Job summary
Applications are invited for an exciting opportunity of a 16 month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment (until end March 2025) for an 18.75 hour post. Band 8b ME-5 Pathology Network Quality Domain Lead. This is a fantastic and rare opportunity to develop your leadership skills and lead on the development of the ME-5 pathology Network quality strategy within a fledgling Pathology network.
The role will be hosted by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust but will be based across the ME5 Pathology Network which includes three Foundation Trusts - Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT, North West Anglia NHS FT. The Network also works closely with Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT.
Main duties of the job
The Network Quality Domain Lead leads and is responsible for the development, strategic co-ordination and implementation of quality initiatives for the ME-5 Pathology Network in line with the criteria and objectives set out in the NHS England Pathology Transformation Maturity Matrix (in particular Domain 4 Quality) and Member Trust local objectives.
About us
Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so, agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
o Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
o Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
o Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
o Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
o In-house Physiotherapy Services
o Career development and training opportunities
o Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
o Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
o Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for the main and key responsibilities of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for the main and key responsibilities of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Relevant Masters degree or equivalent level of knowledge, experience and skills
- Able to demonstrate ongoing personal development
- Significant training or experience in Quality programme management
Desirable
- Membership of relevant professional body or equivalent
- Masters level (Quality) Management/Leadership course or qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of successful delivery of a multi-organisation Quality programmes and project in a service improvement role
- Experience of planning organisational resources to support programme/ project implementation
- Significant business and service planning experience
- Experience in change management
- Demonstrable experience of service redesign within a health or social care setting
Key Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of IT, Quality and health intelligence, benchmarking and data sources
- Ability to analyse and act upon complex information from various sources
- Able to prepare reports that are lucid, informative and persuasive
- Ability to effectively hold to account and recognise when to appropriately escalate
- Proven ability to initiate, implement and drive processes on an organisation wide scale
- Ability to meet deadlines and turn round work to short timescales
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Able to co-ordinate and prioritise tasks
- Ability to manage budgets, staff and resources
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills including oral and written with different staff groups
- Ability to foster good working relationships, motivate others and use influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent IT skills including in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of National NHSE Quality programmes
Desirable
- Knowledge of commissioning, acute, primary care and community services
- Knowledge of NHS governance
- Knowledge of payment mechanisms between organisations (PbR, QIPP, QOF)
Other
Essential
- Be prepared to work across sites as and when required
- Ability to adopt a flexible working pattern to match workload
- Resourceful in seeking out solutions
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Relevant Masters degree or equivalent level of knowledge, experience and skills
- Able to demonstrate ongoing personal development
- Significant training or experience in Quality programme management
Desirable
- Membership of relevant professional body or equivalent
- Masters level (Quality) Management/Leadership course or qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of successful delivery of a multi-organisation Quality programmes and project in a service improvement role
- Experience of planning organisational resources to support programme/ project implementation
- Significant business and service planning experience
- Experience in change management
- Demonstrable experience of service redesign within a health or social care setting
Key Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of IT, Quality and health intelligence, benchmarking and data sources
- Ability to analyse and act upon complex information from various sources
- Able to prepare reports that are lucid, informative and persuasive
- Ability to effectively hold to account and recognise when to appropriately escalate
- Proven ability to initiate, implement and drive processes on an organisation wide scale
- Ability to meet deadlines and turn round work to short timescales
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Able to co-ordinate and prioritise tasks
- Ability to manage budgets, staff and resources
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills including oral and written with different staff groups
- Ability to foster good working relationships, motivate others and use influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent IT skills including in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of National NHSE Quality programmes
Desirable
- Knowledge of commissioning, acute, primary care and community services
- Knowledge of NHS governance
- Knowledge of payment mechanisms between organisations (PbR, QIPP, QOF)
Other
Essential
- Be prepared to work across sites as and when required
- Ability to adopt a flexible working pattern to match workload
- Resourceful in seeking out solutions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
