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Lead Nurse Quality Improvement and Standards (8a)The available positions are as follows:
1WTE Band 8a (Permanent) based at the Western General Hospital
1 WTE Band 8a (1year Fixed Term/Secondment) Children and Young Peoples Pan-Lothian based at Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Little France Campus
Please indicate on your application any post preference/s. Any secondment would require the agreement of the candidates substantive service.
Please note - both person specifications attached
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
We are looking for Nursing Leaders passionate about improving the Quality of Person- Centred Care!
NHS Lothian are seeking to recruit two Lead Nurse positions to provide senior nursing leadership for Quality Improvement and Standards within our Acute Adult and Children and Young Peoples Services. These roles provide a unique opportunity to support NHS Lothian achieve their ambition to become a Quality Management System.
The Lead Nurses for Quality Improvement and Standards will provide clinical and professional nursing leadership for the development and delivery of Care Assurance and Value Management, 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 Value Management and 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 newly developed NHS Lothian Accreditation and Care Assurance 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. Value Management is a rolling programme across NHS Lothian and is the vehicle to deliver Quality Management - Quality Planning, Quality Improvement and Quality Control.
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 and Value Management Programmes within each site/service. The post holders will report to the Head of Nursing for Quality Improvement and Standards and work collaboratively with their counterparts in the other sites/service as well as in partnership with their site/service 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. It is desirable that the Lead Nurse role within Children and Young People is a registered paediatric nurse but this is not essential.
Contact:
Laura Thomson, Head of Nursing Quality Improvement and Standards
Tel: 07929822282
Email : Laura.J.Thomson@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk