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Job overview
The Associate Director of Clinical & Quality Assurance is a senior leadership post in the Clinical, Medical & Education Directorate. The role reports to the Deputy Chief Paramedic and provides strategic leadership to four key teams
1) Safeguarding
2) Infection, Prevention & Control
3) Health, Safety & Security
4) Regulatory Compliance (including CQC and legal teams)
Main duties of the job
The role will involve working closely with our Heads of Clinical Operations to address issues of clinical quality and regulatory assurance across the six counties that EEAST covers. You will coordinate the Trust and board assurance of clinical quality and regulatory assurance and be a key interface for strategic commissioners. The Trust has various regulatory organisations we must align to including the CQC, HSE, OFSTED and NHS England amongst others. This will be a busy and rewarding role that will support EEAST to make the improvements that are needed to provide safe and effective patient care.
See attached job role description.
1. Contribute and, in their area, lead on the development of long-term, strategy and decision-making activity for the Organisation, and work as part of the Directorate Management Team to ensure implementation of such within your geographical area of responsibility.
2. Develop and create clinical policies and procedures in line with the role’s area of responsibility.
3. Able to work at Team, Directorate and Organisational level, formulating plans and strategies for implementation at all these levels.
4. Produce and use highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to shape, influence and inform Organisational clinical agenda/strategy
Working for our organisation
You'll have the opportunity to work in one of the most diverse regions in the country, with the vibrant capital city just a stone's throw away and the invigorating North Sea coast to the east.
The East of England offers a unique blend of innovation and opportunity, surrounded by picturesque countryside, historic towns, and quick access to both the bustling capital and serene coastlines.
At EEAST we bring together all our skills to provide 24 hour, 365 days a year urgent care to those in need of emergency and non-emergency medical treatment and transport in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
We are always looking to innovate our approaches and work together to offer the best possible patient care across our counties.
We aim to represent and value the diversity of our local communities through our workforce and service provision. We therefore positively encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as Black, Asian, or other ethnic groups, individuals with a Disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.
We at EEAST want to support our employees achieve a balance between work and other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, family commitments, further learning, and other interests. We therefore welcome flexible working requests.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the role, including all its specific requirements and responsibilities, please consult the attached Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides an in-depth overview that will give you a clear and detailed picture of what the position entails.
Please note, should you be successful in your application, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, prior to receiving an unconditional offer, if full employment checks cannot be achieved (this will include existing and unserved disciplinary sanctions), then your offer may be withdrawn.
How to apply
Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification (attached)
Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement - Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification.
Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Master’s Degree in a professionally related subject, and/or equivalent significant experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
6. Mentorship Qualification (at least level 5).
7. Postgraduate Teaching Qualification, or experience of providing education at this level in healthcare.
8. Extensive knowledge and experience of NHS Ambulance Services Clinical Quality, acquired through experience and training, plus further specialist knowledge or experience to Master’s Level equivalent.
9. Evidence of extensive post-qualification development and Continuing Professional Development in Expert Clinical Practice, Education, Research, and Leadership.
10. Experience of leading the development of the strategic clinical direction, contributing significantly to the strategic clinical direction of the Organisation, and the ability to influence the direction of the strategy to benefit staff and patients.
11. Extensive experience in ensuring clinical safety across an organisation, including setting strategy and delivering change.
12. Experience of line management responsibility.
Desirable criteria
13. Experience in regulatory assurance especially working with regulators and other relevant organisations.
14. Mentorship Qualification (at least level 5).
Skills
Essential criteria
15. Must have an understanding of the background to, and aims of, current healthcare policy, and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
16. Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England, and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
17. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account, and being aware of, how individual actions contribute to, and make a difference to, the equality agenda.
18. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity.
19. Problem-solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
20. Manage Team within the constraints of NHS strategic plan and Trust priorities.
21. Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
22. Skills for direct line management and job management.
Desirable criteria
23. Skills for delivering results through managing others, and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
24. Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
25. Persuade and influence Board and Senior Managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation and new market opportunities.
26. Ability to negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues.
27. Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
28. Take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
29. Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
30. Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines.
31. Ability to communicate with a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders, in written and verbal forms, to ensure you can lead the direction of travel.
32. Ability to translate Trust strategic plans into effective and achievable operational plans, and capable of monitoring their progress and outcomes.
33. Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.
Desirable criteria
34. Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning.
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Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.
References and Employment History: All references from current and previous employers, will be sought via their Human Resources Department and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and email address of the Human Resources Department and indicate your current/previous line manager and their departmental details.
All appointments will be subject to currently having a clean disciplinary record.
Please be advised that a No Smoking Policy is in operation throughout the Trust.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme - Under the Trust's commitment 'Positive about Disabled People', if you consider yourself as having a disability and you meet the minimum selection criteria for any post, you will get an automatic interview. By minimum selection criteria we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates the essential requirements as set out in the person specification and advertisement for a post.
We aim to represent and value the diversity of our local communities through our workforce and service provision. We therefore positively encourage applications, regardless of age, race, religion & belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity or disability.