Head of Clinical and Health Protection Quality & Governance
- NHS
- Part Time
- Birmingham
- 94356.00 - 150569.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
The Clinical Governance, Training, Workforce and Revalidation team, together with the team reporting through the Deputy Director for Health Protection Workforce, Infection Prevention and Control, Medicines Governance and Safeguarding (HIMS), ensure the organisation is operating within a robust clinical governance and quality improvement framework and the medical /public health professional workforce is working to appropriate professional standards.
This is a senior leadership role providing expert clinical and public health governance advice and leadership across UKHSA. The post holder will be responsible for the development, coordination, implementation and continuous improvement of UKHSA's Clinical and Public Health Quality Management Framework and associated governance arrangements.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide strategic leadership for quality improvement, clinical governance, organisational learning and patient and public safety across UKHSA, whilst supporting the Clinical Quality Oversight Committee (CQOC) and associated governance structures in providing assurance regarding the quality, effectiveness and safety of Clinical and Public Health services.
Operating within UKHSA's delegated quality management model, the post holder will coordinate cross-organisational quality intelligence, facilitate second-line assurance activities, support organisational preparedness for external inspection and review, and provide expert leadership to strengthen quality management arrangements across the Agency.
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
Provide professional leadership and expert advice on Clinical and Public Health quality, governance and improvement. Lead development and implementation of the UKHSA Clinical and Public Health Quality Management Framework. Coordinate the collection, analysis and interpretation of quality, governance and assurance intelligence across UKHSA. Support the Clinical Quality Oversight Committee in discharging its governance, assurance and oversight functions. Promote a culture of quality improvement, organisational learning and patient and public safety. Lead preparation and support arrangements for external inspections and reviews, including CQC-related activity where appropriate. Provide expert governance input into the development of new Clinical and Public Health services.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Act as an ambassador and advocate for Clinical and Public Health Quality and Governance across UKHSA. Lead the development of a culture of quality improvement, effectiveness, patient safety and continuous organisational learning. Develop, implement and maintain the UKHSA Clinical and Public Health Quality Management Framework. Ensure governance, quality management and improvement arrangements remain aligned with national guidance, regulatory requirements and emerging best practice. Coordinate cross-organisational quality intelligence from incidents, audits, quality indicators, assurance reviews and other sources to identify emerging risks and themes. In collaboration with operational services and the corporate risk management function, analyse quality, risk and assurance information to support organisational oversight and improvement. Support the implementation and monitoring of action plans arising from significant incidents, reviews, audits and inspections, particularly where cross-directorate coordination is required. Provide leadership for organisational learning and dissemination of lessons across UKHSA. Oversee the development of a strategic approach to Clinical and Public Health audit aligned to UKHSA's remit and priorities. Oversee development of communication and engagement strategies that promote quality management, governance and improvement. Support directorates and service teams through expert advice, challenge and critical friend review of Clinical and Public Health quality management arrangements
For full details, please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification.
External: Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants).
Stage 1: Application & Sift
This vacancy is using the Competency Framework
At sift stage you will be assessed against the essential criteria listed in the job advert.
You will be required to complete an: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) Up to 1250 word Statement of Suitability
Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your statement of suitability must be no more than 1250
This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role.
You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible)
We will only take through applications that meet all essential criteria.
Shortlisting:
In the event of a large number of applications we may conduct an initial sift, on the lead criteria of:
GMC full and specialist register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists or be eligible within 6 months If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/infectious diseases medicine or medical microbiology, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine/infectious diseases medicine/or medical microbiology practice
Only candidates who are registered will go forward for consideration.
Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications/large amount of successful candidates.
Please note feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Assessment stage:
If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to take part in a staff engagement exercise (SEE). This assessment will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather, they are designed to support the panels decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.
The staff engagement exercise (SEE) will be held remotely. The date is TBC.
Stage 3: Interview stage (competency based): You will be invited to a face to face interview in London.
In exceptional circumstances a remote interview may be offered.
Interview date TBC.
This vacancy is being assessed using competency based framework. During the interview we will assess against the below:
KnowledgeExperienceSkills and Abilities
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Hybrid working - any Core HQ This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport links and benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Security Clearance Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Salary Information If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.
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