Job summary
Are you a registered Registered Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse 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!

Main duties of the job

• To provide management oversight of a rolling schedule of internal and external Quality and Safety Reviews. This includes the schedule, recruitment to review panels, supporting the QSR process, accurate and timely reporting.
• To participate in QSRs.
• To provide in depth analysis of various forms of information and produce detailed, accurate reports through the Trust governance framework as required.
• To attend and regularly aid the complex care panel in their decision making.
• To work in collaboration with the Clinical Governance Lead (QSRs and Regulation) on the continuous review and improvement of Quality and Safety Review processes.
• With the need to review clinical teams across the country, the ability to travel independently is required. Additionally, given the distances of travel, the role will likely require some overnight stays.
• Ideally you will have a good knowledge and experience of quality monitoring and inspecting mental health inpatient services.

About us
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.

Job 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

• Registered mental health or learning disabilities nurse
• Administrative qualifications such as EXCEL, data analysis and report writing
• Educated to Masters Degree or equivalent.

Skills
Essential

• Ability to develop and promote effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting
• Able to assimilate and analyse information both quantitative and qualitative including data, narrative and utilising observational skills.
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings, to achieve cooperation and influence others

Knowledge
Essential

• Governance systems, processes and approaches

Desirable

• Awareness of national policies relating to governance

Experience
Desirable

• Project management experience.

Additional information
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address: County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website