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Quality and Governance Practitioner

Salary Band 6 (£35,802 - £42,702)
Location St Gemma's Hospice, Moortown, Leeds
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This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The vacancy

This is a new post at St Gemma’s, working across the clinical services to support and drive high quality patient and family care. We need a skilled and motivated individual with an understanding of and experience in monitoring quality and working with teams to generate a culture of continuous improvement.

The Quality & Governance Practitioner will:

  • Work with the Heads of Department (Clinical) to analyse and share key quality information.
  • Generate robust quality monitoring and reporting processes
  • Monitor outcomes, including incidents, complaints, and experience of care
  • Work with the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officer on key quality reports
  • Support teams with quality improvement initiatives and implementation of learning.

This is a crucial post for the Hospice, pulling together the broad quality and governance agenda, in collaboration with the Heads of Departments and the Executive team. It is an exciting time to join St Gemma’s as we work with other healthcare partners to introduce the National Patient Safety Strategy.

We are looking for someone with experience of working in healthcare and in quality/governance, who is motivated by improving quality and safety for patients and families. We are a welcoming, ambitious team, keen to learn and to improve.

The position is part time 22.5 hours and we support a hybrid approach and flexibility in working hours in the team to ensure you can balance your work and your life. There is no fixed start or end time each day.

To discuss this opportunity in greater detail, please contact Amy Benson, Senior Nursing Team Administrator on 0113 2185546 or Amy.Benson@st-gemma.co.uk

Interviews anticipated to take place week commencing 13th May.

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to invite candidates to interview prior to the closing date and/or close this advertisement prior to the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

About us

St Gemma’s Hospice is a Leeds-based charity providing expert care and support for local people with life-limiting and terminal illnesses. We offer care to patients and their carers in the Hospice’s In-Patient Unit, through the St Gemma’s community team, and via our day services, which include a Day Hospice and Out-Patient Department.

St Gemma’s welcomes and provides care to everyone regardless of people’s age, gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or diagnosis. Our care is always completely free of charge.

St Gemma’s is the largest hospice in Yorkshire and one of the largest in the UK.

St Gemma’s is committed to equal opportunities and strives to be diverse and inclusive, a place which reflects the communities we serve.  We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society as we value the different perspectives this brings.

The benefits

Maternity / Paternity
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Generous holiday

Personal pension plan

Employee assistance programme

Hassle-free parking

Wellbeing support

Subsidised meals

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