Senior Clinical Lead: Quality, Safety & Improvement

Black Country Integrated Care Board; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Integrated Care Board seeks an influential clinical leader to drive quality, safety and outcomes for children, families and communities. You will provide operational leadership, clinical expertise and management support to monitor and review the quality of ICB-commissioned services.

You will lead quality across designated pathways, work with healthcare providers, local authorities and regulators, and take action to mitigate risks.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Nurse, Mental Health Nurse or Allied Health Professional.
• A masters qualification or equivalent senior experience.
• Significant experience leading healthcare quality, safety and improvement programmes.
• Strong knowledge of NHS policy, regulation, commissioning and quality governance.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and working across organisations.
• Excellent analytical, communication and relationship-building skills.
• A commitment to reducing health inequalities and improving local outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership, clinical expertise and management support, ensuring robust systems monitor and review the quality and safety of ICB-commissioned services.
• Lead quality and safety across designated pathways and workstreams, collaborating with healthcare providers, local authorities and regulators.
• Support the Head of Quality in assuring strategically commissioned services meet statutory, regulatory and NHS contractual requirements and deliver safe, effective, coordinated care.
• Oversee services commissioned through third parties, ensuring quality frameworks, service specifications, monitoring and reviews are applied effectively.
• Work closely with the newly clustered LMNS to oversee and improve maternity services across the cluster.
• Facilitate and support improvement strategies for out-of-hospital care and prevention.
• Work with system partners to deliver projects and initiatives that continuously improve quality of care.
• Support the Head of Quality and CCQO/CNO to implement, monitor and review the ICB Quality Strategy, identifying continuous improvement opportunities and maintaining high standards for patients, service users and carers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Relationship-building

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Masters degree or equivalent senior experience

Job description

Black Country Integrated Care Board seeks an influential clinical leader to drive quality, safety and outcomes for children, families and communities. You will provide operational leadership, clinical expertise and management support to monitor and review the quality of ICB-commissioned services.

You will lead quality across designated pathways, work with healthcare providers, local authorities and regulators, and take action to mitigate risks.