Quality and Standards Co-ordinator

Q&S provide the core functions of patient safety, risk management, patient experience, complaints, claims, clinical audit and improvement, safeguarding, non-medical prescribing, health and safety, document management and compliance.The Q&S Coordinator role sits within a team, who are key members of the Quality & Standards Directorate. The postholder will work closely with the Corporate Associate Chief Nurses to ensure the efficient running of the Directorate. This includes administration support for key meetings.This position would suit someone looking for varied working and who is able to adapt to changing priorities. The position offers a great opportunity to develop your career in the NHS, working closely with key staff in supporting processes to ensure the best experience to patients, staff and the organisation to ensure the division strives to improve the quality of services provided.

The post holder is responsible for the provision of administrative and secretarial support to the Quality & Standards Directorate and will be required to attend a number of Trust-wide meetings, produce agenda's, take minutes, produce action logs and post meeting reports. The post holder requires excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, excellent attention to detail and be highly IT literate in Microsoft functions as well as diary management and general day to day office and team co-ordination skills.

The post holder will be responsible for managing and prioritising their own workload within the team and must have the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines. Experience of working within a team and prior experience in the NHS would be highly desirable.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.