Across West Yorkshire, Adult Eating Disorder, Adult Secure and Children and Young People Providers Collaboratives are live. The West Yorkshire Commissioning Hub has a key role to play in terms of planning, commissioning and the quality assurance of the services delivered by the respective provider collaboratives.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an additional permanent Quality Lead, dedicated to taking a leading role in setting up consistent quality assurance structures. This is a rare opportunity to help to shape and further develop the West Yorkshire Commissioning Hub for Specialised Mental Health Provider Collaboratives.

The NHS Long Term Plan sets an ambition for greater local system integration and autonomy which enables local providers of services to manage the budgets and clinical pathways for their local population. The NHS-Led Provider Collaborative programme is key in delivering this transformation across specialised mental health, learning disability and autism services.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

If youre interested in this post, we would welcome an informal discussion with you, by contacting Sarahjane.sams1@nhs.net

This is a vital role concerned with engagement and set up of standardised processes for the quality oversight function. It is envisaged that this 12 months, fixed term/ secondment post will embed the principals and procedures associated with quality, so that at the end of the term, clear frameworks exist.

The core functions of this role will include:

• Working with service providers to embed quality improvement and learning. Supporting the delivery of transformational care as described in each provider collaboratives clinical model and business case
• Developing internal systems and monitoring processes to ensure that provider collaborative commissioning is responsive and learns effectively from a range of information sources including: serious incidents, patient experience, complaints and other quality/performance information
• Overseeing the day to day management of those quality monitoring processes for provider collaborative mental health, learning disability and autism services within agreed standard operating procedures
• Ensure policies and procedures for quality are written, updated and enacted across the collaboratives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent in key areas relating to Quality Monitoring and Assurance systems and processes

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing clinical risks and reporting

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Mary's House

Leeds

LS7 3JX

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