Detailed job description and main responsibilities

•    Be responsible for developing and updating CQC related staff information (including booklets, webpage etc.) 
•    Deploy a transformational, can-do, approach bringing corporate quality and compliance to the forefront of service needs
•    Interpretation and analysis of national, regional and local regulations and policy in relation to compliance and briefing senior managers and frontline staff on organisational implications and requirements.
•    Keep current with, and contribute to new developments in clinical quality governance and compliance in line with the best of national practices
•    Triangulate intelligence from various sources, such as audits, reviews, claims, coroners, incidents, patient experience etc. 
•    Collaborate with colleagues to implement a multi-professional approach to improving compliance across the organisation
•    Monitor and maintain a central corporate register for capturing details of and tracking progress against recommendations made in relation to compliance inspections, enquiries, national reports and others as required.
•    Monitor and assure on compliance with reports issued by external agencies
•    Prepare and collate update reports to regulators as required, including visit preparations, timetables, schedules, ad-hoc requests. Work with colleagues to meet the needs of the regulatory requirements
•    Develop and implement internal monitoring/assurance systems, working with colleagues to ensure timely, complete, accurate information
•    Be responsible for the RI to Good Steering Group, including forward planning, agendas, action logs, calling for papers, and minute writing to ensure accurate and smooth functioning of meetings
•     Implement robust systems of work to ensure that feedback is responded to promptly, effectively, and cohesively
•    Prepare verbal, written, and visual information timely and to a high standard of accuracy, reliability and readability, appropriate for a wide range of audiences and without need for senior editing 
•    Lead the writing of technical material in corporate quality and regulation including Policies, Procedures, Quality Impact Assessments, financial and cost improvement information.
•    Lead on Trust self-assessment against national quality and regulatory standards and sector best practice.  Clinical knowledge is essential for assessment of risks, gaps, mitigation, applying best practice, and triangulation of data 
•    Effectively harness use of technology for the job portfolio in line with the service needs
•    Be responsible for maintaining the Quality Assurance webpages and ensure information as appropriate is shared Trust wide
•    Be able to assimilate and synthesise information from and into reports that ensure the information is clear and understandable
•    Quality assure any regulatory evidence provided by the wider organisation prior to submissions
•    Be the information governance expert within the quality/regulation services.
•    Prepare information for regulatory visits such as Care Quality Commission.  Working with colleagues to meet the needs of regulatory requirements in quality.
•    Work with other leads/managers in Quality Assurance to ensure our aims and objectives are collectively delivered, with good working with peers so we worked in a joined-up manner; supporting the wider team to meet the needs of   stakeholders/management.
•    Deputise for the Head of Quality Assurance as required to manage day to day CQC enquiries and liaise with service to gather appropriate responses in a timely manner.