Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date:
02/04/2025
Planned Interview
Date:
11/04/2025
This
is a fixed term post for 12 months and present potential secondment
opportunities for individuals to further develop their project management,
leadership and accreditation skills experience whilst working with a wide
range of internal and external stakeholders.
It is also an opportunity to work alongside corporate operations
colleagues and learn more about organisation and our partners.
Leadership
of the operational planning, mobilisation, quality and accreditation of the
CDCs is the main focus for these roles, working with clinical and operational
colleagues to identify and track benefits of the programme and to develop the
strategic plan for CDCs within Leeds for the benefit of our population as
well as delivering on the accreditation for the programme. The role will also
include ensuring key measures of success, tracking productivity and
utilisation, seeking opportunities to implement improvements to ensure
efficient use of resources which include establishing and running effective
programme management systems for delivering the programme deliverables. A key
drive for these roles will be to develop and implement is the embed the CDC
service within business as usual for CSUs and corporate functions with a
clear understanding of the benefits to time, budget and quality standards as
well as accreditation for the service.
Main duties of the job
As
programme leaders, you will be required to analyse and interpret hospital
performance and quality data, policies and guidelines and work closely with
other networks and CDCs, in particular to understand development of the
business and the workforce and accreditation process. NHSE have stipulated that CDCs are to be
accredited within 2 years of being set up so a key role for the quality
improvement manager will be to ensure that robust management systems are in place
during the planning period to achieve the strategic and operational quality
improvement for the CDC with an aim to gain accreditation through UKAS.
Your
excellent communication and interpersonal skills will be important for your
engagement with multidisciplinary teams across the system including clinical
and non-clinical services to ensure a fully operational business as usual
model is in place by March 2026.
This
is a large and complex programme providing the necessary levels of assurance
to senior programme leads regarding delivery milestones of this programme and
ensuring efficient risk management is a key priority.
These
are full-time roles and will be primarily office based with a requirement to
work across other LTHT sites and the existing CDCs (Seacroft, Armley,
Beeston) and will require an immediate start.
About us
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
provide expert quality improvement and change management consultancy to the
CDC (Community Diagnostics Centre) leading on the quality and delivery of the
programme and ensuring that accreditation is delivered as part of the
programme and that it is fit for purpose.
Working with the Directors of
Operations, Planning, Finance and other internal and external stakeholders to
ensure timescales are met and service benefits realised. The quality improvement manager will ensure
that robust management systems are in place during the planning period to
achieve the strategic and operational quality Improvement for the CDC with an
aim to gain accreditation through UKAS. UKAS is working with NHS England to
establish a project to develop Accreditation for Community Diagnostic Centres
(CDCs).
NHSE
have stipulated that CDCs are to be accredited within 2 years of being set
up. Over 170 CDCs have already been approved by NHSE to operate services
which may include pathology, phlebotomy, point of care testing, diagnostic
imaging, and physiological science services. As the national accreditation
body, UKAS is the only organisation recognised to provide accreditation
across healthcare diagnostic and scientific services. UKAS will now work with
host Trusts and CDC providers to determine the most suitable approach to
deliver accreditation across the relevant disciplines, and the scope and the
timeframes that services are planning to work to.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
provide expert quality improvement and change management consultancy to the
CDC (Community Diagnostics Centre) leading on the quality and delivery of the
programme and ensuring that accreditation is delivered as part of the
programme and that it is fit for purpose.
Working with the Directors of
Operations, Planning, Finance and other internal and external stakeholders to
ensure timescales are met and service benefits realised. The quality improvement manager will ensure
that robust management systems are in place during the planning period to
achieve the strategic and operational quality Improvement for the CDC with an
aim to gain accreditation through UKAS. UKAS is working with NHS England to
establish a project to develop Accreditation for Community Diagnostic Centres
(CDCs).
NHSE
have stipulated that CDCs are to be accredited within 2 years of being set
up. Over 170 CDCs have already been approved by NHSE to operate services
which may include pathology, phlebotomy, point of care testing, diagnostic
imaging, and physiological science services. As the national accreditation
body, UKAS is the only organisation recognised to provide accreditation
across healthcare diagnostic and scientific services. UKAS will now work with
host Trusts and CDC providers to determine the most suitable approach to
deliver accreditation across the relevant disciplines, and the scope and the
timeframes that services are planning to work to.
Person Specification
Other Criteria
Essential
- Managers are required to carry out their duties in a manner which complies with the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers Directions 2002.
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Promotes a patient centred organisational culture.
Desirable
- Accountable for own actions & the consequences of interventions with individuals & groups.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience working at a senior manager/ Matron level with line management responsibilities.
Desirable
- Considerable experience in managing/facilitating complex, multi-agency and whole systems organisation/service changes, delivering successful service transformation project on time and to budget.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experiential learning in addition to first Degree.
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate/diploma in Service Redesign applied methodologies or similar subject
Person Specification
Other Criteria
Essential
- Managers are required to carry out their duties in a manner which complies with the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers Directions 2002.
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Promotes a patient centred organisational culture.
Desirable
- Accountable for own actions & the consequences of interventions with individuals & groups.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience working at a senior manager/ Matron level with line management responsibilities.
Desirable
- Considerable experience in managing/facilitating complex, multi-agency and whole systems organisation/service changes, delivering successful service transformation project on time and to budget.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experiential learning in addition to first Degree.
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate/diploma in Service Redesign applied methodologies or similar subject
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.
