Deputy Head of Quality | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,417 - £81,138 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB21 5EE |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6096114/310-MCORP-6096114 |
Summary
East of England Provider Collaborative
The collaborative consists of the following providers of specialist mental health and learning disability care:
• Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
• Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL)
• East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT)
• Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT)
• Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
• Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)
The Provider Collaborative is engaging with strategic partners, service users and carers across the region in establishing and leading the development of the new models and pathways of mental health care. All members have made a commitment to:
• Put service users at the heart of all decisions.
• A genuine commitment from all parties to make the new arrangements work.
• Open dialogue, honesty and information sharing.
• Share risks as well as benefits.
The EoEPC employs a delegated budget from NHSE to fund the services detailed below through Lead Provider arrangements for the whole of the East of England geography. Additional services will be included over time.
In order to deliver Lead Provider roles and responsibilities, a single Transformation and Commissioning Team (TACT) has been established responsible for:
• Strategic planning and service development
• Clinical oversight and quality assurance
• Contractual, financial and informational oversight
We are looking for someone who holds patient experience as central to their practice as a registered mental health professional.
The vital role of a Deputy Head of Quality within the East of England Provider Collaborative encompasses both Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement. Ensuring that the care received by people in Specialised Mental Health Services are of high quality.
We are looking for an engaging, enthusiastic, and experienced leader who can build robust relationships with a variety of providers and other stakeholders in both statutory and non-statutory organisations, so as to drive forward the Provider Collaborative quality agenda.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult and Older Peoples Mental and Physical Health, Forensic & Specialist Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care and Liaison psychiatry, Substance Misuse, Social Care, Research and Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
• To provide strong and visible leadership across the Collaboratives six Trusts, in developing and implementing policies and approach for a single unified quality assurance framework that provides compliance monitoring and reporting to the Collaborative to deliver the agreed clinical outcomes and improvements to services and patient experiences.
• The post holder will adopt a proactive outward facing role with local commissioning quality leads, NHSE, CQC and other provider collaboratives to ensure wider quality surveillance processes are in place that reduce duplication, enable sharing of lessons learnt and best practice and move towards one integrated quality assurance system.
• Working with the Head of Quality and other designated leads, seek assurance and monitor compliance in relation to quality KPI dashboard, QSIS, CQC regulatory requirements, clinical policy and guidance and best available clinical evidence.
• To work in partnership with clinical and quality leads in providers and local commissioners, ensuring the quality assurance and reporting framework is effectively communicated and understood by NHS and Independent Sector providers, and local commissioners.
• To provide line management and development of a team of Case Managers, and the Participation and Engagement team within the Commissioning Hub
• To ensure opportunities for learning and development are systematically captured and shared across Collaborative system.
• To deputise for the Head of Quality and or represent the TACT Quality agenda at regional meetings and forums.
Due to the role being across the East of England the nominated base can be negotiable.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024