Job Role
Quality and Professionals Manager
Band 8a - £57,528 - £64,750
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Responsibilities
Every child and young person deserves exceptional, safe, and effective care. We are seeking a passionate and experienced leader to drive the quality, patient safety, and professional agenda across our Starting Well Portfolio.
This is a unique opportunity to influence and shape the quality of care delivered within our Children's and Community Dental Services, ensuring the highest standards are consistently achieved. You will play a key role in supporting colleagues to feel confident, capable, and empowered to deliver outstanding care and patient experiences.
As our Quality and Professionals Manager, you will champion a culture of continuous improvement, leading on patient safety, quality assurance, clinical governance, and professional standards. You will proactively identify risks, promote learning and implement sustainable improvements that enhance outcomes for children, young people, and families.
We are looking for an individual with an unwavering commitment to patient safety and clinical excellence, who can inspire others, influence change, and foster a positive, open culture where quality is everyone's responsibility.
If you are passionate about improving quality, reducing risk, and ensuring the very best standards of care, we would love to hear from you.
This role is not applicable for sponsorship and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.
To find out more about Locala see our Thrive strategy
For more information please refer to Job Description & Person Specification
Please note – this position may be subject to DBS check.
Closing date – 25th August 2026
We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications
About us
Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.
Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.
We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.
“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”
Benefits
- Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
- Generous pension– We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
- Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.
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Contact Details:
Locala Health And Wellbeing Recruitment Team
