Job summary
Exciting opportunity for someone to join our Quality Management Team in a newly established post that has been created to support Human Tissue Authority (HTA) Compliance across the Humber Health Partnership group.
This role is pivotal in ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance and assisting our mortuaries to operate in a safe and standardised way, ensuring our patients and their families receive the best care at very vulnerable times in their lives.
You will working closely with the mortuary managers, HTA Designated Individual and the Path Links and Trust Quality Management Teams to ensure regulatory compliance of our mortuary facilities and some other smaller service areas subject to HTA regulation
The post holder will support the mortuary team as they transition to a common Quality Management system. Currently there are 2 separate services, these will be brought together under one operating system fully compliant with regulatory requirements and enabling business continuity.
The post will be based at Hull Royal Infirmary mortuary but travel will be required to undertake audits / investigate incidents and meet with staff on the other sites. A full UK valid driving license is therefore essential for the role and some flexibility around working arrangements may occasionally be required to accommodate this. Travel expenses will be paid for cross-site travel.
Main duties of the job
This is a very interesting and varied role. You will be involved with tasks such as document format / document control, audit, investigation of non-conformances, trending of incidents, root cause analysis, service improvement process mapping, reporting and liaison with regulatory bodies, preparing and presenting quality reports, attending committee meetings, training for staff on QM processes etc.
Please read the Job Description / Person Specification for full details of what is required.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent demonstrable working knowledge and experience in quality management, audit and improvement processes
Desirable
- Six sigma, Lean or PRINCE 2 type certification
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable working knowledge of risk and governance
- Demonstrable knowledge of audit processes, procedures and methodologies
Desirable
- Knowledge of HTA standards
- Knowledge of CQC standards
- Knowledge of improvement procedures and risk analysis
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within NHS governance policies
- Experience of facilitating change
- Experience of coordinating and training staff
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Desirable
- Change management experience
- Experience of NHS systems and hierarchy
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate including using wide range of Microsoft Office packages
- Ability to concentrate for significant periods of time and analyse data
- Ability to devise and implement rigorous analytical approach to investigations
- Ability to produce reports and present to an audience
- Ability to prioritise work and work on own initiative with confidence and assertiveness
Desirable
- Incident of clinical outcomes systems training
- Ability to deliver training
Communication skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy and influence and motivate others
- Ability to communicate complex information in simple terms to an audience
- Ability to deal with disagreement and conflict through negotiation and influence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree or equivalent demonstrable working knowledge and experience in quality management, audit and improvement processes
Desirable
- Six sigma, Lean or PRINCE 2 type certification
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable working knowledge of risk and governance
- Demonstrable knowledge of audit processes, procedures and methodologies
Desirable
- Knowledge of HTA standards
- Knowledge of CQC standards
- Knowledge of improvement procedures and risk analysis
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within NHS governance policies
- Experience of facilitating change
- Experience of coordinating and training staff
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Desirable
- Change management experience
- Experience of NHS systems and hierarchy
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate including using wide range of Microsoft Office packages
- Ability to concentrate for significant periods of time and analyse data
- Ability to devise and implement rigorous analytical approach to investigations
- Ability to produce reports and present to an audience
- Ability to prioritise work and work on own initiative with confidence and assertiveness
Desirable
- Incident of clinical outcomes systems training
- Ability to deliver training
Communication skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy and influence and motivate others
- Ability to communicate complex information in simple terms to an audience
- Ability to deal with disagreement and conflict through negotiation and influence
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.
