Nottinghamshire Hospice Quality Lead - Palliative Care

Job summary

Would you like to work in a genuinely rewarding organisation?

Nottinghamshire Hospice offers staff the unique privilege to walk alongside patients and their families at this significant time of their lives while providing compassionate care and support. We deliver high-quality, excellent palliative care for patients across Nottinghamshire for those living with a life-limiting condition. We care for patients, families and their friends, both before and after death.

Most people are cared for in their own home & our goal is to help people make the most of their lives, in ways that are important to THEM. This care may sometimes include coming into the Hospice as part of our wellbeing and reablement offer.

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Quality Lead to join our Care Services Team.

Main duties of the job

Your working days will be predominantly Monday - Friday between the hours of 8.00am-5.00pm with some evening meetings and participation in the on-call rota.

This is a new and exciting vacancy and will require the successful candidate to work hands-on from a clinical perspective at times to ensure that Nottinghamshire Hospice delivers high-quality, patient-centred care aligned with our values and regulatory requirements. The role will support the Director of Care Services with quality assurance, clinical governance, and service improvement initiatives, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence across Care Services. As a senior nurse, the Quality Lead will work collaboratively with the clinical teams to ensure that all clinical operations meet the highest standards of safety, effectiveness, and compassion. The post holder will be supported to maintain their clinical and professional competencies and will participate in the On Call clinical rota. The successful candidate will need to be a Registered Adult Nurse, with extensive post registration experience as well as proven knowledge and experience of CQC Inspections, clinical governance and continuous quality improvement.

About us

Our mission is to add life to every day for people who have been told their illness cannot be cured, helping them to live as actively and well as possible with care that puts them at the front of everything we say and do.

Our Values:

Compassion We are focused on:

being inclusive; being kind and having

empathy; empowering others; having

integrity and being patient.

Trust We are focused on:

being authentic; unified; loyal;

accountable; trustworthy; responsible;

reliable and professional.

Ambition - We are focused on:

the growth of the Hospice; being

courageous; getting the right outcomes

and results; improvement of our services;

being the best version of ourselves for

the benefit of each other and our service

users.

We offer our staff:-

5 weeks holiday pay plus Bank Holidays, Pension Scheme, Staff referral scheme (earn up to £500.00 (subject to tax and NI)), Employee Assistance Programme, including private GP access, National retail/attractions discount scheme, Roadside parking off site, Free DBS check and Uniform and Bluecard Discount Scheme.

Please be aware that this vacancy may be removed from the NHS website earlier than the advertised closing date.