Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Staff for Quality
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift patterns 7.5 hours/15 hours/night shifts working hours can be discussed)
- Job ref
- 205-7065630
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke University Hospital
- Town
- STOKE ON TRENT
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Staff for Quality
Band 6
Job overview
The successful candidate will work as a Senior Staff Nurse for Quality within an established team delivering, monitoring and evaluating current care, whilst participating in the development of new ways of working and practices both clinical and administrative to enhance the excellent service we currently provide.
Main duties of the job
The Quality Nurse on the Elective Surgical Unit will play a key role in maintaining and improving patient care standards.
The role will focus on ensuring high standards of patient care, safety and clinical effectiveness.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main duties include:
- Clinical Governance & Patient Safety including compliance with infection control, medication safety and clinical policies. Leading root cause analysis, investigations or near misses. Monitoring audit results.
- Staff Training and development. Providing training and education and supporting students and allocating assessors/supervisors.
- Patient experience and Satisfaction. Gathering feedback. Leading patient- focused initiatives to improve the elective surgery experience.
- Data Management and Reporting. Collecting and analysing key performance indicators (KPI's) such as infection rates, ensuring accurate documentation and compliance with legal standards.
Person specification
Discussion of Quality Nurse role
Essential criteria
- Band 6
- Experience of supporting the ward and working alongside the senior team.
Desirable criteria
- 3 Years plus experience
Understanding of the audits and the tendable system.
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the Quality Nurse role.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of tendable
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Diane Phillips
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782671411
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