Quality Manager (Kingston & Richmond)

The post holder is a key member of the quality team whose overarching role is to work with the Deputy Director of Quality and Director of Quality, to provide strategic support to commissioned services including primary care, in order to improve and maintain quality within commissioned services. They will lead the development, implementation and delivery of agreed ICS priorities and requirements in terms of clinical quality and patient safety. The post holder will be responsible for the development and implementation of the Clinical Quality work programme in relation to quality assurance of commissioned services by the Clinical Commissioning Group (ICS). The role will embed a patient / clinical focus in all parts of the Clinical Quality work programme to ensure that outcomes of clinical governance systems and processes have optimum impact on the patient experience and on quality improvement across all service delivery areas of the ICS. The post holder will contribute to an effective clinical quality focus and involvement culture within commissioned services by leading on the development, monitoring and maintenance of effective patient safety through focused governance systems, supporting policy and strategy within performance monitoring of commissioned services.,

• Lead and develop quality assurance and monitoring programmes in conjunction with commissioning leads within the ICSs, SWL Alliance of ICSs and NHS England as appropriate.
• Lead and/or participate in quality visits to NHS Providers and independent contractors as required, including hospitals, nursing and care homes, and where appropriate in partnership with other commissioners and/or with external regulators.
• Work with commissioning colleagues in the development of relevant local, national and regional performance and key quality indicators for all Providers including the development and review of quality measures during procurement processes and monitoring once a contract has been awarded., an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
• an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
• to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
• tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
• enhance productivity and value for money and;
• help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.