This Band 7 role sits in the Integrated Therapies and Dietetics Department at James Paget University Hospital, where the post-holder acts as clinical governance lead on a 12-month fixed-term basis, part-time at 26 hours a week. It backfills staff released for research and carries responsibility for the department's quality and effectiveness. The work centres on quality improvement, strategic projects, and managing risks, incidents and complaints, alongside the Integrated Therapy Management Team. The post requires a registered therapist or dietitian with a masters-level qualification and a current HCPC registration.
What the job involves
- Ensuring the quality and effectiveness of services
- Leading quality improvement initiatives across the department
- Leading learning from incidents and complaints through oversight
- Managing risks, incidents and complaints, including patient safety queries
- Ensuring appropriate use of outcome measures
- Leading department-wide strategic projects
- Overseeing and leading named service and quality improvement programmes
- Coordinating clinical governance-related changes
- Coordinating regular compliance audits and reporting
- Managing patient experience feedback
- Supporting the internal CPD and education offer for staff
- Maintaining clinical registration and working clinically on an occasional basis
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics or speech and language therapy
- Masters-level or equivalent advanced qualification and knowledge
Registration & licences
- Current HCPC registration
Experience
- Experience of service development and change processes
- Experience of complex interaction with stakeholders to ensure effective working
Skills & knowledge
- Proven leadership and management skills
- Ability to inspire and lead new developments, with a strong commitment to teaching and learning
- Analytical skills and knowledge of health and safety requirements for clinical and service risk
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage stress in self and others
- Proven IT, organisational and communication skills
- Investigation and project management skills
Checks & eligibility
- Full UK driving licence
- Occupational Health clearance satisfactory to the Trust
Other
- Evidence of Trust values
- Ability to travel independently where required
- Commitment to ongoing personal and service development, enthusiastic, reliable and progressive in approach to care
Nice to have
- Relevant training or qualification in management, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge and application of KSF, workforce planning and management
What’s offered
- CPD funding
- Well-structured supervision and appraisal system
- Access to clinical, non-clinical and leadership training courses
- Support to achieve career goals
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
