Job summary
Fixed Term Opportunity for 1 year
This role will invole supporting the delivery of the patient safety strategy and agenda. Work with colleagues to develop areas for service and quality improvement. Analysis of patient safety and quality improvement data. Close monitoring of incidents. support the implementation of the governance framework across the organisation. Act as a resource to share information and best practice. Support services to undertake clinical audit and quality assurance activity. promote positive relationships and collaborative learning environments.
Main duties of the job
- Promote quality improvement / quality assurance measures.
- Support Innovation
- Act as a resource to share information and best practice
- Support services to undertaken clinical audit and quality assurance of action plan outcomes, including deaths in custody/service reviews.
- Support the improvement of patient experience and quality of service provision through monitoring and quality improvement facilitation.
- Facilitate and signpost how to access and integrate and implement high standards of care across all settings.
- promote positive relationships and collaborative learning environments which includes contribution to the Nursing and Clinical Governance Bulletins.
- Support and promote services to enable people to have equal access to good quality, person centred healthcare.
- Support the implementation of agreed service change and integration; working closely with services, commissioners, national monitoring agencies and other health and social care colleagues.
- Identify risks, concerns, problems relating to the provision of health care and recommend remedial actions to be undertaken by colleagues, local operational staff and national monitoring bodies.
- Ensure risk reporting, governance reports, action plans link into Spectrum Community Health CiC Governance agenda including incident reporting, complaints, Caldicott breaches, complaints and adult / child safeguarding alerts.
- Contribute to the work of groups and forums in specialist areas as required.
About us
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Time for you day - 1 day additional leave
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.
Details
- Date posted: 25 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 847-CW-24-V448
- Job locations: Corporate, Navigation Walk, Wakefield, WF1 5RH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the advertised vacancy, please see attached job description and person specification or contact Jacquie Cotterill jacquie.cotterill@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk
Person specification
Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development and ongoing personal development/revalidation
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Detailed understanding of clinical governance and clinical audit
- Thorough understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Knowledge and understanding of application of relevant national guidance
- Knowledge of NHS priorities
- understanding of Spectrum's objectives and priorities and the ability to work across boundaries
- Political Awareness
- Experience of developing trusting and supportive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Evidence of quality improvement / quality assurance planning, implementation and monitoring
- Experience in identifying, assessing and managing clinical risk factors
- Experience of undertaking incident investigations
- Demontratable ability to prioritise effectively
- Ability to work autonomously but also collaboratively
- Demonstrated ability at negotiation, exercising tact and diplomacy
- Evidence of good communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to analyse situations and to provide a plan of action / escalation
- Ability to motivate and promote proactive care and change
- Develoop or utilise known mechanisms to monitor and evaluate quality improvement interventions and measure sustained change
- Familiarity with microsoft office/word and Excel packages
- Familiarity with Datix or other software incident / risk reporting package
- Frequent travel to site therefore independent means of transportation is required across the geographical spread of Spectrum services
- Flexibility with regard to patterns and places of work
- Flexible in approach to tasks undertaken displaying resilience to sometimes challenging situations
Desirable
- Registered Nurse/RMN/RLDN or Allied Health Professional with current professional registration
- Teaching and assessment qualification
- Detailed understanding of clinical governance and clinical audit
- Good knowledge of relevant national polices pertaining to Nursing and Clinical Governance Knowledge of the theory and practice of clinical supervision
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This advert is for Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement Facilitator with Spectrum Community Health CIC in Everthorpe, North East and Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Band 6 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Jul 2026.
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