Assistant Manager- Qactrep at Intersect Consortium

Job description:

The roles and responsibilities of this include but not limited to:

• In conjunction with the Core Manager, lead the continual development of robust and safe clinical governance processes
• Participate in creating and sitting on committees of various QACTREPservices
• Liaise with MDT teams to establish patient involvement in improving treatment outcomes
• To assist in developing reports that will contribute to the production of audit reports.
• To act as a resource for all staff on Quality and Audit issues
• To provide specialist advice to clinicians in all departments in relation to patient safety, including standardisation of patient care, and interpretation of international clinical recommendations
• To prepare reports on quality and clinical governance for relevant committees, and internal monthly meetings
• To participate in the production of the meetings agendas, minutes and disseminating all necessary reports and action plans in a timely manner prior to and after the committee meetings
• In collaboration with HR, provide relevant training and support in clinical and general audit and clinical investigation techniques to staff
• To develop and maintain own knowledge and skills in Quality, Governance, Audit and Risk Management and share this knowledge with staff including volunteers
• Demonstrate the ability to use highly developed negotiation skills to challenge or question clinical practice overcoming staff resistance to change
• Give formal presentations to internal and external partners and staff
• Responsible for producing high quality written reports, interpreting complex information
• Ability to engage clinical colleagues and managers with credibility as a clinician demonstrating leadership skills
• To ensure that a culture of continual quality improvement is embedded across clinical services
• To lead the development of key clinical policies and procedures
• To lead the governance and quality reporting from clinical services to the relevant committees and boards of the consortium
• To ensure that there are systems of governance established that promote robust support of clinical activities
• To establish a robust clinical risk management process that includes, lines of defence, risk mitigation and promotion of evidence-based practice
• To make use of clinical background and knowledge to initiate, develop, and maintain strategic relationships with organisations and individuals in line with the strategic plan of QACTREP
• To ensure that quality and governance process are embedded into new and existing services
• To gather information, and then, in partnership with colleagues, develop effective approaches to approved new contacts/partners

Organisational Responsibilities:

• Responsible for policy standardisation ensuring evidence based practice and robust systems and processes of implementation, dissemination and monitoring of all clinical guidelines for all consortium services
• Working in partnership with other departments to develop joint policies
• To maintain confidentiality at all times and to comply with Intersect Consortium’s policies on Information Governance, thus ensuring security in the management and use of information
• To play an active part in the development and maintenance of good relationships with all who have business with the consortium
• Establish methods for gathering and sharing good practice, local intelligence and experiences across the consortium’s organisations
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in Fundraising & Communications to ensure that voluntary income opportunities, and communications activity, are maximized
• To administrate and organise own work to ensure that it is accurate and meets quality targets, reasonable deadlines and reporting requirements
• Build and maintain a strong knowledge of Intersect Consortium’s activities & services
• To work within the policy framework of Intersect Consortium
• To adopt an anti-discriminatory approach in all aspects of therole

REQUIREMENT

• Must be a clinician either a Nurse, Psychologists or Medic and experience in research
• Minimum of 3 years as a clinician, depending on professional group
• Superior research, analytical, planning, organizational skills, and detail orientation.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, and competing priorities while adhering to deadlines.
• Able to communicate effectively and with exceptional writing.
• Ability to work independently, exercise mature professional judgment, and use discretion.