National Clinical Education and Quality Improvement Lead

National Clinical Education and Quality Improvement Lead

The primary purpose of this role as the National Clinical Education and Quality Improvement lead is to ensure that Spire Healthcare's Quality Improvement and Clinical Education Strategy and plan is fully embedded and delivered against in all aspects of the organisation.

National Clinical Education and Quality Improvement Lead | Full time | Permanent | Homebased with travel | Band 8 B/C equivalent

The post holder will line manage the members of the clinical education team and ensure that a comprehensive group wide clinical training needs analysis is used to inform delivery of group wide clinical education tailored to meet the needs of clinical colleagues, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, both registered and unregistered. The post holder will focus on embedding a culture of continuous quality improvement across Spire Healthcare and will be committed to supporting the organisation in delivering key quality improvements through robust quality improvement strategies and methodologies.

• Leadership
  - To lead on the initiation, design, implementation and sustainability of clinical education and quality improvement programmes across Spire Healthcare. These will be aligned to achieving significant, sustained change to the safety, quality, effectiveness and efficiency of Spire Healthcare.
• To support Hospital colleagues in the development of clinical skills and knowledge and to design, implement and sustain quality improvement initiatives.
• To ensure the impact of clinical education and training and QI change is fully evaluated and communicated and that lessons are learned for future programmes.
• To establish close relationships with clinical leaders (Hospital based and centrally) who are central to many of the work streams.
• To ensure that a group wide training needs analysis is conducted annually and a comprehensive education timetable is designed and delivered including robust clinical competency frameworks reflecting the needs of clinical colleagues and demonstrating sustained improvement in care delivery for patients.
• To ensure that for each quality improvement project, benefits (including financial, cultural, performance) are identified and clearly articulated and have a robust monitoring system in place to evidence and ensure sustainability of improvements and ensure that each project is aligned to the organisations values and Purpose.
• To maintain a robust approach to the scoping and planning of all clinical education and quality improvement changes and programmes.
• To ensure that the assurance evidence base is consistently and diligently maintained so that the level of confidence in the delivery of clinical education and quality improvement change can be readily transmitted from the programme teams through to the Board.
• To identify barriers to education delivery or improvement within the organisation and communicate these with clarity and tact directly to colleagues and management teams.
• To be responsible for promoting a climate of positive change management and clinical engagement.
• To provide line management to the Clinical Practice Facilitators (x2) and work closely with colleagues in Learning and Development Teams to ensure a cohesive approach to delivery of clinical training that meets regulatory (NMC HCPC CQC etc) requirements.
• To provide mentoring, coaching and training to Quality Improvement practitioners to ensure a consistent approach to quality improvement across the organisation. To promote a common vision and ownership of Spire Healthcare's culture, values, Purpose, behaviours and strategic objectives.
• Planning
  - To ensure that Clinical education and Quality Improvement projects have an appropriate and effective quality assurance system which demonstrates it is being led and managed to high standards and provides additional reassurance that its goals and outcomes are credible.
• To ensure that the Clinical Education function and Quality Improvement projects develop and continually review key performance indicators in relation to its own delivery and its goals and outcomes, and that these are…