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Proud to be not-for-profit, at Sanctuary Care we provide high quality care homes where people are looked after with the utmost dignity and respect. At the very heart of everything we do is our mission to go beyond the standard expectation of providing great care, by doing everything we can to enrich the lives of the residents we are privileged to care for, their loved ones and as importantly, our dedicated and valued staff.
Nursing Quality Improvement Partner
North East, North West and East Midlands
Salary £50,000 - £55,000.00 per annum plus company car or car allowance
35 hours per week
Covering the North East, North West and East Midlands Regions, Sanctuary Care are recruiting for a new and exciting opportunity for a dynamic and skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Partner to deliver practice-based support, guidance and action to achieve sustainable improvements in nursing practice and professional issues to ensure achievement of a confident, competent nursing workforce who deliver high quality nursing care.
Regular travel is required so it’s essential you have a driving licence.
The role of the Nursing Quality Improvement Partner will:
- Deliver practice-based support, guidance and action to achieve sustainable improvements in nursing practice and professional issues.
- Provide leadership, support and guidance to ensure the effective practical application of theoretical principles and training concepts, acting as a role model for excellence in the delivery of nursing care practices and standards.
- To provide and facilitate clinical and restorative supervision to registered nurses to promote reflective practice, recognising and celebrating success and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Work with Internationally Educated Nurses to effectively prepare for successful completion of the Objective Structured Clinical examination (OSCE) to complete registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC).
- To proactively work with registered nurses to be effective preceptors to newly registered nurses, to be mentors and assessors to ensure they effectively support pre-registration student nurses in the practice environment and to guide registered nurses through the process of revalidation to ensure effective and timely completion.
- Work with nursing colleagues to ensure the effective use of systems and processes including compliance with policies and procedures.
- "Participate in both adhoc and regular monthly meetings with the regional managers to identify key areas of focus for improvement, the method of delivery and measures of success.
- Maintain and develop knowledge and competence in issues of regulation, clinical practice, professional issues, best practice, policy & procedure to drive clinical excellence.
- Contribute to and lead in Nursing Quality Improvement projects and change processes to improve nursing care.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues from other departments across the business to ensure continuous improvements and high standards of care quality.
- To represent the quality and clinical improvement team internally and externally, deputising for the Head of Quality Improvement as and when required
Skills and experience:
- Current Registration with the NMC, degree in nursing
- Full, current driving license
- Nursing Mentors & Assessors Qualification
- Proven recent relevant clinical nursing experience in health or social care
- Proven experience in a similar setting
- Experience of improving nursing practice and professional issues
- Experience of change management and/or working within challenged services
- Proven ability to manage effective delivery of improvement projects
- Compassionate and clear leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills including understanding of written and spoken English
- Up to date clinical nursing practice competence, confidence and understanding of professional practice issues
Ready to join us?
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, we offer you access to a range of great employee benefits and the opportunity to develop and progress within your career. Benefits include:
• Receive individually tailored, person centered and knowledgeable training
• A contributory pension scheme
• 25 days leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus bank holidays
• Life Assurance
• Health & well-being plans
• Discounted products & services
• Personal advice and counselling
• Family-friendly arrangements
• Tax efficient benefits
• Learning and development opportunities
Job Reference: 219200
Closing date: 12 July 2024
We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Care Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.
