About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and proactive Quality & Safety Manager to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. We are seeking a skilled professional to help lead the Trust's approach to patient safety, learning and improvement, working closely with clinical and corporate teams across the organisation.
As a key member of the Office of the Medical Director, you will provide expert analysis and oversight of patient safety information, support the delivery of PSIRF and related governance processes, and identify themes and emerging risks to drive meaningful improvements in quality and safety.
You will play a key role in supporting senior leaders through high-quality reporting, assurance and insight, while building effective relationships across the Trust to promote a strong culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for helping oversee the Trust's patient safety governance and learning processes, ensuring effective oversight of PSIRF, patient safety events and learning responses. You will provide expert analysis of patient safety data and triangulate this with wider quality intelligence to identify themes, emerging risks and areas for improvement. Working closely with clinical and corporate teams, you will coordinate key patient safety governance meetings, oversee actions and performance against agreed measures, and provide accurate and timely reports and assurance to senior and executive leaders. You will provide advice and support to clinical teams on patient safety, PSIRF, quality governance and improvement, while managing the day-to-day administration of the Quality & Safety team. The role will also be responsible for identifying and monitoring themes, trends and opportunities for learning across the Trust, supporting the development and delivery of safety improvement priorities and ensuring learning is translated into effective improvement plans. You will build strong relationships with stakeholders across the Trust and wider healthcare system, using high-quality data, analysis and insight to support continuous improvement in quality, safety and patient care.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Job description Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working.
Experience Essential
Experience of working with an acute hospital service environment. Experience of managing and analysing a wide range of patient safety information and data. Management experience within the NHS. Working in complex environments with multiple stakeholders.
Desirable
Experience working in patient safety or quality governance in an acute Trust.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities Essential
Expertise in analysing and trending large datasets. Identifying and predicting areas poor performance. Project Management Skills.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
Employer details Employer name Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address St Mary's Hospital
Praed Street
London
W2 1NY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)