Head of Regulation and Compliance

**Job overview**:
**We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual who is an expert in regulation, compliance and quality to join us as Lead for Regulation and Compliance.**:
The Lead for Regulation and Compliance, working closely with the Associate Director for Quality and Safety, will lead on all elements of CQC compliance and registration. The post holder will also support the delivery of the Trust strategic objectives and Quality strategy. In addition, they will co-ordinate the collection and monitoring of evidence to provide assurance of compliance with the Integrated Care System (ICS) Quality Assurance requirements.

The Lead for Regulation and Compliance will support with the development of Quality Improvement systems and processes, implement the findings of governance reviews, and ensure that the Quality Strategy is delivered across all hospital sites and relevant community services.

The purpose of this job is to support the Deputy Chief Nurse - Assurance, Improvement and Innovation, in ensuring the organisation is compliant with relevant Healthcare standards and is compliant with its provider licence.

Being the organisation’s CQC registration expert, the post holder will ensure that systems and processes are in place to maintain CQC legislation and to provide the Trust Board and other key stakeholders with on-going assurance of compliance and on-going improvement against fundamental standards.

**Main duties of the job**:
**In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.**:
**Working for our organisation**:
**As Head of Regulation and Compliance, you will work with the Deputy Chief Nurse - Assurance, Innovation and Improvement, on behalf of the Chief Nurse, and will establish and lead a Programme Management Office (PMO) with responsibility for ensuring that Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is compliant with the requirements as set out by the CQC and other regulators. You will be accountable for the co-ordination of the programme, any sub-projects and management of their interdependencies.**:
**The role will require an individual who can work closely with clinical and corporate colleagues both within the Hospital and also across and the wider local health and care system.**:
**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
The purpose of this job is to support the Deputy Chief Nurse - Assurance, Improvement and Innovation, in ensuring the organisation is compliant with relevant Healthcare standards and is compliant with its provider licence.

Being the organisation’s CQC registration expert, the postholder will ensure that systems and processes are in place to maintain CQC legislation and to provide the Trust Board and other key stakeholders with on-going assurance of compliance and on-going improvement against fundamental standards.

**Person specification**:
**Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards

**Training & Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience with qualifications to Masters level or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
- Project Management / Service Improvement training
- IT skills (EITS) or equivalent

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Demonstrable specialist knowledge in a relevant discipline
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project. Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Project management. Equality impact assessment

**Communication and relationship skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills. Assertive, influencing and persuasive skills. Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Project Management

**Analytical and Judgement skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- High level of analytical skills. Ability to develop efficient / lean processes to support systematic improvement. Able to use initiative appropriately.

**Planning and organisation skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.

**Physical skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to work alongside colleagues in a variety of cinical and non clinical setting. Use of a VD