Quality Improvement Manager - South Yorkshire

Exemplar Health Care Group.; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent supervision

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Paid NMC membership

RCNi Learning access

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Quality Improvement Manager to cover South Yorkshire on a 12-month fixed-term maternity contract. The role focuses on delivering the Quality Strategy and supporting services to provide high standards of care.

You will work with Clinical Nurse Managers, act as link nurse for key specialisms, and lead governance activities such as policy updates, action plans after inspections and monthly specialist training reviews.

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse with NMC pin is required.
• Evidence of further professional development in relation to care, management or quality.
• Coaching qualification is preferred.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Able to travel to all locations of the business.

Responsibilities

• Support the Clinical Director to deliver the Exemplar Quality Strategy across themes.
• Coach and support Operations team, particularly Clinical Nurse Managers.
• Act as link nurse for Nutrition and Hydration, Tissue Viability, End of life; update policies and ensure paperwork is current.
• Follow an improvement strategy per service focusing on compliance and effectiveness of quality assurance, care plans and risk assessments.
• Ensure specialist training analysis reviews are conducted monthly and that training is aligned with quality goals.
• Develop quality policies, procedures, tools, audit materials and service user information.
• Support the implementation of new initiatives to improve Service User quality of life.

Skills

Coaching

Action planning

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Travel flexibility

Education

Nurse qualification with NMC pin

Nursing degree

Job description

Quality Improvement Manager – South Yorkshire

Willowbeck, Sheffield

Quality Improvement Manager - 12 MONTHS FIXED TERM CONTRACT (MATERNITY COVER)

Position: Quality Improvement Manager – South Yorkshire

Must be Nurse qualified with NMC pin

Location: Covering homes across South Yorkshire

Contract type: 40 hours per week, predominately Monday to Friday but must be flexible

We are looking for a highly organized individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment to support our Operations team. Every health care system is built on a complex network of care processes and pathways. The overall objective for the Operational Quality Improvement Managers is to act in a proactive manner to support services to provide and improve the highest standard of care via a systematic, coordinated and coaching approach and for these standards to be sustained.

As an Operational Quality Improvement Manager with Exemplar Health Care, you will be responsible for supporting the Clinical Director to deliver the Exemplar Quality Strategy – themes include:

• Clinical Excellence
• Sustainable outstanding quality
• Digital Transformation

About the role

As an Operational Quality Improvement Manager with Exemplar Health Care, you’ll:

• Work with the Operational team (Clinical Nurse Managers specifically) to offer support, coach and be action focused.
• Be a link nurse for the company on one of the following specialisms (this role will also include the updating of policies relating to those specialisms and ensuring paperwork used throughout the organisation is relevant and current):

• Nutrition and Hydration (including dysphagia and diabetes)
• Tissue Viability
• End of life (to include verification of death)

Follow an improvement strategy per service focusing on compliance and effectiveness of:

• Quality Assurance (to include clinical stats management, RCA and follow up)
• Care plans and risk assessments
• Support CNMs to update action plans following an Internal Inspection or any external inspection.

Ensure specialist training analysis reviews are conducted monthly and support is given to ensure optimal compliance with specialist training.

Assist with the development of quality policies and procedures, quality tools, audit materials and Service User information materials.

Support the implementation of new initiatives to improve Service User quality of life.

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’ll also be:

• Registered nurse, ideally with a nursing degree.
• Evidence of further professional development in relation to care, management or quality.
• Ideally a coaching qualification, able to coach and motivate others.
• Strong background in action planning and Service User care focus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Pragmatic in approach with strong problem solving and analytical skills and ability to apply these in complex and challenging situations.
• Able to work collaboratively across the business.
• Able to travel to all locations of the business.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Free DBS check
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Paid NMC membership
• Paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care is one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex needs. We have over 50 care homes across England that support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro‑disabilities and physical disabilities. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.