Quality and Safety Specialist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Quality Improvement and Safety Team at The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Quality and Safety Specialist to join our team. This role is open to a registered healthcare professional with a passion for quality improvement, patient safety, and delivering excellence in care. As a key member of the Trust's Quality and Safety Team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and developing an organisation-wide approach to continuous improvement, helping to drive improvements in patient outcomes, safety, and service quality across the Trust.

Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for further details.

Main duties of the job

The primary focus of this role is to support and empower the clinical workforce, working closely with front-line Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional teams to continually evaluate and improve the quality of care delivered to patients. Using evidence-based improvement methodologies, the post holder will lead and support initiatives that drive sustainable improvements in patient outcomes, safety and experience.

A key aspect of the role will be the development, implementation and maintenance of quality improvement programmes focused on areas such as pressure ulcer prevention, reducing patient falls, improving nutrition and hydration, enhancing patient experience, and strengthening clinical effectiveness.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated registered Nurse, Midwife or Allied Health Professional with experience of quality improvement within an acute and/or community healthcare setting. The successful candidate will be passionate about patient safety and continuous improvement, with the ability to inspire and support others to deliver high-quality care. Comprehensive support, education and training will be provided to facilitate ongoing professional development.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced registered healthcare professional who is looking to further develop their career in quality improvement and patient safety, while making a meaningful impact on care delivery across the Trust.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities

Essential person specification requirements

Qualifications:

• Registration with the appropriate professional body (NMC/HCPC)
• First degree in health-related subject or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience:

• Knowledge and experience in undertaking systematic approaches to quality improvements
• Good keyboard and computer skills with ability to use a variety of methods to interrogate both quantitative and qualitative complex information and present this information in a meaningful way
• Experience of working with groups
• Professional report writing
• Experience of delivering education programmes to colleagues

Knowledge and Awareness:

• Understanding of the national and local Quality and Patient Safety strategies/guidelines
• Awareness of own limitations.
• Knowledge of how to maintain confidentiality

Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for further details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

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