We have a new, exciting role to support our community diagnostic centres in gaining and maintaining accreditation. We are looking for an Accreditation Manager to join East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, fixed term until 19th October 2025.

In this role you will be the lead and point of contact for Accreditation, as well as engaging with clinicians and systems leads for the different standards. These include: QSI standard for Medical Imaging, IQIPS for Physiological Sciences, JAG for Endoscopy and ISO for any point of care testing.

You will need to inspire the team around you and provide confidence that the accreditation process is progressing. You will be based at the Clacton Community Diagnostic Centre, however you will be required to travel across to our Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals and other Community Diagnostic Centres where appropriate.

For this role, you do not need to have clinical experience, however it would be advantageous for you to have experience in a governance/accreditation post.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. This will need to be discussed with your current line manager.

Main duties of the job

• To support the Divisional Governance Lead in quality, governance and safety standards in the Community Diagnostic Centre's service
• To manage and be accountable for the:
• Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS).
• Quality Standards for Imaging (QSI).
• The requirements for quality and competence in a medical laboratory environment (ISO15189)
• Accreditation processes throughout the CDC, carrying out required management and leadership responsibilities to ensure that accreditation is successfully obtained through the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and thereafter maintained.
• To support the Speciality Leads in ensuring high quality audits and governance processes.
• To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate ESNEFT values.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level.
• Masters degree or equivalent experience in governance, safety and the accreditation process.
• Knowledge of a good level of work procedures and practices in relation to governance.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in governance and safety practice within a clinical environment
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience in clinical audit / benchmarking

Desirable

• Prior experience with the UKAS accreditation process.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Clacton Community Diagnostic Centre

Tower Road

Clacton

CO15 1LH

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