Clinical Lead for Compliance

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Wickford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a motivated compliance officer to champion CQC registration standards across services. This role involves auditing, compliance verification, and ensuring best practices are upheld in Mental Health and Community Health Services. In return, the Trust offers benefits including training and flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Opportunity to work bank shifts

Qualifications

• Significant and varied post registration experience.
• Active professional qualification/registration.
• Ability to prioritize workload in pressured situations.

Responsibilities

• Lead auditor in internal inspections against CQC requirements.
• Identification and analysis of compliance information.
• Develop robust inspection reports and action plans.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Education

Post Registration diploma or equivalent

Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience

Job description

Job summary

The post holder will be a Champion for driving forward best practice in line with the CQC Quality Statements and be responsible for the management and implementation of the Trust's Policy/Procedure and Strategy system and for ensuring that all Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Health Service locations remain compliant with the CQC Registration Standards.

Main duties of the job

Duties include:

• Responsible for undertaking the role of lead auditor in internal comprehensive inspections of Trust services and teams against CQC registration requirements.
• Undertaking comprehensive inspections of compliance across all wards, teams and services.
• Responsible for identification and analysis of information intelligence sources which provide assurance of compliance or indications of risk of non-compliance with CQC Registration requirements.
• Developing robust inspection reports and action plans

Please see JD and PS for full duties of the role

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for outline of role and responsibilities.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for outline of role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Shortlisting

Essential

• Post Registration/ graduate Diploma or equivalent
• Significant and varied post registration experience
• Active professional qualification/registration

Desirable

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience

Shortlisting

Essential

• Relevant clinical experience
• Detailed knowledge of the CQC Registration requirements/standards
• Ability to communicate complex, conflicting and sensitive information at all levels in the trust
• Ability to prioritise own and other's workload demands in pressured situations
• Ability to act on own discretion and take action based on own interpretation.
• Experience of design audit tool, undertaking audits and acting on audit findings
• Ability to travel - car owner

Person Specification
Shortlisting

Essential

• Post Registration/ graduate Diploma or equivalent
• Significant and varied post registration experience
• Active professional qualification/registration

Desirable

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience

Shortlisting

Essential

• Relevant clinical experience
• Detailed knowledge of the CQC Registration requirements/standards
• Ability to communicate complex, conflicting and sensitive information at all levels in the trust
• Ability to prioritise own and other's workload demands in pressured situations
• Ability to act on own discretion and take action based on own interpretation.
• Experience of design audit tool, undertaking audits and acting on audit findings
• Ability to travel - car owner

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address

The Lodge

Wickford

SS11 7XX

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