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West Dunbartonshire Council - Grade 8 - £44,710.05 - £48,396.35
NHS - Grade 6 - £41,608 - £50,702.
West Dunbartonshire HSCP is seeking to appoint to an exciting and challenging role of Improvement Officer within its Strategy and Transformation Team.
The successful candidate will be joining a team responsible for a diversity of activity and where a shared passion exists to support the HSCP with improvement across all of its activities.
The Improvement Officer is responsible for quality oversight and improvement planning in all areas of governance and compliance, and the analysis of subsequent themes in order to support West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) ability in continuing to increase quality control and exceed the requirements and regulations set by other stakeholders.
The Improvement Officer will collaborate effectively with stakeholders from across West Dunbartonshire HSCP, SSSC, Care Inspectorate, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and other local authorities/health boards who share a focus on supporting improvements to the successful delivery of health and social care provision.
Working with people who use services, senior leaders, managers, practitioners and other stakeholders, excellent partnership working skills and written and verbal communication skills will be required to ensure information and activities are accessible to a variety of audiences.
With a relevant degree, the successful candidates will confidently draw upon their experience of working in a Local Authority or Health setting or similar and using quality assurance and quality improvement methods and techniques to provide expert quality improvement advice to internal and external partners. With essential project management skills, the Improvement Officer will be able to support partners from problem identification through to monitoring the implementation of solutions which bring about improvements in quality.
If you'd like to be part of a team which shares your passion to improve outcomes for staff, people who use services and carers and to drive quality improvement across a diversity of services and projects, please refer to the job description and person specification for more details.
The offer process for the successful candidate will include a discussion on whether the candidate may opt to be employed under NHS terms and conditions or under Council terms and conditions depending on current/previous employment taking into account factors such as continuous service etc.
All applications should be made through the NHS Vacancies website below:
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Responsibilities
* The Improvement Officer is responsible for quality oversight and improvement planning in all areas of governance and compliance, and the analysis of subsequent themes in order to support West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) ability in continuing to increase quality control and exceed the requirements and regulations set by other stakeholders.
* The Improvement Officer will collaborate effectively with stakeholders from across West Dunbartonshire HSCP, SSSC, Care Inspectorate, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and other local authorities/health boards who share a focus on supporting improvements to the successful delivery of health and social care provision.
* Working with people who use services, senior leaders, managers, practitioners and other stakeholders, excellent partnership working skills and written and verbal communication skills will be required to ensure information and activities are accessible to a variety of audiences.
* With a relevant degree, the successful candidates will confidently draw upon their experience of working in a Local Authority or Health setting or similar and using quality assurance and quality improvement methods and techniques to provide expert quality improvement advice to internal and external partners.
* With essential project management skills, the Improvement Officer will be able to support partners from problem identification through to monitoring the implementation of solutions which bring about improvements in quality.
Requirements
The preferred candidate will be required to complete a Basic Disclosure Check (Level 1) prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.
Qualifications
Essential qualifications and experience include:
* Relevant degree
* Experience in Local Authority or Health setting or similar
* Quality assurance and quality improvement methods and techniques
* Essential project management skills
Benefits
* Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer's contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
* A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
* Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support
Job details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Management
* Industries: Strategic Management Services
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