Quality and Accreditation Lead Colchester

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated person to lead on Quality and QSI accreditation of the ESNEFT Medical Imaging department. You will be required to have a 'can do' attitude and be able to foster excellent relationships with colleague and other departments. This post is permanent. Full time and part-time hours will be considered.

QSI accreditation is available to imaging services across the UK both within and outside the NHS. Accreditation is the formal recognition that an imaging service provider has demonstrated that it has an organizational competence to deliver against key performance measures. These measures require the department to achieve high standard of service in relation to patient centred care and choice, safety, fit for-purpose facilities and clinical practices. The standards are endorsed by the Royal college of radiologists and the Society and College of Radiographers.

Main duties of the job

• To manage and supervise the accreditation and quality processes in the Medical Imaging services, carrying out the required management and leadership tasks to support and maintain the accreditation processes
• To maintain accreditation and liaise with UKAS with regards required annual submissions
• The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of ESNEFT, which the Trust may amend from time to time.

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 responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in the workplace

Desirable

• Relevant post grad courses

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in a radiology department
• Experience of working at a senior level within a radiology service.
• Current experience of managing a complex area of work and leading a multi-disciplinary team.
• Current experience of staff management in MDT working

Desirable

• Experiencing chairing meetings
• Involvement with devising and implementing competency frameworks for staff training
• Experience of investigating DATIX incidents and managing outcomes
• HCPC registered

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of Clinical & Radiation Governance relevant to imaging and managing a modality area.
• Awareness of the legal responsibilities of a radiology service to patients, service users, and staff.
• Knowledge of current issues within healthcare and radiography.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate involvement with implementing new processes, project management or introduction and managing training for implementation of new equipment in clinical working

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

We are an equal opportunities employer.