Deputy Head of Quality

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• To provide strong and visible leadership across the Collaboratives six Trusts, in developing and implementing policies and approach for a single unified quality assurance framework that provides compliance monitoring and reporting to the Collaborative to deliver the agreed clinical outcomes and improvements to services and patient experiences.
• The post holder will adopt a proactive outward facing role with local commissioning quality leads, NHSE, CQC and other provider collaboratives to ensure wider quality surveillance processes are in place that reduce duplication, enable sharing of lessons learnt and best practice and move towards one integrated quality assurance system.
• Working with the Head of Quality and other designated leads, seek assurance and monitor compliance in relation to quality KPI dashboard, QSIS, CQC regulatory requirements, clinical policy and guidance and best available clinical evidence.
• To work in partnership with clinical and quality leads in providers and local commissioners, ensuring the quality assurance and reporting framework is effectively communicated and understood by NHS and Independent Sector providers, and local commissioners.
• To provide line management and development of a team of Case Managers, and the Participation and Engagement team within the Commissioning Hub
• To ensure opportunities for learning and development are systematically captured and shared across Collaborative system.
• To deputise for the Head of Quality and or represent the TACT Quality agenda at regional meetings and forums.

Due to the role being across the East of England the nominated base can be negotiable.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse or other registered health or social care professional
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience.
• Recent / current experience of Professional Development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in a senior role in an NHS or independent sector provider or commissioning organisation
• Significant experience within a senior level in a clinical directorate or commissioning team leading on clinical risk management and quality assurance.
• Policy developing policy Expertise of working with a wide range of stakeholders including the local authority, NHS and independent healthcare providers
• Experience of working within complex healthcare settings and multiple stakeholder groups.
• Significant experience of clinical leadership, negotiation, collaboration and facilitation.

Desirable criteria

• Clinical experience within a mental health setting

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to develop and maintain communication with people about difficult and complex matters and/or in difficult situations, varying language and style as appropriate.
• Ability to operate effectively in clinical academic operational environment with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to analyse a range of complex quality data and formulate action plans

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Clinical expert, with extensive knowledge of contemporary clinical services and national policy especially in relation to quality assurance and professional practice.
• Understanding of current NHS policy i.e. ICS and provider collaboratives and the implications for engagement with all stakeholders

Desirable criteria

• An understanding of NHSE/I plans for specialist mental health services and the role regions play

Other

Essential criteria

• Travel independently around the region
• Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
• Excellent attention to detail

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Deputy Head of Quality JDPS (PDF, 696.5KB)
• CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
• CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)