Salary and Allowance
£45,000 salary plus car allowance
Location
This role is based in the Scotland region.
Additional travel to North East of England (Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Hexham) will be required. Full UK driving licence and access to a car are necessary, including overnight stays as needed.
Overview
We have a new exciting opportunity for an additional Quality Improvement and Regulation Manager within the Regulation and Quality Improvement Team at Barchester Healthcare. The role is home‑based with regular visits to services.
Responsibilities
* Plan and deliver against the annual Quality Improvement Review (QIR) and support visit schedule to ensure the business can deliver good and outstanding quality services compliant with the regulations and Barchester’s internal policies, procedures and values
* Monitor and review data to inform risk‑based responses
* Provide day‑to‑day central support, advice and guidance to the business on regulatory and quality improvement matters
* Provide constructive feedback on quality improvement review findings to drive continuous quality improvement
* Write reports and action plans to drive quality improvement
* Attend regional meetings to share updates, common themes and best practices
* Work on a rota basis on our Regulation Duty Desk to ensure responses to external stakeholders provide assurance
* Participate in key quality improvement projects
* Draft, review and refresh relevant policies and key guidance as required
* Hold a portfolio of services to visit for audits and support visits. Expected to complete visits to 3 services per fortnight (6 per month)
Qualifications and Experience
* Experience in health and social care regulation, quality improvement, registered manager role, or health and social care inspection frameworks
* Excellent understanding of health and social care regulations, the current regulatory climate and quality improvement strategies
* Ability to review evidence, assess against required standards and possess excellent analytical skills
* Confident and enthusiastic about regulation and quality improvement
* Good communication skills, both written and verbal
* Positive and solution‑focused attitude
* Experience of coaching and mentoring
* Ability to motivate others and drive change and improvement
* Resilient and flexible
* Ability to work to key performance indicators and tight deadlines while maintaining quality and attention to detail
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