Band 7 Quality Assurance Lead

Redford Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0PP

Job Summary

Here at Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provided excellent care to our entitled personnel!

We are seeking to recruit a multifaceted, organised and enthusiastic individual to join our vibrant and fast paced team at Regional Headquarters (RHQ) Scotland and Northern Ireland (SNI) Region.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

This post will be 37.5 hours a week and requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

The job role will involve travel on a regular basis to SNI Medical Centres and HQ Lichfield, therefore, a driving licence is desirable but not essential as there are other means of travel that can be taken.

Job Description

We are looking to appoint a talented leader who will have a key role in coordinating and managing the quality assurance systems and leading 2nd party assurance, as part of governance and assurance structure in DPHC. As a member of DPHC RHQ SNI team, the position holder will support the medical, rehabilitation, mental health, and occupational health teams to deliver care to military and entitled personnel.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop and implement plans on a cross system basis. You will provide expertise and understanding of various components of clinical quality (safe, effective, responsive, well led, and patient centred care). A key focus of the role will be to ensure diligent management of assurance systems and ensure effective relationships with service clinical leads across the geographical area of responsibility.

We are looking to appoint a talented leader who will have a key role in coordinating and managing the quality assurance systems and leading 2nd party assurance, as part of governance and assurance structure in DPHC. As a member of DPHC RHQ SNI team, the position holder will support the medical, rehabilitation, mental health, and occupational health teams to deliver care to military and entitled personnel.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop and implement plans on a cross system basis. You will provide expertise and understanding of various components of clinical quality (safe, effective, responsive, well led, and patient centred care). A key focus of the role will be to ensure diligent management of assurance systems and ensure effective relationships with service clinical leads across the geographical area of responsibility.

Person specification

The duties and responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Acting as the Assurance Team Lead on the 2nd party assurance of DPHC facilities within the AOR, including the timely completion of the assurance report and recommendations.
• Co-ordinating and leading the delivery of Internal Assurance Reviews/ inspections
• Supporting facilities to improve governance and assurance activities during and after external governance inspections, and the management and analysis of assurance systems to monitor the quality of healthcare.
• Providing professional support to the healthcare teams and contribute to the education, training, and development of all staff within the geographically defined area, undertaking and contributing to practice, service development, research and evaluation.
  
  

Please refer to the Terms of Reference (TORs) for further details.

Qualifications

Degree in healthcare plus additional specialist training or experience to Masters level or equivalent

Memberships

The Post Holder Must Hold a Professional Registration, Either

General Medical Council (GMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health Care Professional Council (HCPC).

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• NHS Core – NHSC2 – Personal & People Development
• NHS Core – NHSC4 – Service Improvement
• NHS Core – NHSC5 – Quality
• NHS Core – NHSC6 – Equality and Diversity
• NHS Factor 1: Communication and Relationships
• Leadership and Management
• Free parking
• Access to Gym
• Dining Facilities
• Local Amenities
• Eligibility for Blue Light Card/ Defence Discount Card
• Training Opportunities
• Inclusive working environment
• Access to the NHS pension scheme
• In additional to the advertised salary, this post attracts a locational allowance of £3000 (pro-rata for part time).
  
  

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV and personal statement. The 750 word personal statement is an opportunity for you to demonstrate skills and knowledge against the NHS KSF / NHS Factors and Leadership & Management experience.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it.

Further Information

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

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If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

The successful applicant will have contact with patients and service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, patients and service users. MOD policy remains aligned with the government position that vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and others from the risk of getting seriously ill/dying from COVID-19 and reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19 to others. We therefore encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Detail concerning the options available for vaccination against COVID-19, along with information on risks and side effects is available from: Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines - NHS (www.nhs.uk) to enable individuals to make an informed decision.

Please be aware that MoD medical roles based in Scotland will be aligned with the Agenda for Change NHS Pay Scales and Bands for England and Wales.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact [email protected].

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Claire Rogers
• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Further information

Please see Further Information document.