Overview
We are looking for a passionate, focused and experienced Quality Lead (RMN or RNLD) r to join us at our Cygnet Hospital Wyke.
Cygnet Hospital Wyke has 46 all-male beds over 3 wards: Phoenix: 19-bed acute service, Bennu: 12-bed PICU and Adarna: 15-bed Highly Specialised Autism Spectrum Disorder Service.
Our team is working hard to create a positive working environment with patient-centred care and a focus on service improvement.
Alongside the medical teams, the service has multiple other departments – psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and social work – all of which the Clinical Manager oversees. They are supported by a strong administrative team including HR, ward clerks and medical secretaries.
At Cygnet you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on clients and their families. It’s a challenging role with excellent career prospects, and you’ll reap the rewards of empowering others with your focus on high quality of care. Your focus on enabling patient recovery in a compassionate setting will help us achieve our goals – and yours.
Duties and responsibilities:
- To provide clinical Leadership in supporting the Clinical Governance framework of Cygnet Hospital Wyke and compliance to CQC and Commissioner submissions by taking a lead in the Corporate reporting against contractual requirements and transparency to the Hospital leadership team on the following areas:-
- To ensure the hospital is complaint with all CQC standards via completion of audits. Ensuring effective action plans are in place and actions delivered to rectify non/partial compliance
- To ensure good medicines management and compliance with CQC standards and best practice
- Supporting effective HR and safeguarding investigations and reports
- Ensuring CQC notifications are to a high standard and sent in a timely manner, providing narrative/additional information as required by CQC.
- Ensuring that timescales for commissioner submissions are adhered to and to the correct standard
- To escalate quality concerns to the Clinical Manager as required
- Ensuring that all timescales for SI reporting are adhered to and that SI review meetings are held in a timely manner
- To support with the delivery of clinical and managerial supervision throughout the teams.
- To lead on the Audit and Governance Agenda and work with the chair to ensure all relevant data is reviewed for both local reports and those for external stakeholders
- To update and develop local protocols in collaboration with the various MDTs
- To lead on quality improvement initiatives and develop and deliver bespoke training packages to improve the quality of care provided as well as delivering ad-hoc sessions as required
- To lead on reducing restrictive practice in the hospital
- Provide clinical leadership to the wards participating in AIMS accreditation, engagement in Safe wards and the Quality Network Review cycle
In addition there is:
- Supporting investigations at ward level
- Responding to and investigating complaints where appropriate
- Supporting Ward Managers in a range of new initiatives and in the provision of clear clinical leadership for nursing staff across the service
- To be in the rotation of the on call rota
Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…
- An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme
- Expert supervision & support
- Free Health Cash plan
- 24 hours free GP support line
- Free life assurance cover
- Free eye tests
- Car lease discounts
- Discounted gym membership
- Free mortgage broker and Insurance cover
- Pension scheme
- Employee NHS – discount savings & “Cycle to Work” scheme
- Smart Health Toolkit- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks
Ready to make a positive change? Please click on the ‘apply now’ link below.
Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible
Job Reference: CYG35811
