Job summary
Employer heading
Quality and Safety Senior Practitioner (External Placements)
Band 7
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.
We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
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Job overview
Are you a registered professional who is passionate about the quality and safety of care with an interest in quality monitoring and improvement in mental health?
Are you a tenacious, confident, flexible, and curious person, with excellent organisational, engagement, and communication skills, who can work autonomously and as part of a creative and motivated team?
If you are, we would really like to hear from you!
The Quality and Safety Senior Practitioner for external placements is a brand-new role and is a great opportunity for you to work for NSFT and build working relationships with external providers of inpatient care nationally.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of the Quality and Safety Review Team, managing, conducting, and reporting on a schedule of quality and safety reviews with external placements, providing assurance that the care of our service users is meeting the Fundamental Standards and Mental Health Act. You will be able to assimilate, analyse and clearly report information that will play a key role in supporting teams on all levels of the organisation, to make informed decisions alongside service users and their families about external placement options.
You will need the ability to travel extensively and spend short periods of time away from home. Ideally you will have a good knowledge and experience of quality monitoring and inspecting mental health inpatient services.
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting time to join NSFT as we commit to developing our Trust. We believe that staff, who feel valued by their employers and are truly engaged, and able to provide better outcomes for our service users.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
We are a creative, motivated and compassionate team who are dedicated to the quality and safety of patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, If you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview date is yet to be confirmed, candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days’ notice, please ensure you check email regularly. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered mental health practitioner Educated to Masters Degree or equivalent.
- Administrative qualifications such as EXCEL, data analysis and report writing
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to develop and promote effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
- Report writing including data analysis and interpretation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Governance systems, processes and approaches
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings, to achieve cooperation and influence others
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of national policies relating to governance
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience organising and co-ordinating workstreams and projects
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nikki Raynes
- Job title
- Quality and Safety Review Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07500883826
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