Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Provider Improvement Response Team. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated nurses to join us, with a passion for improving quality of care. We are seeking dynamic, and solution focussed nurses who are willing to go that extra mile and to be part of a successful and effective team.
This is a crucial role in driving improvements in the quality of the adult care market. The nurses will work as part of the Provider Improvement Response Team (PIRT), which is a joint health and social care team with both nurses and local authority officers.
Main duties of the jobThe key focus of this team is to work with the highest risks in the care market including services at risk of closure, those in large scale enquiry or those subject to CQC enforcement action. You will feed into the overall assessment of risk for a care service and be instrumental in ensuring the provider delivers the required improvements.
Although the team's focus will be to prevent closure of care services, in circumstances where there is risk of an urgent closure, this team will have a lead role. There is an expectation that where there are urgent closures or significant safeguarding risks, there may be a requirement to work evenings or weekends, however the normal working pattern will be Monday-Friday.
The position will have a combination of on-site visits at care services, working from home and office work. You will need to be able to travel across the County. Line management for this post and the PIRT team is held by Staffordshire County Council in partnership with MPFT.
About usBy joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applicationsJob responsibilitiesFull JD & PS Attached
The role of the Quality Improvement Nurse will assist the Lead Nurse (Provider Improvement and Response Team) to address any identified gaps in patient care and services by supporting care home staff to improve the quality of care to patients through the provision of leadership and expertise.
As part of the Provider Improvement Response Team, the post holder will provide quality improvement support to the care home sector transferring skills where possible and to reinforce the culture of continuous improvement. The Provider Improvement Response Team is a joint health and social care team, operationally managed by the Local Authority.
The post holder will be required to work autonomously to lead time limited quality improvement projects and to demonstrate improved outcomes for patients.
The Quality Improvement Nurse, Provider Improvement and Response Team will work with the wider Local Authority, MPFT and other NHS teams across the health and social care system. Professional support for his post will be given from the Lead Nurse.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Registered Nurse with a current NMC registration
- Educated to degree level or similar equivalent academic ability
Desirable- Qualification related to the field of elderly care/frailty/mental health
ExperienceEssential- Post registration experience in elderly care/frailty/mental health
- Comprehensive knowledge of specialist areas, i.e. quality improvement, clinical governance, risk management acquired through experience or training to post graduate diploma level
- Proven experience in managing and implementing change
- Worked with a range of providers e.g. independent contractors, nursing homes, primary and community care
- Experience of producing high level reports and analysis
Desirable- Good understanding of the current requirements for research governance
- Awareness of the research agenda in the context of the current NHS
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. 
