Total 22 quality assurance control job vacancies in Sales / Marketing category in paddington london w2 1dg

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES To maintain an administrative process for patient safety incidents and investigations and being able to manage a high number of investigation and their details efficiently, effectively and in good time to support deadlines. Toschedule meeting with professionals from within the ICSU and other organisations. Totake notes in meetings and process the notes to standard templates. To update patient details and other information on Datix from other systems, i.e. RiO/CareFlow Lead onspecific projects as required in discussion with the Risk Manager, i.e. improvement of Risk registers or collating data for a specific report. To monitor the completion of Duty of candour letter and support the writing and posting of letters Communicating Learning responses after investigation conclusion To provide and receive routine information verbally or in written format. This may include emails and telephone calls. Ensuring that all messages are concisely relayed and actioned if require To maintain a high degree ofconfidentiality in all aspects of service delivery and patient information in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and compliance with the Data Protection Act. To maintain a high degree ofconfidentiality in the context of highly sensitive and emotional information. To deliver acompassionate and caring telephone manner when speaking with professionals. To knowwhen to ask for help in managing issues raised by professionals, and understanding what types of queries are reasonably dealt with through admin processes. To communicate effectively. To enter data and using general keyboard/word processing skills. To organise own day to day work tasks or activities in an efficient, effective and timely manner. To follow agreed protocols and policies seeking advice where appropriate. To demonstrate a positive attitude to the work of the Department. To learn about the definedquality standards for all aspects of the service includingthe monitoring of email accounts periodically to ensure timely receipt /respond to queries

Please refer to job description, personal specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required

Work collaboratively with the Trust Health and Safety Advisors and Essentia colleagues to ensure that Health and Safety compliance and best practices are achieved. Exploring options to help resolve problems and be flexible in your thinking to achieve a safe working environment for staff, visitors and patients. Compliance and Strategic Directions Demonstrating that Essentia meets its statutory obligations across all areas pertaining to the health, safety, and welfare by the implementation of the Essentia Health and Safety management system. Plan and manage the implementation long-term plans to develop a mature Health and Safety culture by the implementation of systems to monitor and measure performance to demonstrate compliance. Plan and lead on the implementation of a structured and systematic process of hazard and risk identification, risk assessments, analysis, prioritisation, and control across all areas relating to Health and Safety. Work closely with the hard and soft facilities management teams across all sites to ensure that they comply with health and safety statutory requirements, work safely and develop safe working practices. Plan and implement a comprehensive system for the tracking and monitoring of Essentia risk assessments. Thereafter to liaise with managers to identify strategies and prioritise actions for managing risk. Leading Essentia senior managers and their teams in the process of identifying hazards and documenting suitable and sufficient risk assessments (planned and ad-hoc). Making recommendations, providing specialist advice and being able to prepare strategic reports/briefings for the Health and Safety Manager, and others . Manage the development and training of the Essentia Health and Safety Champions to demonstrate continual improvement. Develop an Essentia risk-based health and safety audit schedule to monitor compliance with all required aspects of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Managed scheduled and ad-hoc health and safety audits, complete detailed reports for presentation to local managers identifying results and where deficiencies are found, recommendations and action plans. Actioning ad-hoc requests for risk assessment based on the level of risk. Regular monitoring and updating of health and safety data to ensure accurate recording of incidents, risk registers, RIDDOR, training and safety alerts. Ensure effective systems are in place to support the performance reporting on: incidents, accidents and dangerous occurrences and, to ensure they are delivered in a timely manner in line with local and Trust policies. Manage the escalation and reporting of accidents reportable under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations (RIDDOR) (2005). Understand and track the complexities of significant risk, health and safety issues along with trends to identify opportunities for further review, analysis and development. Manage and maintain complex risk, health and safety data, interpret the data and where necessary, interrogate to ensure its accuracy to allow meaningful information/reports to be published enabling management teams to put in place actions to effectively manage the risk and improve safety. Influence managers and staff across the Trust to change behaviours that effectively develop the health and safety in line with Trust and Essentias strategy. Lead and engage with other Trust directorates/external stakeholders to undertake investigations, root causes analysis into serious incidents, injuries or near misses and provide support and guidance to line managers. Develop and lead on effective training programmes across Essentia and if required with GSTT clients. Raise awareness of and compliance with the incident reporting systems for adverse incidents, to provide advice and guidance on incident investigations, action plans are prepared and implemented system to share lessons learned across Essentia and where needed shared across the wider Trust. Report activity on incidents and ensure that all incidents are being closed out in a timely manner, escalating any incidents that are not closed out within an appropriate timeframe to the Essentia Technical Assurance Committee, Working with Capital Projects, Estates and Facilities teams to ensure safe management of contractors and subcontractors. Working with all Technical Assurance and Compliance teams, to support compliance across Essentia, where required. Contribute to the approval of permits to work, risk assessments and method statements (RAMS). Review the Essentia's health and safety risk registers monthly to ensure mitigation plans are being effectively implemented. Provide expert advice around risk management to assist management teams with the identification of new emerging health and safety risks in-line with the Trust policy. Provide expert advice to management teams on developing effective action plans to mitigate risks. Monitor agreed action plans and follow up as required with management teams to ensure the appropriate resolution and timely closeout. Contribute to local governance and compliance meetings and provide technical advice to enable continual improvement. Maintain and develop the Essentia health and safety SharePoint site and be responsible for ensuring the libraries are accurate and information is up to date. Engage with line managers to identify opportunities for continual improvement. Communication and Engagement Engage and communicate with a wide range of senior leaders and external clients and influence and collaborate on a wide range of issues to ensure the delivery of day to day risk, health, safety, and welfare activities and projects. Manage conflicting priorities and agendas across a diverse range of stakeholders which will require persuasion, negotiation and the ability to communicate with clarity on technical subjects. Identify realistic solutions to potential risks around health, safety issues by leading negotiations with senior managers, staff and safety representatives across the Trust. Manage and actively review and promote, health and safety champions to drive continuous improvement in health and safety across Essentia. Engage and provide expert advice with the planning and design of new developments of systems and buildings. Provide expert advice and support on health, safety and welfare issues within the workplace as required including Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974, related regulations and approved codes of practice. Provide expert advice on the escalation of significant issues, areas of non-compliance or concern. Engage with Essentia departments to actively promote and participate in the local risk and health and safety meetings; present performance information to management teams to enable them to demonstrate continual improvement. Collaborate with relevant managers relating to Fire Safety, Security, Occupational Health and Infection Prevention and Control. Plan, deliver and monitor health and safety training using available techniques to achieve a high level of engagement with all levels of staff. Policy Management Implement, contribute and review the status of policies and procedures and to report to relevant document owners when a document review is required. To review new and revised policies and procedures to ensure they are written in a manner that can be easily understood by various levels of staff across the trust and directorate. All policies and procedures are approved in an effective way to ensure the reviews are managed in a timely manner. Financial Identify products, equipment, and facilities for assigned activities, achieving stakeholder buy-in as required. Placing orders in line with the Trust standing financial instruction. Staff Support & Management Ensure that staff understand their objectives and departmental performance expectations by; monitoring staff capability and taking remedial action when required. Motivate and develop staff and offer education and training in line with the objectives relating to staff development initiatives. Collaborate with service users, clinical colleagues, human resources, and finance department representatives. General Responsibilities Responsible for maintaining own tasks and diary appointments to ensure agreed deadlines and objectives are met. Taking accurate minutes and actions arising from meetings when requested. To deputise in the absence of the line manager. Duties will require work to be carried out across all GSTT sites including acute and community sites and to carry out inspections on clients' sites, these will take place in a variety of hospital environments.

Job Title: Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental ManagerLocation: Essex, UKSalary: £40-50kHours: 39.75 hours per week

Your new role
A leading global manufacturer of optical components seeks a driven Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental (QHSE) Manager to join the team. This role requires a strong background in manufacturing quality assurance with management experience. As a QHSE Manager, you will be responsible for leading the company's quality assurance approach and ensuring compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
What you'll need to succeed
Key Responsibilities:

• Quality Management:
• Maintain and improve the Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure ISO 9001 accreditation.
• Develop and implement an Integrated Management System (IMS) to achieve ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications.
• Oversee product inspections and investigations to maintain high-quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the team.

• Health, Safety, and Environment:
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop preventive measures.
• Oversee the management of equipment maintenance schedules.
• Provide training and guidance on health, safety, and environmental matters for the team.

• Qualifications:
• Demonstrated experience in a Quality Assurance management role within a manufacturing environment.
• In-depth knowledge of quality control procedures, health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Experience with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel.

• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 implementation.
• Engineering background or relevant qualifications.
• Membership of a professional chartered body.
• Experience in the optical manufacturing industry.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Practice and Quality Assurance Consultant (MM1)

Description
Practice and Quality Assurance Consultant within Youth Offending Service

Following our recent HMIP inspection , which rated Enfield Youth Justice Service as a ‘good’ service and some temporary capacity issues within our quality assurance arm, we are looking for an individual who can join us and hit the ground running, supporting our:
• improvement journey, practice development and quality assurance activities; and
• training and workforce development.

We are looking for a high calibre experienced and motivated youth justice professional who knows what outstanding youth justice service looks like and is able to take the workforce on the journey to help us to achieve excellence. You will be:
- Experienced with proven track record delivering positive impact within delivery of Youth Justice Services.
- Highly organised, systematic, and tenacious and results driven.
- Confident in your knowledge and experience of implementing quality assurance systems and process.
- Someone who knows the National Standards and HMIP inspection framework inside out?


We are highly ambitious for young people we support and service we deliver. We understand our strengths and areas for development and we have the resources to build upon the good practice to deliver excellent services.
If you have the relevant experience, skills, knowledge and passion for making a difference to young people and would like to join our Youth Justice Service family, we want to hear from you.
start date negotiable
Essential Qualifications
1. Professional qualification in a relevant discipline (Law, Youth Work, Social Work, Teaching, Probation)
2. Recognised Youth Justice accredited training
Essential experience:

• A proven record of being able to improve and drive the innovative practice of a Youth Offending Service.
• Experience of writing high quality reports for a variety of audience.
• Experience of testing and evaluating practice, including strong case file auditing skills
• Proven experience of establishing and effectively arranging a multi-disciplinary and partnership working arrangements.
• Experience of staff supervision, including task allocations, priority setting and so on

Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Pay Per Hour: £35.00
Location: Enfield, London

Should you wish to apply for this job opportunity, please, send an up to date CV.

Are you a detail-oriented professional with a strong background in IT controls or process risk management? Join Rullion's consultancy arm on an initial 60-day assignment with a leading banking client. This outcome-based Statement of Work offers a true outside IR35, Business to Business relationship. The roles are hybrid, requiring two days a week on-site near Liverpool Street Station, London. Immediate start required.

Role 1: IT Controls Manager

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented IT Controls Manager to join our team immediately. In this role, you will design and build the IT control framework, defining and documenting general and application controls, as well as designing control sampling and testing methodologies. This position demands a strong understanding of IT controls, risk management, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and Document Controls: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for general and application controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Design Control Sampling and Testing Methodologies: Create and implement effective methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of IT controls.
• Risk Assessment: Conduct risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and recommend appropriate controls.
• Control Evaluation: Perform evaluations of IT controls to ensure they are effective and efficient.
• Compliance Monitoring: Monitor compliance with internal policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Reporting: Prepare detailed reports on control deficiencies, risks, and recommendations for improvement.
• Collaboration: Work closely with IT, audit, and compliance teams to ensure alignment and effective communication.
• Training and Awareness: Provide training programs to educate staff on IT controls and compliance requirements.

Role 2: Process Risk and Control Manager

Job Summary: We are looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented Process Risk and Control Manager to join our team immediately. You will be responsible for designing process documentation and providing strong QA skills on the creation of risk and control maps. This role requires a deep understanding of risk management, process documentation, and quality assurance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design Process Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for processes and controls to ensure clarity, consistency, and compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Quality Assurance: Provide QA skills to ensure the accuracy and completeness of risk and control maps.
• Risk Assessment: Conduct risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and recommend appropriate controls.
• Control Evaluation: Perform regular evaluations of processes and controls to ensure they are effective and efficient.
• Compliance Monitoring: Monitor compliance with internal policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Reporting: Prepare detailed reports on control deficiencies, risks, and recommendations for improvement.
• Collaboration: Work closely with process owners, IT, audit, and compliance teams to ensure alignment and effective communication.
• Training and Awareness: Provide training programs to educate staff on process documentation, risk management, and control requirements.

Join us in delivering exceptional consultancy services to our banking client. Apply now for an immediate start and be part of a dynamic team that values expertise and commitment to excellence.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

We are looking for someone with experience in a governance related role or from a clinical background with a professional registration if you dont have a governance background role for example you may be a Registered Nurse, a midwife or an optometrist. Whilst experience within the NHS is welcomed, it would be advantageous if you also had experience in an independent or private healthcare business. Youll have a good understanding of CQC fundamental standards and the new single assessment framework approach, with experience of conducting in-service quality inspections. Stakeholder engagement is key in this role. Youll be partnering with a range of senior stakeholders, including the Operational and Clinical Partners at our sites, so we are looking for someone who has demonstrable experience of forging and maintaining successful working relationships with senior people. You'll be presenting complex information and seeking engagement on a regular basis so your gravitas and influencing skills will be called upon. This is a great opportunity for someone looking for more autonomy in their working life. We're looking for someone who can bring good ideas to Newmedica and run with them, its a real chance to implement change and not to get bogged down by the bureaucracy that exists in larger or public sector organisations. What can we offer you? Salary up to £55,000 depending upon experience Annual car allowance of £5,500 Up to 17% company bonus, paid quarterly based on company performance and personal objectives 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus birthday leave day Company pension Access to a range of benefits, including free eye tests, discounted or free glasses, a few 24/7 wellbeing/counselling/advice service, private medical insurance, private dental care, health care scheme, death in service cover, an opportunity to sign up to a tax-free cycle to work and a retail/technology discount scheme An environment where your learning and development is supported through a range of various learning tools and courses

Infection Prevention and Control Lead WHO ARE WE? We are Circle Health Group. We are the number one independent provider of hospital services in this country, with more than 50 hospitals, 6000 specialists and 2 million patient visits each year. We offer high quality, safe, accessible and affordable healthcare. We want to be the most innovative and patient focused healthcare organisation. WHO ARE YOU? You make sure that standards of patient care are consistently applied and maintained. You maintain and enhance customer service and satisfaction. You promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of all patients, employees and visitors. WHAT DO YOU DO? You ensure Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is addressed in all areas of the hospital and reflected throughout all activity related to healthcare provision. You ensure infection prevention is taken into account in all new business, new build and refurbishment. You ensure compliance to the HCAI code (DH 2010) for CQC requirements in England and equivalent for hospitals in Scotland and Wales. You are a core member of the Hospital IPC committee (HIPCC). You develop in partnership with the senior person responsible for IPC (Director of Clinical Services (DCS)) and with approval of the HIPCC, an annual program that is aligned to the HCAI code (DH 2010) (plus for Scottish and Welsh hospitals: NHS Scotland Code of Practice and National HCAI strategy for hospitals in Wales) and reflects specific objectives of Circle Health Group National Infection Prevention and Control annual program. Depending on level of competency the role holder will be the key implementer of the Hospital IPC programme. You utilise and work in partnership with the local Infection Control Doctor (ICD), ensuring that the service level agreement is appropriate for the hospital size, activity levels and complexity. You ensure risks of infection are identified throughout all hospital departments and disciplines and risk assessments are in place reflecting controls that are reviewed at least annually and as otherwise indicated. You ensure all reports required centrally for organisational wide information purposes and to support early identification of risks are collated and submitted within the set time limits. You comply with all relevant mandatory training. WHAT DO YOU HAVE? Experience in dealing with staff regarding clinical issues. Experience working as a nurse in an acute healthcare setting or experience working in infection control. Experience as a Registered Nurse (or other profession e.g. Operating Department Practitioner). Teaching and assessing qualification e.g. ENB 998 (or equivalent). Specialist knowledge to a level defined for that hospital (see separate level guide sheet). Ability to apply specialist knowledge to risk assessment and support appropriate controls. Ability to manage difficult and complex situations. Ability to provide or/and support staff in feedback of microbiological results. Ability to work across disciplines. WHAT SORT OF PERSON ARE YOU? You are a great communicator with different people at different levels. You are an excellent judge and decision maker. You are a highly effective problem solver. You are proactive and driven to succeed. You are punctual, committed and reliable. You are flexible and adaptable. WHAT ELSE? This is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This is not exhaustive and may change due to future changes and developments. You have to maintain your knowledge and conduct your duties responsibly with the guidance of the Health & Safety at Work Act. You treat all patient information as confidential and would only breach confidence if you felt that a patient or member of staff was at risk of harm. Health & Safety / Confidentiality You must maintain knowledge of Health and Safety at Work Act. Ensuring appropriate measures are taken in respect of Health and Safety for staff, visitors and contractors. In the course of their duties employees will have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff and Circle Health Group. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient. Similarly, no information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be divulged to anyone without the proper authority. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded as serious misconduct, which could result in disciplinary action being taken including dismissal. This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This job description is not an exhaustive document and may be subject to alteration in the light of future changes and developments. Opportunities with Circle Health Group Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work stylesand more. Circle Health Group are proud to be a Gold member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and we welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces Community. We are also part of The Valuable 500 and we pride ourselves in being a Disability Confident Employer. Were passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture

A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 7 Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join the IPC team. The IPC CNS will work in conjunction with staff across the UCLH sites to improve IPC practice and reduce hospital acquired infections.

The post holder will provide leadership, mentorship, and line management to junior members of the team as well as peer support to the other band 7 IPC CNS within the team.

This post requires collaborative working with the IPC team and with all healthcare personnel across the Trust. Working alongside the IPC Consultant Nurses, Senior Nurses, IPC CNSs, Director of Infection Prevention & Control (DIPC) and the IPC Team, the post holder will shape IPC policy and guidance ensuring implementation into practice.

The IPC service includes the Trust wide management of isolation prioritisation to aid patient flow ensuring patient safety is maintained. Working alongside the coordination and operational services to review and advise on decontamination, building regulation compliance and the development of Trust wide education and audit programmes amongst others.

The post holder will be expected to spend 70% of time within the clinical areas providing education & training and advisory service; offering support and advice to staff clinically and 30% on project work and classroom-based teaching programmes.

The responsibilities of the post holder are:
• Providing and supporting a visible and proactive approach to the prevention, surveillance, investigation, and control of infection. This includes the review, formulation, implementation and education of evidence-based infection prevention and control practices (IPC), in line with national and Trust policy and guidance.
• Providing expert advice to multi-professional colleagues, patients and carers on IPC · Contribute to the development and implementation of measures to reduce the incidence of infection.
• Work collaboratively to develop systems and processes to support the organisation’s objectives relating to IPC
• Working with clinical teams across the Trust to implement, monitor and measure compliance relating to infection prevention and control.
• Take a lead in the clinical audit process, including the evaluation and disseminating learning outcomes.
• Developing and delivering educational and training programmes to all disciplines within the Trust. ·
• Acting as a strong patient advocate, providing visible compassionate leadership, and ensuring that the care of patients reflects best clinical standards.
• Leading on developing and reviewing Trust infection prevention and control policies and guidelines as directed by the nurse consultants/ deputy DIPCs.
• Lead the day to day running of the IPC team under the guidance of the Senior IPCNs. · Act as a line manager and mentor for junior members of the IPC team.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.  


We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:  




• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineand pathology. 

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.


For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.


Please be aware that this vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. Therefore, if you intend to apply for this post, you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Our busy and dynamic team provides a nurse led infection prevention and control services to all the Trust’s hospitals. Our infection prevention and control team is a large and active body of multi professional staff.

Our commitment to a nurse led infection control service is demonstrated by strong clinical & research leadership from our two Deputy Directors of Infection Control & Prevention who are also Infection prevention Control Nurse Consultants.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a large forward-thinking nurse led infection control service which has excellent scope for your professional development and research. We have access to an extensive range of both internal and external CPD programmes, as well as supporting our team to attend and present at conferences both in the UK and abroad.

Staff benefits include: an interest-free travel season ticket loan; subsidised social club; gym discounts; free staff library; retail discounts; car leasing scheme, staff spa and on-site accommodation.

Our Be Well programme includes a range of wellbeing initiatives to support staff. As a sustainable employer, UCLH is aiming to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2031. We recognise, reward, and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, funded by UCLH Charity.

To find out more about the benefits of working here, visit www.uclh.nhs.uk/why-choose-uclh




This advert closes on Monday 5 Aug 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Infection Prevention and Control Lead WHO ARE WE? We are Circle Health Group. We are the number one independent provider of hospital services in this country, with more than 50 hospitals, 6000 specialists and 2 million patient visits each year. We offer high quality, safe, accessible and affordable healthcare. We want to be the most innovative and patient focused healthcare organisation. WHO ARE YOU? You make sure that standards of patient care are consistently applied and maintained. You maintain and enhance customer service and satisfaction. You promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of all patients, employees and visitors. WHAT DO YOU DO? You ensure Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is addressed in all areas of the hospital and reflected throughout all activity related to healthcare provision. You ensure infection prevention is taken into account in all new business, new build and refurbishment. You ensure compliance to the HCAI code (DH 2010) for CQC requirements in England and equivalent for hospitals in Scotland and Wales. You are a core member of the Hospital IPC committee (HIPCC). You develop in partnership with the senior person responsible for IPC (Director of Clinical Services (DCS)) and with approval of the HIPCC, an annual program that is aligned to the HCAI code (DH 2010) (plus for Scottish and Welsh hospitals: NHS Scotland Code of Practice and National HCAI strategy for hospitals in Wales) and reflects specific objectives of Circle Health Group National Infection Prevention and Control annual program. Depending on level of competency the role holder will be the key implementer of the Hospital IPC programme. You utilise and work in partnership with the local Infection Control Doctor (ICD), ensuring that the service level agreement is appropriate for the hospital size, activity levels and complexity. You ensure risks of infection are identified throughout all hospital departments and disciplines and risk assessments are in place reflecting controls that are reviewed at least annually and as otherwise indicated. You ensure all reports required centrally for organisational wide information purposes and to support early identification of risks are collated and submitted within the set time limits. You comply with all relevant mandatory training. WHAT DO YOU HAVE? Experience in dealing with staff regarding clinical issues. Experience working as a nurse in an acute healthcare setting or experience working in infection control. Experience as a Registered Nurse (or other profession e.g. Operating Department Practitioner). Teaching and assessing qualification e.g. ENB 998 (or equivalent). Specialist knowledge to a level defined for that hospital (see separate level guide sheet). Ability to apply specialist knowledge to risk assessment and support appropriate controls. Ability to manage difficult and complex situations. Ability to provide or/and support staff in feedback of microbiological results. Ability to work across disciplines. WHAT SORT OF PERSON ARE YOU? You are a great communicator with different people at different levels. You are an excellent judge and decision maker. You are a highly effective problem solver. You are proactive and driven to succeed. You are punctual, committed and reliable. You are flexible and adaptable. WHAT ELSE? This is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This is not exhaustive and may change due to future changes and developments. You have to maintain your knowledge and conduct your duties responsibly with the guidance of the Health & Safety at Work Act. You treat all patient information as confidential and would only breach confidence if you felt that a patient or member of staff was at risk of harm. Health & Safety / Confidentiality You must maintain knowledge of Health and Safety at Work Act. Ensuring appropriate measures are taken in respect of Health and Safety for staff, visitors and contractors. In the course of their duties employees will have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff and Circle Health Group. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient. Similarly, no information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be divulged to anyone without the proper authority. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded as serious misconduct, which could result in disciplinary action being taken including dismissal. This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This job description is not an exhaustive document and may be subject to alteration in the light of future changes and developments. Opportunities with Circle Health Group Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work stylesand more. Circle Health Group are proud to be a Gold member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and we welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces Community. We are also part of The Valuable 500 and we pride ourselves in being a Disability Confident Employer. Were passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture

The purpose of the role is to: Support the development and continuous improvement of programme governance and assurance reviews and events to enable smooth and effective decision-making. Provide effective secretariat support for NHPs senior boards and some committees improving consistency of approach and standardisation, liaising with the Secretariats in NHS England and the Sponsor Team with regards wider NHP governance. Provide advice and support across the programme on NHS Englands corporate governance to ensure it is appropriately reflected in NHP policies, frameworks and processes and aligns to sponsor team requirements.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Governance, Assurance and Standards team within the Programme Office of the New Hospital Programme (NHP) providing support to the development and continuous improvement of programme governance. The successful applicant will provide effective secretariat support for NHP’s senior boards and some committees and provide advice and support across the programme on NHSE’s corporate governance to ensure it is appropriately reflected in NHP policies, frameworks and processes.

Reporting the Senior Programme Governance and Assurance Manager the postholder will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the team and work with colleagues in the DHSC Sponsor Team and NHSE’s Corporate Assurance team in delivering an efficient and effective governance model for the delivery of the NHP.

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/ .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

The purpose of the role is to:

· Support the development and continuous improvement of programme governance and assurance reviews and events to enable smooth and effective decision-making.


• Provide effective secretariat support for NHP’s senior boards and some committees improving consistency of approach and standardisation, liaising with the Secretariats in NHS England and the Sponsor Team with regards wider NHP governance.



· Provide advice and support across the programme on NHS England’s corporate governance to ensure it is appropriately reflected in NHP policies, frameworks and processes and aligns to sponsor team requirements.


This advert closes on Thursday 20 Jun 2024

Main duties: Undertake all IPC audits and provide initial feedback of audit results. Produce timely full audit reports and feedback. Follow up actions plans generated from the audits. Assists in the investigation of outbreaks of infection. Assist in working together with others including UKHSA when there is an outbreak of communicable diseases. Acknowledge own limitations and seek advice when situations arise that are beyond own knowledge base. Demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures. Take the lead on the data analysis functions of the service. Including developing databases and reviewing, analysing and implementing data collection systems that produce timely and accurate data. Assists in the collection of relevant IPC and other clinical data for use by the IPC Team, including surveillance data. Maintains and updates audit and outbreak records. Undertake observations, audits and surveillance of infection control procedures and measures as part of infection prevention & control accreditation, including IV line, catheter, hand hygiene and cleaning/efficacy audits. Assist in providing an efficient, safe and confidential IPC service. Sensitively challenge inappropriate practice and poor compliance with infection prevention and control policies, within own limitations, supported by the IPCN/s. Maintain good working relationships with colleagues and provider organisations. Develop and implement audit schedules for IPC and validation audits of the hospital sites. Assist in education of others on IPC issues, including Link Nurses, practitioners and clinical housekeepers and the MDT. Due to the nature of the job, needs to be flexible, coping with frequent unpredictable changes within daily workload. Using keyboard and database skills to facilitate documentation and information gathering. Able to use several different software packages including Excel, Microsoft, PowerPoint. Maintains and updates records. Facilitates the exchange of information on infection prevention and control between the NHS and other agencies. Taking phone calls and passing on messages. Assist in the production of training materials when needed. Organising and planning events including hand hygiene week, IPC link programmes, preceptorship, and study days as necessary and collating supporting information materials. Inputting, monitoring and checking data systems used by the IPC team. Developing and maintaining effective electronic and paper filing systems, to ensure that information is kept securely and is accessible to other members of the team. Preparing agenda, meeting papers, taking minutes and distributing notes of meetings and action logs as well as typing up any group discussions as necessary.

We are looking for someone to join our new team and play a significant role in ensuring a robust approach to risk, controls and in enabling assurance that informs business decision making across L&Q Group.

The successful candidate will contribute to the design, development and implementation of the group wide approach to risk and assurance, and will play a leadership role in ensuring and enabling business buy in and effective and efficient implementation across Group. They will draw on and apply their knowledge and insight including of the sector, and use external sources of best practice, internal and external risk data, in order to influence and continuously improve the way in which risk, controls and assurance is managed at L&Q.

As such, the role holder, through effective application of the group wide approach to risk and assurance, is part of the team that enables a deep understanding of our risk profile, the effectiveness of our controls to mitigate risks, and informs and influences the continuous improvement of those controls. They will work with leaders and colleagues across the Group to support them in ensuring good understanding of the risks relative to their portfolio, in assessing those, and identifying suitable controls that are operationally workable and effective in mitigating the risks.


The role holder will inform and be part of delivering a programme of 2nd line of defence assurance across group, and will work with portfolio accountable leads to assess the effectiveness of controls, and advise on the opportunities to improve (and simplify) them in order to improve their success in mitigating the risk(s).


They will play a leading role in group wide ‘internal controls’ reporting. Enabling robust, data informed reporting through the L&Q governance structure on our risk profile and controls, supporting colleagues at all levels to make risk informed decisions aligned to our strategic intent and risk appetite as a group. They will use their knowledge, data and insight to contribute to the setting of risk appetites at a strategic and operational level, and guiding the business on how best to apply these in business decision making, working to ensure they remain a core part of enabling risk informed decisions.


If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!




We are a multi-site organisation, so some roles may require occasional travel between offices, but expenses will be covered.


At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q. More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.

Work collaboratively with the Trust Health and Safety Advisors and Essentia colleagues to ensure that Health and Safety compliance and best practices are achieved. Exploring options to help resolve problems and be flexible in your thinking to achieve a safe working environment for staff, visitors and patients. Compliance and Strategic Directions Demonstrating that Essentia meets its statutory obligations across all areas pertaining to the health, safety, and welfare by the implementation of the Essentia Health and Safety management system. Plan and manage the implementation long-term plans to develop a mature Health and Safety culture by the implementation of systems to monitor and measure performance to demonstrate compliance. Plan and lead on the implementation of a structured and systematic process of hazard and risk identification, risk assessments, analysis, prioritisation, and control across all areas relating to Health and Safety. Work closely with the hard and soft facilities management teams across all sites to ensure that they comply with health and safety statutory requirements, work safely and develop safe working practices. Plan and implement a comprehensive system for the tracking and monitoring of Essentia risk assessments. Thereafter to liaise with managers to identify strategies and prioritise actions for managing risk. Leading Essentia senior managers and their teams in the process of identifying hazards and documenting suitable and sufficient risk assessments (planned and ad-hoc). Making recommendations, providing specialist advice and being able to prepare strategic reports/briefings for the Health and Safety Manager, and others . Manage the development and training of the Essentia Health and Safety Champions to demonstrate continual improvement. Develop an Essentia risk-based health and safety audit schedule to monitor compliance with all required aspects of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Managed scheduled and ad-hoc health and safety audits, complete detailed reports for presentation to local managers identifying results and where deficiencies are found, recommendations and action plans. Actioning ad-hoc requests for risk assessment based on the level of risk. Regular monitoring and updating of health and safety data to ensure accurate recording of incidents, risk registers, RIDDOR, training and safety alerts. Ensure effective systems are in place to support the performance reporting on: incidents, accidents and dangerous occurrences and, to ensure they are delivered in a timely manner in line with local and Trust policies. Manage the escalation and reporting of accidents reportable under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations (RIDDOR) (2005). Understand and track the complexities of significant risk, health and safety issues along with trends to identify opportunities for further review, analysis and development. Manage and maintain complex risk, health and safety data, interpret the data and where necessary, interrogate to ensure its accuracy to allow meaningful information/reports to be published enabling management teams to put in place actions to effectively manage the risk and improve safety. Influence managers and staff across the Trust to change behaviours that effectively develop the health and safety in line with Trust and Essentias strategy. Lead and engage with other Trust directorates/external stakeholders to undertake investigations, root causes analysis into serious incidents, injuries or near misses and provide support and guidance to line managers. Develop and lead on effective training programmes across Essentia and if required with GSTT clients. Raise awareness of and compliance with the incident reporting systems for adverse incidents, to provide advice and guidance on incident investigations, action plans are prepared and implemented system to share lessons learned across Essentia and where needed shared across the wider Trust. Report activity on incidents and ensure that all incidents are being closed out in a timely manner, escalating any incidents that are not closed out within an appropriate timeframe to the Essentia Technical Assurance Committee, Working with Capital Projects, Estates and Facilities teams to ensure safe management of contractors and subcontractors. Working with all Technical Assurance and Compliance teams, to support compliance across Essentia, where required. Contribute to the approval of permits to work, risk assessments and method statements (RAMS). Review the Essentia's health and safety risk registers monthly to ensure mitigation plans are being effectively implemented. Provide expert advice around risk management to assist management teams with the identification of new emerging health and safety risks in-line with the Trust policy. Provide expert advice to management teams on developing effective action plans to mitigate risks. Monitor agreed action plans and follow up as required with management teams to ensure the appropriate resolution and timely closeout. Contribute to local governance and compliance meetings and provide technical advice to enable continual improvement. Maintain and develop the Essentia health and safety SharePoint site and be responsible for ensuring the libraries are accurate and information is up to date. Engage with line managers to identify opportunities for continual improvement. Communication and Engagement Engage and communicate with a wide range of senior leaders and external clients and influence and collaborate on a wide range of issues to ensure the delivery of day to day risk, health, safety, and welfare activities and projects. Manage conflicting priorities and agendas across a diverse range of stakeholders which will require persuasion, negotiation and the ability to communicate with clarity on technical subjects. Identify realistic solutions to potential risks around health, safety issues by leading negotiations with senior managers, staff and safety representatives across the Trust. Manage and actively review and promote, health and safety champions to drive continuous improvement in health and safety across Essentia. Engage and provide expert advice with the planning and design of new developments of systems and buildings. Provide expert advice and support on health, safety and welfare issues within the workplace as required including Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974, related regulations and approved codes of practice. Provide expert advice on the escalation of significant issues, areas of non-compliance or concern. Engage with Essentia departments to actively promote and participate in the local risk and health and safety meetings; present performance information to management teams to enable them to demonstrate continual improvement. Collaborate with relevant managers relating to Fire Safety, Security, Occupational Health and Infection Prevention and Control. Plan, deliver and monitor health and safety training using available techniques to achieve a high level of engagement with all levels of staff. Policy Management Implement, contribute and review the status of policies and procedures and to report to relevant document owners when a document review is required. To review new and revised policies and procedures to ensure they are written in a manner that can be easily understood by various levels of staff across the trust and directorate. All policies and procedures are approved in an effective way to ensure the reviews are managed in a timely manner. Financial Identify products, equipment, and facilities for assigned activities, achieving stakeholder buy-in as required. Placing orders in line with the Trust standing financial instruction. Staff Support & Management Ensure that staff understand their objectives and departmental performance expectations by; monitoring staff capability and taking remedial action when required. Motivate and develop staff and offer education and training in line with the objectives relating to staff development initiatives. Collaborate with service users, clinical colleagues, human resources, and finance department representatives. General Responsibilities Responsible for maintaining own tasks and diary appointments to ensure agreed deadlines and objectives are met. Taking accurate minutes and actions arising from meetings when requested. To deputise in the absence of the line manager. Duties will require work to be carried out across all GSTT sites including acute and community sites and to carry out inspections on clients' sites, these will take place in a variety of hospital environments.