About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about patient safety, quality improvement and learning from incidents?
We are looking for an experienced Nurse or Midwife to lead our Womens CSU Quality and Safety Team. You will provide leadership and line management to our Quality and Safety Team and support the delivery of the CSUs patient safety and quality improvement priorities.
You will
Provide day-to-day leadership to the Quality and Safety Team. Support our clinical effectiveness processes such as our clinical audit programme effective incident review and investigation. Identify themes, risks and opportunities for improvement. Escalate emerging safety concerns appropriately. Use data, evidence and learning to improve the quality and safety of care. Support multidisciplinary learning and the sharing of good practice.
Main duties of the job
direction and guidance of the Womens CSU Governance and Quality Lead. They will be responsible for the line management of the band 6 Nurses/Midwives and the administrative staff based in the Quality and Safety team.
The key purpose of the role is to support the Womens CSU Governance and Quality lead to deliver the patient safety and quality improvement agenda. They will contribute to the development of governance and quality improvement processes to ensure the provision of high quality care standards, prevention of avoidable harm and avoidable death by using evidence-based best practice, lessons learned and data to identify incident themes, and areas for improvement.
Please see job description for further information.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.
Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.
We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.
Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact
Name - April Daniel Position - Governance and Quality Lead Email - [email protected] Phone number - 0113 2067257 Shortlisting Date - TBC Interview Date - TBC
Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.
Why you should join our Team
This role will be part of the Women’s Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and the role will offer
- Opportunities for professional development and leadership growth
- A supportive and inclusive working environment
- Contribute to how Leeds Teaching Hospitals can improve the experience of people who access our Women’s Services of Maternity and Gynaecology
What you will bring to the role
We are looking for someone who can combine clinical credibility, strong leadership and excellent communication skills with a genuine commitment to learning, improvement and safer patient care.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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Desirable
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Experience
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St James’s University Hospital
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)