Head of Clinical Effectiveness and Assurance

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Main area Quality and Governance Manager Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
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Site Blackpool Victoria NHS Foundation Trust Town Blackpool Salary £57,528 - £64,750 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 28/09/2026

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

To provide support, leadership and development within the Compliance and Clinical Audit & Effectiveness Teams to ensure the efficient and effective development and management of the teams’ regulatory activity.

To ensure services are prepared for CQC visits, Mental Health Act Monitoring Visits and supported to respond to findings through a total quality management process. To work collaboratively with the Triumvirates / Quadumvirate within the Divisions.

To work across the Trust ensuring teams deliver recovery focused care to patients in line with specific standards regulated by the Care Quality Commission. (CQC). To update CQC-related staff information and lead the implementation of a transformational approach that places corporate quality and compliance at the heart of service delivery.

The post holder will interpret and analyse national, regional, and local regulations and policies relating to compliance, providing timely reports to senior managers and frontline staff on organisational implications and requirements. This role ensures that the Trust continues to advance in clinical quality governance and compliance, aligning with the highest national standards.

Job Summary

• Develop, lead and support the Trust’s approach to CQC regulatory activity and preparedness.
• Undertake Assurance Visits of services across Trust sites offering support, oversight and guidance to the staff team through supervision and leadership.
• Act as the expert and demonstrate excellent practice in the safe application of relevant, up to date legislation and national directives including relevant CQC regulatory requirements, the Health, Safety and Welfare at Work Act, Safeguarding etc within the team.
• The postholder will work closely with the Deputy Director Quality Governance to meet statutory obligations and standards for healthcare governance.

Vision - to improve the lives of people who live, work and volunteer on the Fylde Coast and beyond.

Values - The Trust’s values "
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