Divisional Senior Manager (Quality) - Derbyshire

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Derby; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in emergency services is on the lookout for a Senior Clinical/Quality Lead to drive quality improvement initiatives across Derbyshire. This pivotal role requires a registered clinician with substantial leadership experience in quality assurance. You will oversee the implementation of the Trust’s quality strategy, ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks. Your expertise will be crucial in coordinating efforts across various teams and managing stakeholder relationships. Join a dedicated team committed to enhancing patient care and service delivery in a dynamic environment, where your contributions will directly impact the quality of emergency medical services.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leading quality agendas at a senior level.
• Registered clinician with a focus on quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery of quality improvement across Derbyshire.
• Develop clinical and quality improvement plans linked to divisional priorities.

Skills

Leadership in Quality Improvement

Clinical Expertise

Quality Assurance

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Registered Clinician Qualification

Job description

The Derbyshire Division of East Midlands Ambulance Service is seeking applications from experienced senior clinical/quality leads to join us on our improvement journey. You will be a registered clinician, although not necessarily from an ambulance background, with significant experience of leading a quality agenda at a senior level.

This role will support the Trust’s approach to quality assurance and quality improvement, identifying priorities in the five domains of quality, aligned with the Care Quality Commission regulatory framework: caring, responsive, effective, well-led, and safe.

The focus of this role is to provide divisional oversight for and coordinate the delivery of quality improvement across Derbyshire, delivering the EMAS strategy. While this role is accountable to the Divisional Director in terms of setting overall objectives and priorities, it will work closely and proactively with their respective Heads of Operations, who operationally lead their service areas. They will also provide professional leadership for the Divisional teams of Divisional Senior Clinical Leader (DSCL) and Specialist Practitioner (SP) roles, acting as the Division’s clinical and quality lead.

The Divisional Senior Manager (Quality) will take the lead coordinating role in the development of clinical and quality improvement plans, linking Divisional priorities with other business areas such as Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, the Medical Directorate, and Education.

This role is responsible for the strategic aspects of divisional quality improvement, supporting the remainder of the leadership structure, which is focused on the reactive/dynamic aspects of service delivery. The role, along with the Divisional Director and Heads of Operations, is a key interface with external stakeholders and partners.

The post is also accountable for a broad range of shared responsibilities to support leadership of the division as defined by the Divisional Director, working as part of the Divisional Senior Leadership Team. The role will have a responsibility for managing and planning for the delivery of contractual quality targets, quality standards, and the implementation of clinical efficiency programmes.

Operationally, the role will work across 5 days and provide senior manager (tactical) on-call cover as part of our overall command structure to ensure consistent delivery of services across the 7 days and 24-hour period.