Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Nurse or Allied Health Professional to join our Managed Clinical Service Quality and Safety Team as a Quality and Safety Manager within Clinical Scientific Services. You will have the opportunity to work with diverse divisions and teams across MFT sites to promote and develop work streams to improve quality and safety across the MCS.
This interesting role has a broad scope encompassing patient safety, risk management, compliance, and complaints amongst others. This exciting opportunity is ideally suited to those looking to further develop their knowledge of the governance and quality agenda via wide exposure to working at Divisional and Managed Service level. The MCS is large and complex, with key relationships and working arrangements that sit across several hospital sites. The role would suit an individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and enjoys building solid working relationships with clinical and non-clinical team members.
Main duties of the job
You will be based within the Governance Team at Oxford Road Campus supporting the CSS Quality and Safety Leads and working with Governance Leads within the 5 Clinical Divisions in CSS, which are Critical Care and Anaesthesia, Laboratory Medicine, Imaging, Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy.
You will have been educated to degree level studies (or equivalent) and have experience working at a senior level within a health or social care setting.
You will have excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills and the ability to quickly establish effective working relationships with clinical and non-clinical colleagues at all levels.
Applications are invited from candidates from both clinical and non-clinical backgrounds although candidates from non-clinical backgrounds must have a very good understanding of governance processes.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical Qualification relating to specialty
- First degree /Working towards masters / relevant experience
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Clinical Governance or Risk Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of Clinical Governance/Risk Management issues and the principles of Clinical Governance and Risk
- Management within the NHS/similar healthcare setting reinforced by significant experience in the Clinical/Management field.
- Specialist knowledge of managing within a NHS/similar healthcare setting e.g. Nursing, Finance, HR, Change.
- Experience of managing patient safety
Desirable
- Previous management experience
Skills and attributes
Essential
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary working.
- Effective communication skills. Able to converse with all levels of staff from within the organisation. Evidence of multi-disciplinary working.
- Evidence of effective leadership
- Computer and statistical literacy. Able to use IT and have keyboard skills to produce self-generated information. Able to deduce key points from large
- Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture including future scenario planning. Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical Qualification relating to specialty
- First degree /Working towards masters / relevant experience
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Clinical Governance or Risk Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of Clinical Governance/Risk Management issues and the principles of Clinical Governance and Risk
- Management within the NHS/similar healthcare setting reinforced by significant experience in the Clinical/Management field.
- Specialist knowledge of managing within a NHS/similar healthcare setting e.g. Nursing, Finance, HR, Change.
- Experience of managing patient safety
Desirable
- Previous management experience
Skills and attributes
Essential
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary working.
- Effective communication skills. Able to converse with all levels of staff from within the organisation. Evidence of multi-disciplinary working.
- Evidence of effective leadership
- Computer and statistical literacy. Able to use IT and have keyboard skills to produce self-generated information. Able to deduce key points from large
- Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture including future scenario planning. Able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious 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).
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).
