Total 8 Others level Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in DA2 6QE

Quality Improvement:to include level of responsibility for: 1.1 Assist in the development and oversee a rolling programme of quality improvement initiatives based on the priorities of the maternity service specialty specific and the trust priorities.1.2 Take the lead on identifying problem areas or areas for improvement and facilitate the planning and documentation of actions required to achieve the required standard.1.3 Plan and organise activities to implement the quality agenda, promoting a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to quality improvement. Work with clinicians, area leads and matrons to identify quality improvement opportunities in all areas.1.4 Review and adjust existing strategies for quality monitoring and improvement as services develop in the context of service delivery changes, developing new strategies as required.1.5 Assist with gathering evidence and action plans for the department safety strategy and keeping this up to date.1.6 Promote best practice and implementing innovations in care.1.7 Track and follow up on actions devised following incidents.1.8 Assist with action planning following 72 hour reviews, serious incident reports and HSIB reports.1.9 Participate at the Maternity Investigation Group and assist with investigations within scope of responsibility including term unexpected admissions to NICU and re-admissions to NICU1.10 Prepare thematic reviews from cases and disseminate learning. ATAIN2.1 Compile a monthly review of all neonatal admissions/readmissions in collaboration with the lead neonatal sister and Paediatric Consultant and record on the ATAIN Audit Tool.2.2 Oversight of CNST action 3 in collaboration with the SCBU Matron and clinical leads2.3 Review all neonatal readmissions in collaboration with the Community Midwifery Manager and Operational Leads as required.2.4 Present monthly admissions/readmissions trends at Directorate perinatal meetings.2.5 Prepare the yearly ATAIN Project Plan to meet CNST requirements and ensure robust communications in order to achieve required outcomes.2.6 Prepare and present quarterly updates of the ATAIN Project Plan at the Directorate perinatal meetings.2.7 Ensure regular communication and collaboration with senior neonatal staff and the Community Midwifery Manager.2.8 Escalate to the relevant midwifery manager, operational lead and /or infant feeding specialist midwife when concerned about the care plans or professional practice relating to women/babies being cared for; ensuring safe services are maintained.2.9 Promote evidence based practice within the maternity serviceSafety Champions3.1 Devise and track a safety dashboard for use in the division and update following the safety champion meetings. Guidelines4.1 Review all guidelines in line with NICE monitoring forms to ensure compliance4.2 Escalate non-compliance via correct pathway4.3 Review new NICE guidelines against current guidance and identify changes required4.4 Track guideline dues dates and send to authors when required4.5 Circulate guidelines and collate comments4.6 Chair Guideline Group meeting4.7 Send approved guidelines for publishing Sustainability5.1 Ensure all service improvements are sustainable and valuable5.2 Work with the senior maternity and financial teams to have oversight of SIP5.3 Work with all members of the maternity and gynaecology team to identify areas for service improvement and savings5.4 Work with the multidisciplinary team to reduce wastage in the service Clinical Responsibilities: to include level of responsibility for:6.1 Report any untoward incidents. Maintain security.6.2 Maintain the supply and custody of drugs, medicines etc, including keeping of agreed register.6.3 Ensure that measuring, administration and recording of all drugs and medicines is carried out in accordance with the rules of the NMC, and as laid down in Trust policy.6.4 Support accurate and contemporaneous records of all care by all staff.Managerial responsibilities: to include level of responsibility for:7.1 Participate in regular meetings of ward / unit staff, attends as a representative at other meetings when required.7.2 Maintain a safe working environment in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act, etc and local policies. Comply with the departments fire regulations. Ensure the proper reporting of all accidents / incidents.7.3 Participate in investigations of any complaints.7.4 Understand and carry out NHS Trust Policies as contained in Ward / Unit.7.5 Participate in the development of Clinical Governance initiatives in conjunction with the Clinical Governance Midwifery Manager and monitor implementation and performance.7.6 Attend Directorate/Board/external meetings in the absence of the Clinical Governance Midwifery Manager and update/present cases as required. The post holder will also attend debrief meetings as required7.7 Prepare progress and update reports for Maternity, Divisional and Board meetings The post holder will work clinically across the Maternity Service to maintain own competence and credibility.

2.1 Ensure Pathology maintains compliance with regulations, guidelines, standards, etc, pertaining to the quality agenda. 2.2 Ensure own compliance with Professional standards and codes of conduct in relation to the quality agenda. 2.3 Support departmental managers who are responsible for ensuring departmental Quality Leads are compliant with Professional standards and codes of conduct in relation to the quality agenda. 2.4 Participate in staff annual review, for themselves and contributing on other members of staff at the request of the Quality Manager or Senior Management Team. 2.5 Directly responsible for advising the Pathology Senior Team on any applicable quality management service issues. Will occasionally advise the Trust Board on quality issues as required. To liaise with a range of staff including both medical and technical pathology staff, governance staff and quality management staff across both Trusts.

As a key member of the Quality control team, working closely with the Senior Quality Control lead /Data Services department, the role will support all domains of quality (patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness) programmes of improvement, building appropriate ‘measures what matter’ and data sources to support our key areas of focus and strategic priorities. The role will support the team to adopt a culture of continuous quality improvement through using data, information and technology to inform the Quality Improvement programme journey or by understanding emerging themes that would benefit from prioritising in the future.

The post holder will be required to work effectively within a matrix style team, whilst at the same time being able to work independently.

The role will support the Quality control team with data and measurement for improvement within the key areas of focus.

We are committed to equality for all our staff, including around race, sexual orientation, disability and gender identity. We take equality and diversity seriously and have active BAMEx, LGBTQ+, disability and mental health staff networks. We have completed the first year of our Building a Fairer Oxleas programme which is making positive changes to how it feels to work at Oxleas. The initial focus has been on making recruitment and career progression fairer and improving cultural understanding
• Support the Quality Control team in developing outcome metrics for operational services and improvement projects. Facilitate the rollout of capturing, measuring, and reporting outcome measures across the trust, and support the ‘Measure what Matters’ campaign.
• Conduct detailed data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and root causes of data quality issues using customised test scripts and statistical tools. Present data in easily understandable formats such as diagrams and graphs.
• To provide analytical support for Strategic and Quality goals working closely with quality improvement advisors, Senior responsible owners, project managers, business offices, clinicians and managers to identify their information needs and to analyse and provide information to support them.
• To maintain the information and data required for Quality dashboards and the programme measurement framework and support the work of value improvement as it rolls out and is embedded across the Trust.
• To conduct regular audits and assessments of data quality to ensure compliance with established standards and to identify any data discrepancies, anomalies, and inconsistencies.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
• To identify appropriate metrics to evidence progress, support their development, and analyse, investigate, and report the resulting quality data. Support the ‘Measure what matters’ campaign.
• To conduct appropriate data analysis with minimal supervision, using appropriate technology and techniques to analyse large data sets, and to interpret the results.
• To work proactively in highlighting areas of data inaccuracy and/or incompleteness and Identify data discrepancies, anomalies, and inconsistencies.
• Log quality control data issues via the Data services helpdesk and keep a log of common themes and contribute to ideas to how to make data improvements.
• To participate in activity monitoring and data quality audits and provide audit reviews analysis, which is presented in a report.
• To provide information and produce audit and other benchmarking / comparative reports i.e the Trust Barometer.
• Undertaking data analysis work which drives quality improvement and recommended actions to improve.
• To facilitate timely clinical updates and sharing of information and data use for decision making using RiO system.
• Ensure work is compliant with information governance processes.
• To assist in the technical development of specific data quality indicators and to ensure the improvement and maintenance of data quality.


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To identify appropriate metrics to evidence progress, support their development, and analyse, investigate, and report the resulting quality data. Support the Measure what matters campaign. To conduct appropriate data analysis with minimal supervision, using appropriate technology and techniques to analyse large data sets, and to interpret the results. To work proactively in highlighting areas of data inaccuracy and/or incompleteness and Identify data discrepancies, anomalies, and inconsistencies. Log quality control data issues via the Data services helpdesk and keep a log of common themes and contribute to ideas to how to make data improvements. To participate in activity monitoring and data quality audits and provide audit reviews analysis, which is presented in a report. To provide information and produce audit and other benchmarking / comparative reports i.e the Trust Barometer. Undertaking data analysis work which drives quality improvement and recommended actions to improve. To facilitate timely clinical updates and sharing of information and data use for decision making using RiO system. Ensure work is compliant with information governance processes. To assist in the technical development of specific data quality indicators and to ensure the improvement and maintenance of data quality.

Clinical responsibilities: Produce and maintain surveillance information on new MRSA andClostridium difficile isolates, GNBSI organisms, other mandatory surveillance system pathogens, notifiable infections, ensuring reporting is prompt and within agreed time deadlines i.e., daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. SitReps as required are completed within deadlines, process complex infection data around new isolates, resistant organisms, TB etc. Develop and ensure practice compliance across the Trust is in accordance with National Standards, CQC, and Patient Safety Systems. The role works closely with the IPC Governance & Patient Safety Lead providing advice, leadership, education and support to staff, responding to incidents of infection. In line with national mandatory targets and reporting requirements, assist and work closely with IPCSC, CNSIPC in production of graphs and charts towards the preparation and provision of reporting of MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and GNBSI rates to UKHSA, and internal reports to Infection Prevention and Control Committee, Quality Committee, support the development of report writing skills to CNS IPC, & cross cover with the Governance and Patient Safety Lead IPC to develop draft reports, contributing to the accurate data, and drawing on themes, trends around patient safety, clinical effectiveness and clinical quality. Utilise the Trust software such as Datix to record, and pull out incident information, input and use DGT patient recording systems to document and retrieve patient information. Ensure data is current and readily available at short notice e.g., serious untoward incidents, outbreaks, central government alerts, Emergency planning. Participate in environmental/clinical practice audits. Undertake follow up actions post audit/ site visits. Undertake periods of increased incidence monitoring and feedback, support ward supportive measures. Work effectively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to develop patient focused pathways, which are evidence, based advising on infection prevention and control issues. Support on specialist advice on Estates and Facilities & IPC matters, Decontamination of equipment and environment matters as per Health Technical Memoranda and Health Building Notes. Experience of line care and line insertion infection prevention will be a key area of focus for the Matron working alongside HAHT, CHAHT, OPAT teams. Full member of Antimicrobial Stewardship and promotion of AMS initiatives. Please see attached job description for further information.

Clinical responsibilities: Produce and maintain surveillance information on new MRSA and Clostridium difficile isolates, GNBSI organisms, other mandatory surveillance system pathogens, notifiable infections, ensuring reporting is prompt and within agreed time deadlines i.e., daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. Lead on representing IPC at MDTs, incident meetings, outbreaks along with divisional colleagues, utilise this data against infection data and develop prevention strategies with the Governance lead, represent at national networks. Work under the direction of but without supervision of the Matron Infection Prevention and Control (MIPC), to ensure health care associated infections data is kept, be involved in the analysis and reporting to relevant teams In line with national mandatory targets and reporting requirements, assist and work closely with IPCSC, Matron, in production of graphs and charts towards the preparation and provision of reporting of MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and GNBSI rates to UKHSA, and internal reports to Infection Prevention and Control Committee, Quality Committee, development of report writing skills, & cross cover with the Matron IPC to develop draft reports, contributing to the accurate data, and drawing on themes, trends around patient safety, clinical effectiveness and clinical quality. Utilise the Trust software such as Datix to record, and pull out incident information, actions, bring these to closure. Collate all the relevant information from a variety of sources to enable accurate and timely submissions of data in accordance with national mandatory targets. Lead in delivering an annual schedule for the various audit programmes undertaken. This includes environmental/clinical practice audits. Undertake follow up actions as directed post audit/ site visits. Input data from completed audits and prepare accurate draft reports. Distribute completed audits to the relevant Divisional Leads, and Departments/Wards filing these and related evidence. Represent the team at webinars and local learning exercises and events; CBRN tests, EPRR drills, Kent and Medway ICB meetings, conferences. Please see attached job description for further information.

Clinical responsibilities: Produce and maintain surveillance information on new MRSA and Clostridium difficile isolates, GNBSI organisms, other mandatory surveillance system pathogens, notifiable infections, ensuring reporting is prompt and within agreed time deadlines i.e., daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. In line with national mandatory targets and reporting requirements, assist and work closely with IPCSC, Matron, CNSIPC in production of graphs and charts towards the preparation and provision of reporting of MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and GNBSI rates to UKHSA, and internal reports to Infection Prevention and Control Committee, Quality Committee, support the development of report writing skills to CNS IPC, & cross cover with the Matron IPC to develop draft reports, contributing to the accurate data, and drawing on themes, trends around patient safety, clinical effectiveness and clinical quality. Utilise the Trust software such as Datix to record, and pull out incident information, actions, bring these to closure. Maintain trends on incidents. Collate all the relevant information from a variety of sources to enable accurate and timely submissions of data in accordance with national mandatory targets. Ensure data is current and readily available at short notice e.g., serious untoward incidents, outbreaks. Regularly update and oversee the entry of patient information on the infection control database. Lead in developing an annual schedule for the various audit programmes undertaken. This includes environmental/clinical practice audits. Undertake follow up actions as directed post audit/ site visits. Input data from completed audits and prepare accurate draft reports. Distribute completed audits to the relevant Divisional Leads, and Departments/Wards filing these and related evidence. Please see attached job description for further information.

Quality Engineer required to apply automotive quality tools, processes and working practices to commercial vehicle electronic sensing and monitoring systems.

Key Skills
Time-served with relevant automotive industry experience or aerospace, defence,
medical, optical, etc.
Maintenance, management or business management systems (ideally ISO9001:2015).
Automotive supply chain (Prime, Tier 1 or OEM).
ISO9001, IATF16949, AS9100, ISO45001 (previously 18001), ISO14001, ISO50001, ISO27001 and/or
ISO22301.
Far Eastern supply networks.
Technical, Engineering or Science discipline background.
Six sigma green belt (or higher)

Key Responsibilities
Continuous Improvement of product quality and associated services.
Implementation and continual support for conformance to industry standards, best practices and business management systems across organisation and supply network.