Quality Assurance Advisor

The QA Advisors key responsibility is to deliver a screening quality assurance programme and support the development of policy, methods and tools for quality assurance. The post holder should provide specialist advice related to a defined portfolio of NHS screening programmes whilst building and managing relationships with local, and national stakeholders. The post holder will work within a specialist team, led by a Senior QA Advisor with responsibility to: create and develop reports, spreadsheets and databases for the presentation of results and surveys to key stakeholders; participate in relevant Programme Centre meetings national working groups as required; contribute to the development and implementation of the organisational plan to ensure regular and formal quality assurance of NHS screening programmes. Undertake service review/audit using national tools; make recommendations for service improvements and reporting outcomes from QA processes. Monitor progress of visits; manage
communications with the organisations and professionals involved in review process; manage the implementation of the QA cycle from self-assessment and pre-visit/intervention preparation, including the management of any visit/intervention programme; review and analyse self-assessment and key evidence submissions to develop consistent and appropriate briefs for sessional experts / professional and clinical advisors and any visiting review teams; support the Senior QA Advisor in ensuring that where full QA visits are undertaken, review teams provide accurate, appropriate feedback to commissioners, provider executive and programme teams on the findings of the review visit; highlighting any issues / concerns raised during the visit; implement a consistent approach to the QA process across in a defined place, in association with peers, replicate this across England; support the development and lead implementation of national guidance and toolkits/templates throughout your region or other
regions; obtain and provide feedback on policies, procedures and QA tools for regional/national QA and programme leads; analyse complex data from local screening programmes including KPIs and annual report returns; act as the key resource for provision of information regarding NHS screening programmes; use specialist knowledge and expertise to advise local programmes and commissioners on the quality of the screening programmes and provide guidance on how to deliver high quality programmes; participate in incident investigation meetings when required, providing progress reports to the Senior QA Advisor, the senior clinical lead (CPH) and the national portfolio team; and ensure that areas of underperformance and adverse QA reports are investigated and addressed, escalating referrals to appropriate authoritative bodies if required. Oversee implementation of action plans and routinely monitor progress. If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need
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