mortality, morbidity, audit and governance meetings. *Attend Postgraduate Education meetings. *Be actively involved on quality improvement, research and teaching projects to enhance surgical portfolio. *Be able to liaise with Consultants, other junior doctors, Nurses, Midwives, patient, relatives, administrative staff and other senior medical staff *Be able to eventually supervise/ support more junior members of the team.

KEY CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: PROFESSIONAL Maintain and ensure compliance with agreed policies and procedures and consistency with working practices. Organise and prioritise own workload ensuring effective time management, working flexibly to meet the needs of the service, which may require short term adjustment to plans ensuring that effective diary management is maintained. Good working knowledge and experience of utilising standard Microsoft programs such as word, excel, power point, outlook, SharePoint etc. Contribute to ensuring the highest possible standards of cleanliness within the Trust clinical premises and ensure all staff are familiar with escalation procedures for additional cleaning. Travel to and from Trust sites as required. Assist in the development and delivery of training as part of the IPC teams training Programme in relation to auditing principles and processes. Work closely with IPC Practitioners in the development and review of audit tools and IPC initiatives for promoting best practice. CLINICAL This is both a clinical and office-based role however this is not a direct patient facing role. The post holder will work in clinical areas undertaking audits and observation of practice, working alongside the IPCT, and liaising with clinical teams as well as non-clinical teams, patients, and visitors as part of their duties. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT Provide training and support to new members of the IPCT and clinical teams in relation to new auditing processes and practices. COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS Communicate effectively audit result and compliance details, which may be of a contentious nature, with local management teams including senior managers. Provide feedback including judgements and recommendations for actions to resolve areas of non-compliance, which may require negotiation and persuasion skills for implementation, to the local management teams and/ or operational staff. To take action to resolve problems identified through the monitoring process, which are an immediate risk, or report problems to the relevant manager for action to be taken. Develop and maintain effective communication links with managers and clinical staff across all Trust sites. Liaise with service and contract managers and take appropriate action to advise, resolve and rectify any issues as necessary. To manage sensitive situations where a difference of opinion exists in the operational environment. Liaise with other departments and services to disseminate information efficiently. To attend meetings where management are likely to be resistant to the audit review and particularly to audit findings in respect of potentially sensitive and contentious issues. ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT Responsibilities Monitor and analyse IPC data to highlight themes and trends in reporting and compliance levels. To enable targeted support and challenge to improve standards across the Trust, in line with agreed key performance indicators. Analyse audit findings and intelligence to establish areas of concern and/ or good practice for enhanced support/ monitoring to promote improvement utilising a risk-based approach. Perform IPC quality assurance audits in-line with the Trust IPC audit programme and schedule, audits will be performed in all clinical areas. Audits will remain in line with requirements set out by the Trust, Department of Health and the Health and Social Care Act (2008) code of practice for the prevention and control of infections. PLANNING AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS Produce detailed audit reports forming conclusions and judgements of compliance with national best practice guidance and make recommendations for actions to rectify areas of non-compliance. Maintain records in electronic databases, ensuring that the information recorded is entered with a high degree of accuracy and in a timely manner. Report Key Performance Indicators to the IPC team, identifying audits performed, their outcomes and areas of good practice or for improvement with associated judgements and recommendations of actions required. To maintain documented records of corrective or preventative actions taken and recommended actions, performing follow-up visits to monitor progress and compliance of set actions. Provide monthly update, establishing reporting baseline with IPC Practitioners (verbally/written). Please see the attached job description and person specification for complete details. Kindly be aware that this job description may be modified as the service develops to align with the changing requirements of patients and the hospital.

Through team working and engaging stakeholders, the post holder will support staff to diagnose areas for quality improvement within their services. They will need to be able to present highly complex information to key stakeholders and frontline staff, assist in planning the improvement design and support the implementation of solutions and lead on specific projects. They will need to negotiate with staff and stakeholders at all levels, using a highly persuasive and motivational approach, showing empathy for different positions, offering reassurance and assurance as appropriate and overcoming barriers to understanding. The post holder will support staff to evaluate any changes made and to ensure improvement is sustainable and, wherever possible, adopted and spread locally. They will lead and deliver on specific continuous improvement projects as identified by the Trust and provide expert subject matter advice in quality improvement approaches, methodologies, measurement, and evaluation. Work with colleagues to develop continuous improvement skills and capability across the organisation utilising the science of improvement methodologies. Act as a central point of expert support, guidance, and advice within the Trust on quality improvement and effectiveness ensuring that communication styles, methods and timings are appropriate to the audience. This includes the use of digital channels, presentational skills, written skills and verbal skills. Communicate analytical and statistical results to a wide range of internal and external staff, guiding them on a certain course of action to enable a structured and evidence-based approach to quality improvement Develop and deliver formal, complex presentations to large groups. Establish excellent relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders and partners to support delivery of high-quality outcomes. Participate in national quality improvement forums and bring learning back into the Trust. Be visible to staff and regularly undertake quality improvement activities to engage colleagues at all levels to generate commitment to continuous improvement. Lead by example, role modelling integrity, impartiality and the elimination of bias by promoting an inclusive working environment that supports the Trust values and objectives. To work with service managers and programme leads to ensure that a continuous quality improvement approach is embedded into projects/activity and governance arrangements. To advise and guide Quality Improvement sponsors and coaches in developing their activity in line with Trusts change cycle framework. Work in partnership with service managers to secure clinical and public engagement for identified projects. Produce and communicate project plans with the involvement of stakeholders, including patient and public where appropriate. Prepare and present information reports and presentations to a variety of audiences, including patient groups, clinical staff, service managers and varying governance meetings to support the delivery of improvement initiatives. Audiences may range from small groups of one interest group to large and mixed groups at conferences or similar events. Deliver training to staff across the Trust in Quality Improvement. Responsible for the continued development, implementation and maintenance of the continuous quality improvement framework Responsible for contributing to the development and/or modification of policies arising from successful QI initiatives where scale up and spread is appropriate Responsible for ensuring that quality improvement methodologies are utilised when testing out new proposed developments (as appropriate) Responsible for contributing to the development of the Trusts Quality Improvement Strategy and the implementation of this strategy. Responsible for ensuring that quality improvement approach aligns and supports PSIRF requirements for the Trust and Patient Safety.

Providing expert governance advice, resource and support Developing the organisational governance framework Incident identification, incident closure, quality control, incident themes and trends Working with the operational teams on training resource development and delivery Collation and presentation of patient safety performance data, analysis of themes and trends Working with the Managing Director, the Nominated Individual for CQC and the CQC Registered Manager to liaise with CQC and provide information requests, coordinate CQC inspections or visits, and develop CQC compliance tools Supporting implementation of the National Patient Safety Strategy Providing oversight and co-ordination of patient safety alerts Reviewing all safety information to gain better understanding of safety of care Finding innovative ways of helping the organisation to learn from incidents Liaising with colleagues across the organisation with overall aim of ensuring that the company delivers the highest quality of patient care across all its services (whether regulated by the CQC or not) Acting as Information Governance Lead for the organisation representing the company on the cross-Group IG governance meeting. Acting as first point of contact for any information governance/data protection issues within the organisation and liaising with the Group DPO and information governance lead as required. Maintaining the organisational log of key patient safety roles (CQC Registered Manager, Caldicott Guardian etc) Manage H&S provision including statutory notification responsibilities. Working with the HR team on professional competence, registration, DBS etc