Associate Director of Quality

We are looking for an experienced director to embed quality improvement across the Trust as the method for change is fully supported by our Executive board and equally by our staff, patients and partners, who are excited about the prospect of not only thinking about but doing things differently.

The post holder will work closely with the executive team to lead the quality management, improvement and assurance for the Trust, taking responsibility for incorporating effectiveness from across all services within their role.

The post holder will create the conditions where we truly embrace coproduction and become a real listening, learning organisation. They will provide supervision for colleagues in the Medical and Nursing directorate in governance roles for the effectiveness of care - clinical audit, quality improvement.

The main duties of the Associate Director of Quality & Effectiveness are to lead the implementation of Clinical Governance, Effectiveness and Quality Improvement throughout the Trust.

Embedding of outcomes measures across services and mental health collaborative.

Prioritising addressing Health inequalities for the population of Sussex and developing a Population health strategy for mental health working with the ICS.

Development of Clinical harm review strategies across services, governance of risk assessments linked to care planning and effectiveness of suicide prevention plans across Sussex.

This will be achieved through clinical leadership, professional development, patient experience and quality and operational planning and delivery.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, are fully committed to embracing quality in patient and staff safety, experience and effectiveness. We work to ensure we provide the very best care to the people who use our services, utilising resources, expertise and energy to think creatively and differently about service delivery.

CLINICAL LEADERSHIP
- Take a lead on quality management
- in particular with regards to the effectiveness of care delivered across the Trust.
- Support good practice on equality, diversity and inclusion for staff, patients and carers.
- Ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and effective, working with CAGs, CDSs and the professional leads on supporting this.
- Promoting an environment where teaching, learning, research and Quality Improvement can flourish.
- Ensuring the Trust is managing health and social care data responsibly, in line with the Caldicott Principles (including being a member of Trust Information Governance and Security Assurance Group).

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- Responsibility for workforce planning within the quality improvement support team, developing creative solutions to any actual or anticipated skills or gaps. This will include supporting the development of new roles.
- Actively participate in the work of the Medical Directorate in promoting and embedding a Just and Learning Culture with compassionate leadership and strong values.
- Develop a career development plan with the CMO focussing on gaining the skills and experience necessary for future senior leadership roles within the NHS.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND QUALITY
- Help create an environment within the Trust that makes patient care, safety and satisfaction everyone’s first concern focused on evidence-based outcomes.
- Ensure that high quality clinical services are delivered in line with the Trust’s Clinical and Organisational Strategies.
- Support a culture and organisational focus to enhance patient led, improvement-oriented Care Delivery Services

OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND DELIVERY

With colleagues in the Patient Safety team and Complaints team, to coordinate the service learning from incidents and complaints ensuring that services become more effective as a result.

**Key Result Areas**:
**1) Corporate**: Contribute to the business of the trust as a Medical Directorate team member, lead on specific areas of work relating to quality, in particular the effective delivery and outcomes of care. Maintain a visible presence within the Medical Directorate, with the immediate team, corporate business partners and with the wider Trust.

**2) Culture**: Lead and role model a culture which inspires and supports others to be the best they can. Enable an environment in which staff are able to contribute and influence decision-making, exercise professional judgement and expect to be held to account for their practice. Demonstrate the value of strengths over deficits and promote learning. To value constructive challenge and be a role model for positive local dispute resolution.

**3) Strategic**: Cultivate and maintain an outward-facing role. Be future focused and work in partnership with CDS and corporate business partners to translate strategic aims into actions for services. Provide advice on relevant data and research if required. Foster relationships with partners and other key stakeholders.

**4) Quality Assurance/Improvemen