The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by: Putting patients first Aiming to get it right Recognising that everybody counts Doing everything openly and honestly ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Job overview To support the Divisional Governance Lead in quality, governance and safety standards in the Community Diagnostic Centre’s service covering both the JPUH site and the Northgate CDCs. • To manage and be accountable for the: • Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS). • Quality Standards for Imaging (QSI). • The requirements for quality and competence in a medical laboratory environment (ISO15189). • Support the integration of new diagnostic pathways into the service, ensuring they are aligned with accreditation requirements and clinical governance frameworks. accreditation processes throughout the CDC, carrying out required management and leadership responsibilities to ensure that accreditation is successfully obtained through the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and thereafter maintained. To support the Speciality Leads in ensuring high quality audits and governance processes. To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate the JPUH values of: Courtesy and Respect; Attentively Kind and Helpful; Responsive Communication; Effective and Professional. Advert • To be responsible for leading the CDC’s through the accreditation process for the services being provided, working with the accreditation team, and that the service then maintains accreditation. • To complete the web-based electronic assessment process and complete this annually following accreditation. • To coordinate the service’s responses to the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), ensuring that all evidence uploaded to the specialities web based assessment is relevant, up-to-date, and fully meets the set criteria. • To coordinate ongoing requirements of CDC standards, ensuring that the processes within the specialities are fully compliant with the relevant standards at all times. • To organise and coordinate onsite visits with the accreditation team. • To work closely with the Senior Operations Manager, Clinical Governance Lead Matron and speciality leads, to ensure that governance and safety standards are maintained in line with Trust and UKAS requirements. • To work with Speciality Team Leads, the Senior Leadership team and Clinical Leads to coordinate relevant audits and evidence requirements of each standard, promoting a culture of continuous quality improvement within each speciality. • To negotiate and collaborate with all levels of staff, across the CDC specialities, to resolve issues and remove barriers to enable change. Working for our organisation We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential. Detailed job description and main responsibilities To support the Divisional Governance Lead in quality, governance and safety standards in the Community Diagnostic Centre’s service covering both the JPUH site and the Northgate CDCs. The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. ‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England' Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement. Visa and Immigration If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job. James Paget Hospitals uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.