Senior Quality & Safety Lead: Elective, Diagnostic & Cancer

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board; Maidstone; Hybride; GBP 67 000 - 77 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is seeking a Senior Quality & Safety Manager - Elective, Diagnostic & Cancer to lead provider quality assurance across the ICB. The role requires active professional registration (NMC or HCPC) and senior-level expertise in quality, safety and patient experience.

You will work within the Four Layers of Care model, contribute to strategic quality improvements, and support reporting and governance across primary care to acute hospital settings.

Qualifications

• Current, active registration with the NMC or HCPC as applicable.
• Master's level education or equivalent senior level experience in a specialist area.
• Postgraduate diploma or equivalent with further specialist knowledge to Master's level.
• Evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Understanding of current healthcare policy in the South East and its engagement implications.
• Member of a relevant professional body (e.g. Infection Prevention Society).
• Additional clinical qualification beyond initial registration.
• Recognised Infection Prevention and Control qualification or membership of Infection Prevention Society.

Responsabilités

• Manage provider quality assurance and improvement at place and system level as part of the Quality Team.
• Act as Quality Lead in MDT for Elective, Diagnostic and Cancer, promoting integrated decision-making.
• Develop and apply robust assurance processes for quality of commissioned services.
• Support implementation of a quality framework and escalation framework.
• Lead monitoring framework for measuring and reporting quality of healthcare.
• Oversee data quality, system security and confidentiality in reporting of commissioned services.

Connaissances

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

People management

Communication

Data reporting

Negotiation

Project coordination

Formation

Master's degree

Postgraduate diploma

Additional clinical qualification

Outils

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is seeking a Senior Quality & Safety Manager - Elective, Diagnostic & Cancer to lead provider quality assurance across the ICB. The role requires active professional registration (NMC or HCPC) and senior-level expertise in quality, safety and patient experience.

You will work within the Four Layers of Care model, contribute to strategic quality improvements, and support reporting and governance across primary care to acute hospital settings.