Posted 02/10/2024
£44,398 - £50,807 per annum (depending on experience)
Vacancy type: Paid Vacancy
Function: Governance & Quality
Location: Hospice - Sully
Salary: £44,398 to £50,807 p/a (depending on experience)
Contract type: Permanent
Contract hours: Full time
Closing Date: 13/10/2024
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager with experience in quality assurance and clinical governance to join our team as our new Quality and Clinical Governance Lead.
About the role
Reporting to the Director of Nursing and Clinical Services, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading on all aspects of clinical governance, ensuring effective and sustainable quality assurance and governance systems are in place and embedded across Tŷ Hafan’s Care Services.
The postholder will be directly responsible for reviewing and analysing outputs from audit and risk assessments, and for the creation, oversight, and coordination of quality improvement plans. Working alongside the Care Senior Management team, they will also be responsible for devising and delivering on a robust clinical governance framework that ensures continuous compliance with regulatory requirements and standards, providing assurance to the Executive Team, Board of Trustees and our regulators that all statutory responsibilities are fulfilled.
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to truly make a difference by driving improvements for the Children and families that access our services and helping ensure we continue to develop and deliver effective and safe services.
About you
We are looking for a passionate and organised individual with significant experience in leading on quality improvement initiatives and overseeing clinical governance. The successful candidate should have significant healthcare experience, with a proven track record of successfully leading teams and services to deliver high quality, safe services. As the ideal candidate you will also have:
About us
Tŷ Hafan's ambition is that when a child's life will be short, no family should have to live it on their own. Sadly, we know that thousands of families in Wales are struggling alone through fear, exhaustion and uncertainty that comes with caring for a child whose life will be short. We believe that no family should have to live this on their own and we are determined to walk alongside every family through life, death and beyond.
At Tŷ Hafan we are experts at caring for children with life-shortening conditions and our services support families in our hospice, in community settings, local hospitals and in families' homes. We understand that needs of each child and their family are unique, and we know that caring for a child with life-shortening condition is often extremely demanding. Our aim is to make sure that no one is doing this alone. Our colleagues, volunteers and supporter are crucial in the delivery of our ambition - we know that everyone plays a huge part in making sure that no family faces their child's short life alone.
Our Vision: A Wales where every child with life-shortening conditions lives a fulfilling life, supported with the compassion and specialist care and their family need.
Our Purpose: No family should have to face the unimaginable loss of their child alone. With children and families at the heart of all we do, we provide free care and support in our hospice and in community, offering a lifeline through out the childs short life, at end of life, through bereavement and beyond.
Our Values: At Tŷ Hafan we make a difference by living our values which are Demonstrating Compassion, Providing Excellent Service, Working Together and Taking Ownership.
Our benefits package includes:
If you have passion and drive and think you have what it takes to enrich the lives of the children and families using our services, then we would love to hear from you.
Please note this role is subject to the outcome of a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Disclosure check and two satisfactory references.
Tips for applicants - All applications and interviews are reviewed against the job description and person specification; it is important that you familiarise yourself with these documents before progressing your application.
Tŷ Hafan is one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers care to children and support for their families, throughout Wales.
We offer comfort, care and support to life-limited children, young people and their families in the hospice, in the community and in their home so they can make the most of the time they have left together.
We have several departments across the charity ensuring that we are able to maintain and give the care to our children and families.
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Hayes Road, Sully, CF64 5XX
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5 mins walk
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