Improvement, Innovation and Transformation Lead
| Posting date: | 07 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £45,000.00 to £52,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £45000.00 - £52000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Warrington, WA5 0BW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0255-25-0005 |
Summary
KEY STRATEGIC RESPONSIBILITIES OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES To work as a member of the wider senior clinical team to ensure delivery of care in an effective, safe, responsive and well led manner. Advise, support and guide the organisations development of clinical compliance with care standards regulation and best practice. Lead and advise on CQC compliance, including clinical health & safety, working closely with the Registered Manager. Promote a culture of learning and quality improvement across all aspects of patient care, safety and services across St Roccos Hospice clinical teams. Support the organisation to ensure that patient and family experiences are at the heart of any drive to improve patient care and make it safer. Be responsible for the implementation and maintenance of robust systems and processes for the management of patient safety and the incident reporting process across all clinical areas. CORE TASKS Take the lead on clinical audit, coordinating and delivering the Hospices audit schedule, (to include external auditing and benchmarking processes) ensuring that all relevant practice and activity is subject to verification against documented policy and procedures. To support the development of auditing skills within the clinical workforce Oversee the completion of action plans and review of impact of actions arising from clinical incidents and audits, ensuring changes in practice are understood and embedded. Support the development of and compliance with the commissioning bodies quality schedule and reporting requirements. To support the adaptations and cultural shift of the NHS Patient Safety Incident Reporting Framework (PSIRF) and take a lead role in the investigation and reporting of significant patient safety incidents in line with PSIRF guidance. To support data management and reporting internally and externally as required from all incidents To maintain an awareness of developing and influencing policies within the Health and Social Care Sector. Contribute to the on-going development of clinical policies, procedures and guidelines ensuring their implementation, review, and monitoring. Working closely with the Clinical Education Facilitator and senior clinical leadership team to ensure learning from audits and incidents is taken into the workforce to effect change. Identify learning needs and support staff to implement Safety and Quality Improvement measures and support education initiatives where required. To contribute to education programmes as required to support improvements in clinical skills and quality of care MANAGERIAL & LEADERSHIP Work closely with Chief Operating Officer, Medical Director, and senior clinical leadership team to identify areas requiring development and support effective change management. Set high standards of quality and performance and raise the level of expectations Display confidence and self-motivation, excellent communication skills always, utilising clinical knowledge and experience, and acting as a resource to all nursing staff and other healthcare professionals, providing education as an integral part of the role. To be an inspirational leader who clearly expresses the hospice vision, values, and service quality to team members always, drawing on developed coaching skills to support others to share this vision. Work in accordance with professional code of conduct and St. Roccos Hospice Values and Policies and Procedures. CLINICAL AND PROFESSIONAL Accept accountability for own actions and areas of responsibility. Compile and present relevant reports to senior managers and hospice sub-committees and commissioning bodies as required. To maintain collaborative working relationships and effective communications between all members of the multidisciplinary team, when working towards implementing quality improvement and safety measures, resolving conflict, and working within the team to ensure a high standard of patient care.