Lead Nurse for Clinical Quality AssuranceinSutton ScotneyinSutton ScotneyPUBLISHED THU 30 JAN 2025

You will work closely with staff at all levels within the organisation to ensure compliance with robust governance processes and to encourage and promote a culture of shared learning and high quality. You will work with our skilled Practice Education team to identify learning themes and with key personnel to ensure we maintain a strong clinical governance framework that reflects legislative, regulatory and requirements.

A qualified paediatric or dual registered nurse with experience of working in a senior clinical role. You will need to demonstrate your knowledge of clinical practice, risk management, education and service delivery, and your skills in working in a supportive and collaborative way.

To support the provision of assurance that our services are compliant, safe and delivering high quality care to our service users. You will work closely with staff at all levels within the organisation, as delegated by the Head of Governance, to ensure compliance with robust governance processes that assures us of the responsiveness of our services. You will promote shared learning and quality initiatives and facilitate their embedding and sustainability to demonstrate that we are a well led organisation, lead improvements in clinical practice and reduce risk. The post holder will foster close working relationships to support a positive safety culture and work with other professionals and relevant organisations to proactively manage governance, quality and safety.

To support the provision of assurance that our services are compliant, safe and delivering high quality care to our service users. You will work closely with staff at all levels within the organisation, as delegated by the Head of Governance, to ensure compliance with robust governance processes that assures us of the responsiveness of our services. You will promote shared learning and quality initiatives and facilitate their embedding and sustainability to demonstrate that we are a well led organisation, lead improvements in clinical practice and reduce risk. The post holder will foster close working relationships to support a positive safety culture and work with other professionals and relevant organisations to proactively manage governance, quality and safety.

About us

To support the provision of assurance that our services are compliant, safe and delivering high quality care to our service users. You will work closely with staff at all levels within the organisation, as delegated by the Head of Governance, to ensure compliance with robust governance processes that assures us of the responsiveness of our services. You will promote shared learning and quality initiatives and facilitate their embedding and sustainability to demonstrate that we are a well led organisation, lead improvements in clinical practice and reduce risk. The post holder will foster close working relationships to support a positive safety culture and work with other professionals and relevant organisations to proactively manage governance, quality and safety.

Key Responsibilities

Working with the Head of Governance, the post holder will:

1. Be a visible, accessible, and approachable individual within the care team in order to support, motivate and inspire.
2. Ensure up to date knowledge is maintained for all areas of the clinical governance framework including key legislative, regulatory and professional frameworks.
3. Ensure that quality assurance processes are embedded and robust, that responses to clinical incidents and complaints are appropriately managed and that quality assurance processes, policies, regulatory frameworks and CQC standards are met; including:

Clinical Governance/Safeguarding

Infection Control

Information Governance

Incident Reporting/Patient Safety

Duty of Candour

Complaints Management

Risk Assessment and Risk Register Maintenance

Health and Safety

1. Ensure that learning themes and trends are identified early, analysed and plans to mitigate are formulated, effectively shared and monitored and learning evidenced.
2. Work closely with the Practice Education Team to ensure identified learning informs the content of future education sessions.
3. Facilitate the development/review of clinical policies, procedures, guidance and systems to deliver the requirements of relevant national regulatory frameworks e.g. CQC registration, NICE guidance, MHRA notices etc.
4. Ensure that any safety alerts and national guidance is implemented in a timely and appropriate way i.e. NHSE policies, CAS alerts and NICE guidelines.
5. Lead on the Infection Prevention and Control IPC agenda, ensuring that best practice is followed and IPC working practices constantly under review.
6. To provide clinical expertise advice and guidance to all members of the Care Team as required.
7. To support the effective and efficient running of Naomi House & Jacksplace

Key tasks

Clinical

• • To support staff in ensuring practices are of a high standard and poor practice is challenged and escalated appropriately.
  • Minimum of 20% of working time in clinical practice working with the team within the staffing numbers.
  • To participate in the on-call rota supporting clinical staff including some weekend and occasional night working.
  • Support delivery of local and national patient safety frameworks ensuring staff involved in incidents are supported and offered feedback.
  • Provide feedback to staff through various feedback methods including presentations, teaching, newsletters and individual sessions.
  • To promote a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Develop appropriate action plans to minimise risks, including identifying resource implications, and changes in practices and processes required.
  • To support the day to day running of the service, where additional support is required.
  • To provide evidence based advice and guidance to all members of the Care Team.
  • To act as a resource to care staff regarding aspects of clinical practice and care.
  • To maintain effective records of all types in line with professional guidance.
  • To adhere to the requirements of the NMC ensuring the highest quality of care and clinical practice.

Management

• • To ensure that the best use is made of all resources including human, financial and environmental.
  • Use negotiation skills to communicate sensitive, contentious information to groups of staff where there are barriers to understanding or an unwillingness to cooperate.
  • To participate in the development, monitoring and audit of policies relating to clinical practice and care.
  • To participate in the management and administration of the electronic risk management database.
  • Involvement in the preparation of reports for relevant meetings including Clinical Committee and Healthcare Governance.
  • To act as a representative for the organisation taking part in external promotional activities as appropriate, and in professional relationships and collaborative working.

Personal

• • To be responsible for own personal and professional development, including maintenance of clinical skills in line with role.
  • To comply with Trust policies and procedures.
  • To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct at all times.
  • To demonstrate commitment to the Trusts values.
  • To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably regarded as within the nature of the duties, responsibilities and grade of the post.
  • An enhanced with barred list DBS disclosure will be required for this role.