Job overview

We have an opportunity for an experienced clinician to join the team to support the implementation of a number of quality priorities for the organisation.

The role will draw upon your clinical experiences to inform a range of developments and includes supporting the work overseen by the Trusts’ Quality Assurance Group, Positive & Safe Group and Quality & Regulatory Compliance Group.

The portfolio includes supporting the Clinical Development Managers with quality & safety visits across all services, fidelity checking and clinical pathway improvements arising from our quality assurance, patient safety and clinical compliance programmes.

The post holder will have the opportunity to work in clinical practice areas and support clinical colleagues with practice developments informed by the portfolio of work.

This is a dynamic role that will develop further over time to include supporting the Trustwide Culture of Care Project, Patient Carer Race Equality Framework and Reducing Restrictive practice and Enhanced Observation developments.

Main duties of the job

·   The clinical development manager will support the Clinical development manager and provide professional expertise in the implementation of high quality clinical care pathways across the Trust.

·  Working under direction this requires the post holder to encourage, influence and facilitate healthcare professionals and other colleagues to develop practice that is patient centred, health promoting and evidence based. The post holder will use service improvement skills, to enable a more consistent performance across the trust. Approaches to care delivery, nursing, allied health and medical protocols will be routinely developed implemented and standardised. The post holder will also work with colleagues to support the development of a culture of continuous improvement across the organisation.

The post will focus on a specific identified clinical areas and priorities each year as directed by the Clinical Development Manager. The post holder will therefore need to have transferable skills to new clinical areas as the portfolio may change each year according to the needs of service users, commissioners and the organisation.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.