Quality Improvement and Regulation Manager
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh, EH4, United Kingdom
Job Description
£45,000 salary plus car allowance & 10% bonus.
This role is based in the Edinburgh or surrounding areas and is a full time post.
We have a new exciting opportunity for an additional Quality Improvement and Regulation Manager within the Regulation and Quality Improvement Team at Barchester Healthcare.
Quality Improvement and Regulation Managers support the Lead Quality Improvement and Regulation Managers, the Director of Nursing and Deputy Director of Regulation and Quality Improvement to achieve Barchester's business objectives in attaining regulatory compliance, and driving continuous quality improvements throughout the business.
The role is home based with regular travel to our services. Therefore, you must possess a full UK driving license, have access to a car and be prepared to travel. There is a requirement for some overnight stays.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established team who are passionate about driving continuous quality improvement across a sector leading business.
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 function to ensure responses to external stakeholders provide assurances
* Involvement on key quality improvement projects
* Draft, review and refresh relevant policies and key guidance as required
* Hold a portfolio of services which will be expected to visit to complete audits and support visits in line with our schedule. Generally, they are expected to complete visits to 3 services per fortnight, i.e. 6 per month.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
* Must have 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 whilst maintaining quality and attention to detail
Employer is an inclusive organization. Applicant information such as ethnicity, age or sexual orientation is not required for application.
EEO statement: This position is open to all eligible applicants and the company fully complies with equal opportunity laws.
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