Job summary
We are recruiting for a Quality Improvement Lead for Perinatal Services who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Head of Quality Improvement for Perinatal Services is a key role within the Women and Children's Divisional Leadership Team (DLT). Working closely with Director of Midwifery and the Divisional Medical Director, you will be responsible for developing and disseminating throughout this focus area, a standardised approach to project methodology, documentation, training and education.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The Quality Improvement Lead for Perinatal Services will ensure that our services are engaged in continuous quality improvement, innovation and transformation. A highly skilled and experienced individual, able to with a track record in quality compliance and improvement. You'll have the ability to push the boundaries or innovation and quality of care, working in partnership with colleagues across the Trust and in our partner organisations.
The post holder will provide leadership throughout the division and Trust that will create a caring, fair and open culture (in line with our values) and enable staff to perform at their best.
Working closely with the Director of Midwifery and Divisional team, to develop and disseminate throughout this focus area, a standardised approach to project methodology, documentation, training, and education.
The trust are embarking on an improvement journey with the Virginia Mason institute (VMI). There will be requirement for the post holder to undertake training and obtain VMI accreditation.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant healthcare degree
- Leadership course or qualification
Desirable
- Relevant Masters qualification
- Mentoring/teaching qualification
- Registered Nurse/Midwife
Previous Experience
Essential
- Evidence of excellent managerial, leadership and organisational skills
- Evidence of ability to motivate and develop all members of the team
- Proven track of being able to delegate and prioritise
- Evidence of excellent understanding of Trust policies and procedures
- Evidence and experience of managing HR related issues
- Proven ability to cope with distressing and challenging situations
- Experience of teaching and developing others
Desirable
- Experience of managing a budget
Skills
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills and the ability to implement these in practice
- Clinical credible and competent within experience of standard setting
- Excellent professional and leadership skills with evidence of successfully managing teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- IT skills and knowledge of IT systems
- Adaptable and flexible approach
- Team player
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of clinical governance and the application to practice
- A knowledge of HR related policies and procedures
- Up to date and evidenced based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge and experience of change management
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of risk management issues
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Ability to withstand pressure of work, frequent interruptions, demanding conflicting priorities and to respond effectively to these
- Ability to deal with sensitive information
- Able to challenge clinical decisions in the best interests of patients
- Able to participate in on-call rota
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant healthcare degree
- Leadership course or qualification
Desirable
- Relevant Masters qualification
- Mentoring/teaching qualification
- Registered Nurse/Midwife
Previous Experience
Essential
- Evidence of excellent managerial, leadership and organisational skills
- Evidence of ability to motivate and develop all members of the team
- Proven track of being able to delegate and prioritise
- Evidence of excellent understanding of Trust policies and procedures
- Evidence and experience of managing HR related issues
- Proven ability to cope with distressing and challenging situations
- Experience of teaching and developing others
Desirable
- Experience of managing a budget
Skills
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills and the ability to implement these in practice
- Clinical credible and competent within experience of standard setting
- Excellent professional and leadership skills with evidence of successfully managing teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- IT skills and knowledge of IT systems
- Adaptable and flexible approach
- Team player
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of clinical governance and the application to practice
- A knowledge of HR related policies and procedures
- Up to date and evidenced based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge and experience of change management
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of risk management issues
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Ability to withstand pressure of work, frequent interruptions, demanding conflicting priorities and to respond effectively to these
- Ability to deal with sensitive information
- Able to challenge clinical decisions in the best interests of patients
- Able to participate in on-call rota
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
