Salary: £46,549 - £49,590 Plus laptop & phone
Working Arrangements: 9am-5pm Monday-Thursday 9am-4.30pm Friday's
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
Flexible working arrangement: Yes, and we’re happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you.
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Closing date: 28/07/2023 at 23:59
The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.
This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check
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About the Post:
Are you looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service delivered within an award-winning council focused on placing local people at the heart of everything we do, listening to and doing good for our communities?
Here at Barnsley Council, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. We’re proud to deliver the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service, which is at the forefront of care provision for the children and young people of Barnsley. We recognise that our greatest asset is our employees, which is why for all successful nursing candidates we will recognise your NHS continuous service for the purposes of annual leave and sickness absence, and you can continue to access the NHS Pension Scheme if you are an existing scheme member.
Our 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service is rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, as part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. We offer a full induction programme and excellent training packages to enable you to have the right skills to do your job, including regular supervision to help you recognise your continued professional development needs and support you to achieve your potential.
Your role in our journey
To ensure the continued provision of high-quality Health Visiting and School Nursing (Public Health Nursing) services in Barnsley we are looking to attract an experienced and self-motivated individual to lead the service Clinical Quality Governance and inspection frameworks for the Public Health Nursing Service to ensure a 'whole system' approach to quality, safety and governance. This role is crucial in providing assurance that our services are compliant, safe and delivering high-quality care.
The successful candidate will be responsible for driving continuous improvement, leading the delivery of Quality Assurance and improvement activity, including delivery of systems which support clinical effectiveness, safety, regulatory compliance, customer feedback and professional development. We are seeking a well organised individual with the ability to manage competing demands and meet deadlines whilst ensuring information is accurate. Excellent communications skills are essential to be able to build strong relationships with staff and stakeholders to ensure that the service achieves key outcome targets whilst maintaining the highest quality of care for our service users.
What you will need
To join us, you’ll need to be a Registered Nurse with a degree and with experience and understanding of driving quality assurance processes within health care and /or across a multi-agency partnership. The post holder will support the development of a culture across the Public Health Nursing workforce which values continuing professional development and strives for excellence in the delivery of good quality care. You will be responsible for the co-ordination of all governance activity including managing risk, clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, and service user experience. The post holder will need to develop, create, and manage robust systems and processes and can compile analytical reports in relation to clinical governance and quality, which underpins safe clinical practice. We are seeking an individual who is passionate about Public Health and improving outcomes for children, young people, families, and communities.
A lot to look forward to
As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. We offer working conditions that are flexible and agile that support good life work balance. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make a better Barnsley for everyone.
For further details please contact Karen Clayton Named Nurse for Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Tel, 07720031502 email KarenClayton2@barnsley.gov.uk or Tracy Letchford, tel 07720031384
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Quality and Governance Lead Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.pdf
Help with your application form
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