About this role
Job summary
Are you a passionate and experienced Registered Nurse with a commitment to delivering outstanding patient safety, clinical quality and governance? Do you thrive on supporting teams to continuously improve services and ensure the highest standards of care? As our Quality Lead Nurse, you will work closely with the Care Director, senior leaders and clinical teams to embed a culture of quality improvement, patient safety and regulatory excellence across the hospice. You will play a key role in supporting governance processes, leading quality initiatives, promoting best practice and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and frameworks, including the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
Working collaboratively with colleagues across the Southern Hospice Group and regional networks, you will help shape and drive improvements that enhance patient outcomes and support the provision of safe, effective and compassionate care. If you are an experienced clinical leader with a passion for governance, quality improvement and patient safety, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Support the Care Director in embedding quality, safety and governance across the hospice.
- Lead and support implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
- Work with clinical teams and leaders to deliver quality improvement and patient safety priorities.
- Review incidents, identify trends and support investigations to improve patient safety.
- Develop and implement improvement plans to enhance safety, quality and clinical effectiveness.
- Provide advice on governance, risk management, infection prevention and control, compliance and patient safety.
- Ensure services remain aligned with regulatory requirements, national guidance and best practice.
- Collaborate with Southern Hospice Group Quality Leads to promote shared learning and consistency.
- Lead clinical audits, monitor outcomes and implement recommendations.
- Support the development and review of policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, learning and compassionate leadership.
- Contribute to governance, quality and safety meetings, presenting findings and progress updates.
- Support teams to identify, assess and manage clinical risks.
- Act as a visible clinical leader and undertake clinical duties where appropriate.
- Deliver and support staff education, supervision and induction relating to governance, quality and patient safety.
- Contribute to organisational quality improvement objectives and promote evidence-based practice, research and innovation.
About us
We are a highly regarded hospice team dedicated to delivering outstanding specialist palliative care. We offer a supportive working environment, opportunities for professional development, involvement in education and service improvement projects, and the chance to make a meaningful difference to patients and families when they need it most.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support and lead patient safety, quality improvement, governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance activities, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality hospice care through continuous improvement, staff development, and evidence-based practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Essential
- Registered nurse.
- Evidence of continuing professional development including Level 7 learning.
- Level 6 qualification in health, education, or other relevant area.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience.
- Demonstrable experience of working in a palliative or end of life care setting.
- Demonstrable working as a senior staff nurse leadership and management skills.
- Demonstrable experience of safety & governance management.
- Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive or contentious
- information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to the role.
- Ability to use problem solving, analytical and communication skills to identify and provide solutions to issues.
- Ability to apply personal organisation strategies and processes to prioritise and effectively manage workload, working to short and long
- term objectives.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Commitment to the values, aims and ethos of the hospice.
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- A flexible attitude to working.
- Ability to motivate and develop self and others.
- Positive and professional image and conduct.
- Willingness to undertake training appropriate to professional development within the role.
- Emotionally resilient, being able to work in highly emotive and demanding situations.
- Integrity and discretion.
- Good time management and the ability to prioritise tasks.
- Commitment to own continuing learning.
- An enthusiasm and commitment to dynamic problem-solving.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
St Peter & St James Hospice
Address
North Common Road
North Chailey
Lewes
West Sussex
BN8 4ED
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://stpjhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)