Education and Quality Lead

10 hours ago

Chester, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital Full time

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week As Education and Quality Lead for theatres you will work alongside the Theatre Matron and the Theatre Speciality Managers. You will be responsible for overseeing educational development within theatres as well as facilitating quality improvements relating to all aspects of the quality strategy. You will also be involved in the daily running of the Operating Theatre Department in the Manager of the Day or Coordinator role ensuring productivity, efficiency and effective use of the theatre environment. The ideal candidate will start in April 2026 Responsibilities Lead and operationalise the Trust’s rolling programme of compliance monitoring to ensure timely and effective progress to achieve Care Quality Commission requirements, National Health Service Litigation Authority standards and the requirements of the Quality Strategy as a whole. Deliver evidence‑based training and education programmes in relation to all Quality, Risk and NHSLA issues including guidance from professional regulatory bodies at Divisional and Trust level. Maintain accurate reports/action plans relating to all aspects of Quality and risk management. Support managers to formulate reports and training needs, identifying appropriate training providers and costing. Be responsible for maintaining health, safety and security of self and others and implement best practice throughout the theatre department. As Manager of the Day attend regular meetings such as ‘Daily Safety Brief’ with Head of Nursing for Theatres, Hospital Matrons and other clinical Band 7s, and the daily ‘Look Back’ meeting with Planned Care admin staff to discuss theatre utilisation. Maintain and update the departmental Dashboard showing staff compliance with required mandatory and online training/appraisal. Trust Overview The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations: The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds. Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. Contact For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Leanne Ainsley Job title: Theatre Matron Email address: leanne.ainsley@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 364326 #J-18808-Ljbffr

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