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Lead Nurse Quality Improvement and Standards (8a)
Royal Edinburgh and Associated Services (REAS):1 x Full Time (37.5hrs)
1 Year Fixed Term
We are looking for nursing leaders passionate about improving the quality of person- centred care!
NHS Lothian are seeking to recruit a Lead Nurse to provide senior nursing leadership for quality improvement and standards within the Royal Edinburgh and Associated Services (REAS). This exciting new role provides a unique opportunity to support NHS Lothian achieve their ambition to become a Quality Management System.
This REAS post is a full time, fixed term for 12 months.
The Lead Nurse for Quality Improvement and Standards will provide clinical and professional nursing leadership for the delivery of Care Assurance and Value Management, within the REAS services across NHS Lothian by ensuring that robust systems, policies, procedures, professional guidance, standards and training and education strategies are in place. In addition, they will provide expert clinical nursing advice focussing on strengthening links with Health Care Improvement Scotland with a particular focus on Excellence in Care.
The post holder will have experience of leading nurses, relevant clinical services, and Quality Improvement initiatives. The post holder will have a demonstrable proven track record of successfully leading clinical teams, managing change, and putting safety, quality and patient experience at the heart of everything you do.
Care Assurance in NHS Lothian is delivered using the Care Assurance and Accreditation Framework which is embedded in the Nursing Strategies. The provision of care assurance links with the national care assurance framework for Scotland, Excellence in Care, and provides a platform for the monitoring and assuring of nursing outcomes. Care is managed within the context of a complex and widespread multi-professional team.
The strategic direction of NHS Lothian Quality Strategy is in line with national and regional priorities. The Lead Nurse Quality Improvement and Standards is a key senior nursing role for the Care Assurance Programme within each site and locality. The post holders will report to the Deputy Chief Nurse of REAS and the Head of Nursing for Quality Improvement and Standards and work collaboratively with their counterparts in the other sites/localities as well as in partnership with the site and division nursing and managerial teams.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in nursing with evidence of Post Graduate study at Level 11 in nursing, leadership or Quality Improvement and undertaken Quality Improvement training with application of quality improvement methodologies in practice.
For more information please Contact
Laura Inglis, Head of Nursing Quality Improvement and Standards
Tel: 07929784347
Email : laura.inglis5@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Craig Stenhouse, Deputy Chief Nurse, Royal Edinburgh & Associated Services
Tel: 07713091888
Email: craig.stenhouse@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.