Total 3 quality assurance control job vacancies in chelsea and westminster sw10 9nh

A Vacancy at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has come up for a senior midwife to join our well established midwifery team across both our sites.

The primary aim of the roleis to provide assurance that the maternity services have established guidelines, processes and procedures that facilitates ongoing plan for consistent compliance with all locally and nationally agreed quality standards based on clinical governance framework. These are in the domains of clinical audit, effectiveness, risk management, education, training and research.

The post holder will:
• Lead on monitoring standards of a range of clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and patient safety activity, in liaison with other multidisciplinary professionals and functional heads within the Maternity and Quality and Safety Team with direct line management of these teams on both sites.
• Work closely with the Deputy Directors of Midwifery and Nursing, the Divisional triumvirate and the Trust Governance Team.
• Maintain strong working relationships with clinical colleagues.
• Ensure the triangulation of information and intelligence from across the Service, the division and the Trust, in order to provide leadership and direction in relation to Quality Governance, Effectiveness and Quality Improvements.
• Work in partnership with the senior obstetric and midwifery team to assist in driving forward the wider Maternity leadership, operational and strategic agendas.

Proud of our workforce

• Our 7,500 staff are recruited from local communities and around the world
• Our staff rate us second among acute trusts in London as a place to work
• Despite challenges in the NHS, our low staff vacancy rate remains significantly better than the national average
• We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our staff with a huge support offer, including our nationally-recognised free back-up care scheme and Timewise accreditation as a flexible employer
• We love to develop our people, offering a range of development programmes and apprenticeships, with our healthcare support worker apprentices winning Apprentice of the Year for two years running
• We offer a fantastic range of salary sacrifice schemes, from season ticket loans, bicycles and vehicles, to gym memberships, home electronics and holidays

The role will provide oversight of the strategic and operational delivery of all aspects of quality assurance pertinent to the business of clinical governance in maternity that is safety centric, as well as demonstrating that good quality governance is understood and practised across all professional groups within the maternity service.

Professional
• Promote and work within the NMC Code of Conduct, Trust Policies and Professional guidelines.
• Promote evidence based practice.
• Keep professionally updated to ensure the provision of a quality service and to meet the requirements of the professional code of practice and service provision, e.g. NMC standards.
• Critically reflect on own performance through peer / team, network, clinical supervision and appraisal.
• Promote and lead respective activity e.g. clinical supervision, journal clubs etc., to enhance development.
• Delegate tasks and activities to a range of team members ensuring that the staff has the appropriate support to take on projects.
• Represent the service and contribute at the relevant Trust and Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) meetings in conjunction with the Deputy Directors of Midwifery, Gynaecology and Neonates and Director of Midwifery and Nursing.

Clinical
• Uphold a high clinical profile and take responsibility for maintaining own clinical competence with a relevant knowledge base.
• Be responsive to changing needs within the practice area in relation to local and national strategic requirements within the maternity service.
• Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and external sources.
• Provide expert advanced clinical practice and the ability to practice autonomously.
• Work with clinical colleagues to identify and develop services and ensure delivery of quality care.
• Be an effective change agent for members of the maternity staff.
• Act as an advocate for women.

Management
• Provide line management to the maternity quality and safety team (MQAS) manager and the wider team.
• Ensure training is up to date and each team member receives a high quality performance and development review each year.
• Effectively manage the allocated budget ensuring that any actual or predicted overspends are reported and investigated. You will also be expected to deliver savings and efficiencies in line with the trust’s
objectives.
• To support nursing, midwifery and other staff to ensure that where possible complaints are resolved at an informal stage.
• To ensure that collaborative links are made with other professional groups both within and outside the organisation, and to promote inter-departmental and inter-professional relations.

Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.


This advert closes on Thursday 5 Sep 2024

· This role will support in delivering the quality and governance risk agendas across the neonatal services in the Trust, and embed a robust performance management framework in place to deliver on all aspects of the risk management and clinical governance agendas. You will take leadership responsibility for Clinical Governance, Safety and Quality Management to ensure full implementation of the risk management strategy.
• Lead in Quality Improvements and Quality Assurance/ standards across Neonatal services, participating in National bench-marking and clinical validation as required.
• Lead on delivering Risk management strategy and Audits, which supports internal reporting and communication across the Trust and to external partners.
• Lead on compiling delegated risk reports that can be used across all professionals (local management teams, coroner, NMC, GMC, patients etc)
• Using information and learning from incidents to be proactive in developing practice, informing TNA for the service and ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of care provided.
• Responsible for feeding back to patients and staff following SI/panel investigations. Complying with the duty of candour.
• To provide professional support to the Divisional Management team in relation to clinical risk, complaints and the governance agenda.

• This role will support in delivering the quality and governance risk agendas across the neonatal services in the Trust, and embed a robust performance management framework in place to deliver on all aspects of the risk management and clinical governance agendas

• Lead responsibility for Clinical Governance, Safety and Quality Management to ensure full implementation of the risk management strategy which supports internal reporting and communication across the Trust and to external partners.

• Lead in Quality Improvements and Quality Assurance/ standards across Neonatal services, participating in National benchmarking and clinical validation as required.

• Lead on delivering Risk management strategy and Audits, which supports internal reporting and communication across the Trust and to external partners.

• Lead on compiling delegated risk reports that can be used across all professionals (local management teams, coroner, NMC, GMC, patients etc)

• Using information and learning from incidents to be proactive in developing practice, informing TNA for the service and ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of care provided within the service.



Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

• To offer professional and operational support to the Neonatal clinical team in relation to Complaints, Clinical Incidents, Risks and Governance initiatives.

• The post holder will support with implementation of the risk strategy ensuring that it complies with the Trust risk strategy and incorporates all required external influences.

• Provide advice, support and leadership to all staff within the Neonatal services with regard to Risk Management and Clinical Governance issues.

• Assist with the day to day risk management procedures including the accurate reporting of incidents onto the Datix electronic system and to ensure that the appropriate actions are taken in relation to any risks that are identified.

• To be responsible for ensuring incidents from the service are reported to the NPSA via the Datix reporting system.

• To coordinate delegated investigations and provide leadership and support for staff when Serious Incidents (SI) occur within Neonatal services.

• To ensure all guidelines are within in date and there is a process for ensuring they are all reviewed in a timely manner across the directorate

• To lead and deliver on Quality Initiatives projects ensuring they are registered and monitored appropriately

• To ensure there a clinical audit programme for the directorate and all learning is shared with the wider teams

• To actively ensure the directorate risk register is used and kept up to date

• Undertake clinical risk assessments as required and ensure that these are discussed at the appropriate forum and then escalated onto the Divisional risk register when necessary.

• Support the activities of the monthly Clinical Risk and governance forum meetings.

• To act as a clinical role model promoting professional, competent standards, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team.

• To represent Neonates in Specialist Care Division on risk and clinical governance issues where required.

• To be highly visible and approachable to nursing and medical staff, children and their families so that open and honest communication channels are created and effective assessments of care delivery and risk management can be undertaken.

• To provide advice, support and professional leadership to all staff within the Division, demonstrating a responsible attitude in order to promote confidence in the service, evidenced based care and good risk management procedures.

• Work with risk lead to ensure robust communication systems across the Division and other departments as appropriate with regard to risk management.



Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.


This advert closes on Monday 19 Aug 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Kensington Wing, private maternity unit at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital as a Quality, Safety & Improvement (QSI) Midwife.

The QSI midwife will be an experienced midwife who is passionate about improving the safety and effectiveness of the maternity services. They will be proactive in sharing the learning and themes from national reports and local incidents. They strive to develop practice, informing the training needs for the service and driving the highest standards of care.

The post-holder will work alongside the NHS quality & safety team in the implementation of a robust governance framework across the service through ensuring high quality internal reporting and communication across the Trust and to external partners.

The post-holder is expected to work clinically on the Kensington Wing, supporting the teams with the provision of high quality, seamless and patient-centred care across the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care pathways.
• Working with the clinical teams, leadership body and NHS quality & safety team to identify, monitor and support risk issues within the department, and ensure the workforce take a proactive approach to mitigating risk and improving safety.
• Liaising with families to ensure the service complies with the duty of candour responsibilities whilst ensuring good communication throughout the investigation process and organising/facilitating debrief meetings following serious incidents.
• Working in conjunction with the senior team and Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA’s) to ensure Serious Incident reports and learning are shared.
• Demonstrating excellence in clinical practice, role modelling high quality, evidence based care.
• Championing and driving forward change in light of national and local reports, responding to incidents pragmatically and ensuring quality improvement is sustained.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff says they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

Roles and responsibilities
• Maintain a high profile in the clinical area and be accessible to all staff.
• Develop and maintain communication channels, engaging all roles within the service and ensure regular updates are provided.
• To provide professional and operational support to the Midwifery clinical and management team in relation to Claims, Complaints, Clinical Risk and Governance initiatives and issues.
• Assist with the day to day maternity risk management process and strategy, Including the accurate reporting and validation of incidents onto the Datix electronic system and to ensure that the appropriate actions are taken in relation to any risks that are identified.
• To be responsible for ensuring incidents from the service are reported as appropriate, via the Datix reporting system.
• To co-ordinate, lead or delegate investigations and provide leadership and support for staff when serious incidents (SI) occur within maternity services.
• Contribute to the notification, and investigation using the PMRT role.
• To be able to support staff following traumatic cases.
• Risk register – complete risk assessments, as required, and ensure that these are discussed at the appropriate forum and escalated appropriately.
• Work with external agencies such as HSIB, to ensure timely reporting, uploading of information and communication.
• Support the maternity clinical dashboard and ensure it is presented at the appropriate forums and externally to commissioners.
• Support the activities of the weekly Maternity Risk meeting and monthly Maternity Forum meetings.
• Be the first point of contact for PMRT for both professionals and families.
• Ensure the service remains with PMRT timescales, recommendations and service changes.
• Ensure staff are receiving training and are knowledgeable about PMRT and other external review bodies.
• Working with Quality and Safety Lead to take responsibility for co-ordination and completion of National and local Quality and Safety audits across the service in liaison with the governance team as required. Ensure learning and outcomes are disseminated across all areas.
• To act as a clinical role model promoting professional, competent standards, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
• Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.

Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.




This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Dec 2023