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Job summary

Main area
A&E Operations
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent: On-call requirement
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-call requirement)
Job ref
335-A-1711
Employer
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Derbyshire Divisional HQ
Town
Derby
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/03/2025 23:59

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East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust logo

Divisional Senior Manager (Quality) - Derbyshire

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).


 

Job overview

The Derbyshire Division of East Midlands Ambulance Service are seeking applications from experienced senior clinical/quality leads, to join us on our improvement journey.  You will be a registered clinician, although not necessarily from an ambulance background, with significant experience of leading a quality agenda at a senior level.

 

Main duties of the job

This role will support the Trust’s approach to quality assurance, quality improvement and identifies priorities in the five domains of quality, aligned with the Care Quality Commission regulatory framework; caring, responsive, effective, well-led and safe.

The focus of this role is to provide divisional oversight for and coordinate the delivery of the quality improvement across Derbyshire, delivering the EMAS strategy. Whilst this role is accountable to the Divisional Director in terms of setting overall objectives and priorities, this role will work closely and proactively with their respective Heads of Operations, who operationally lead their service areas. They will also provide professional leadership for the Divisional teams of Divisional Senior Clinical Leader (DSCL) and Specialist Practitioner (SP) roles, acting as the Division’s clinical and quality lead.

The Divisional Senior Manager (Quality) will take the lead coordinating role in the development of clinical and quality improvement plans, linking Divisional priorities with other business areas such as Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, the Medical Directorate and Education.

Working for our organisation

This role is responsible for the strategic aspects of divisional quality improvement, supporting the remainder of the leadership structure which is focused on the reactive / dynamic aspects of service delivery. The role, along with the Divisional Director and Heads of Operations, is a key interface with external stakeholders and partners.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post is also accountable for a broad range of shared responsibilities to support leadership of the division as defined by the Divisional Director, working as part of the Divisional Senior Leadership Team. The role will have a responsibility for managing and planning for delivery of contractual quality targets, quality standards and the implementation of clinical efficiency programmes.

Operationally the role will work across 5 days and provide senior manager (tactical) on call cover as part of our overall command structure, to ensure consistent delivery of services across the 7 days and 24hr period.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree level management -qualification (or studying for) or equivalent experience
  • Appropriate clinical (Paramedic, Nurse, AHP) qualification with current professional registration e.g. HCPC
  • Knowledge of health service management, including change management and workforce re-design

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Track record of achievement in the planning of quality improvement gained over at least two years
  • Experience of people management issues in relation to managing clinical performance and conduct
  • Good understanding of the CQC core standards and meeting a high level of compliance
  • Understanding of the responsibilities of divisional leadership (operational, clinical, command) teams

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Wendy Stevens
Job title
Administrator Co-ordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Please contact Wendy in the first instance for any information

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