Divisional Senior Manager (Quality) - NottinghamshireNHS

Job summary

The Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire, 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.

Job description

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.

About us

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.