Band 7 Quality Improvement Lead- Bristol

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in the UK is looking for a Quality Improvement Lead to enhance clinical governance and improve healthcare quality. This role involves leading quality improvement programmes, tracking performance indicators, and supporting teams in delivering exceptional patient care. The ideal candidate will be motivated to make a difference and work collaboratively with a diverse range of teams. Opportunities for personal development are integrated into this role, encouraging candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Qualifications

• Motivated to help make a difference and drive lasting improvements.
• Experience in quality improvement projects and programmes.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical and operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Support governance processes through assurance and quality improvement activities.
• Track key performance indicators providing assurance at Divisional and Trust level.
• Promote a culture committed to high quality patient services.

Job description

Overview

AWP CAMHS are looking to recruit a Quality Improvement Lead to work alongside the CAMHS Clinical Lead, the wider clinical teams in CAMHS and across the organisation. If you are motivated to help make a difference and drive lasting improvements, consider applying for this role. This post will close when sufficient applications are received.

With a core focus on clinical governance, healthcare quality, compliance and assurance, you will ensure that our standards meet and exceed those required to deliver outstanding patient care and healthcare services.

Main duties

• To support governance processes through assurance and quality improvement (QI) activities. The post holder will use their quality improvement skills to lead quality improvement programmes within their divisions and across the Trust, and enable and empower clinical and operational teams to lead their own quality improvement projects and programmes within their service.
• The post holder will track key performance indicators, providing assurance at Divisional and Trust level of compliance, or escalation of issues as necessary.
• To promote and encourage a culture committed to continuously improving and providing high quality patient services.
• To provide support to services on all aspects of quality improvement.
• To track key performance indicators to provide assurance within services and at Divisional and Trust level of compliance (or early view of arising issues where applicable).
• Facilitation of Division services QI projects and collaboratives and those related to service priorities/objectives and corporate requirements.
• To support corporate Trust requirements e.g. National Audits, NICE.

About AWP

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

AWP is committed to supporting and creating a positive, research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.