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Quality Improvement Lead
| Posting date: | 22 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £50,000.00 to £55,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50000.00 - £55000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 February 2025 |
| Location: | Bicester, OX26 3HA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0176-25-0003 |
Summary
Improved Quality Management System Contribution: Assist the Director of Quality in improving existing quality management systems and processes to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality patient-care services. Impact: Increased operational efficiency and effectiveness leading to significant enhancements in patient outcomes across our services. Foster an Open and Transparent Safety Culture Contribution: Foster an open and transparent safety culture by encouraging incident reporting, data-driven actions and implementing preventive measures where required. Impact: Increased incident reporting rates, creating an environment of continuous improvement and improved patient safety and staff feedback. Data-Driven Monitoring and Improvements Contribution: Leverage internal and external data sources to monitor and improve service quality for existing and potential new services. Impact: Improved performance management will lead to improved service delivery and support the development of new business. CQC Standards and Legislative Compliance Contribution: Ensure compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards and legislative requirements through mock audits and service reviews. Impact: Compliance with regulatory standards is successfully maintained, service ratings are improved and patient feedback improved. Quality Improvement Initiatives and Plans Contribution: Work closely with clinical teams to introduce and facilitate annual quality improvement plans, aligned with organisational goals, to enhance patient care outcomes and improved service delivery. Impact:Continual sustained organisational growth delivered safely and consistently throughout the organisation. Support to Clinical Governance and Reporting. Contribution: As an integral member of the Clinical Governance Group, you will link with the Governance group and Board of Directors to ensure that the quality clinical services is accurately communicated to management. Impact: Aligned quality initiatives with organisational priorities while strengthening governance oversight and increasing leadership accountability. Data Security and Protection. Contribution: Collaborate closely with the Data Protection Officer to enhance the Data Security and Protection Toolkits (DPST). Impact:Data protection measures are in place for existing services and processes are in place to safely implement new services and software within the organisation. Stakeholder Collaboration and Toolkit Development. Contribution: Work closely with stakeholders across the organisation and wider community to design quality improvement toolkits to support the delivery of the organisational improvement plans. Impact: Sustained high-quality patient care across all services. Outcomes of Contributions Improved patient safety and satisfaction levels. Achieved and sustained compliance with CQC and legislative requirements. Strengthened clinical governance and reporting systems. Enhanced organisational reputation and service ratings. Promote a culture of transparency, innovation, and continuous improvement. Key Behaviours At Principal Medical Ltd (PML), the key behaviours and values centre around providing high-quality, community-based healthcare. PML emphasises integrity, innovation, and collaboration among healthcare professionals to deliver efficient primary and community health services. The organisation values teamwork and reinvests surpluses into services to benefit patients and support General Practice.These values align with PMLs mission to improve patient outcomes and ensure cost-effective care across their network in Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. Integrity and Ethical Leadership: Upholds integrity and high ethical standards, ensuring that all quality improvement initiatives align with PMLs core values of improving patient outcomes and delivering high-quality, community-based healthcare services. Leads with transparency and accountability to promote trust and excellence in care delivery. 2. Collaboration and Teamwork: Fosters strong collaboration across clinical and operational teams, as well as external stakeholders, to identify and implement quality improvement strategies that align with PMLs patient-first mission. Promotes a culture of teamwork and shared responsibility for achieving measurable improvements in healthcare outcomes. 3. Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Drives a culture of innovation and continuous improvement by using data-driven methodologies to enhance care quality and operational efficiency. Ensures quality initiatives focus on achieving sustainable improvements that benefit patients and the community. 4. Adaptability: Demonstrates resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced and evolving healthcare environment. Effectively balances competing priorities while maintaining compliance with healthcare regulations, CQC standards and organisational goals to deliver excellent quality outcomes.