Provider Improvement Officer

Provider Improvement Officer

Salary:  £27.041 - £31,346 per annum

37 Hours per week – 12 months fixed term / internal secondment

About the role

The Provider Improvement Response Team forms part of the wider quality assurance function in health and social care. This will be a crucial role in driving improvements in the quality of the adult care market.

This is a joint health and social care team with both nurses and local authority officers. The key focus of this team will be to work with the highest risks in the care market including services at risk of closure, those in large scale enquiry or those subject to CQC enforcement action. You will feed into the overall assessment of risk for a care service and be instrumental in ensuring the provider delivers the required improvements.

Although the team’s focus will be to prevent closures of care services, in circumstances where there is risk of an urgent closure this team will have a lead role. There is an expectation that in circumstances of closure or where there are significant safeguarding risks there may be a requirement to work evenings or weekends, however, the normal working pattern will be Monday – Friday. The position will have a combination of on-site visits at care services and office work, which will require travel across the County.    

Specific deliverables include

Prevention of urgent closures in Staffordshire Support providers to deliver withdrawal of CQC enforcement action, particularly those with closure notices Reduction in suspended services or those in large scale enquiry Reduction in services rated as ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’ Contribute towards the improvement of pathways between registered services and lead professionals / specialist teams

What you’ll bring

We are seeking dynamic and solution focussed officers with a passion for improving quality of care.  This job requires people with resilience and ability to negotiate or effect positive change. Travel across the county is a necessity of this role.  

 

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

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Closing Date: Friday 1^st July 2022
Interview Date: Week commencing 11^th July 2022 

For more information about the role please contact:

Teresa Allen teresa.allen@staffordshire.gov.uk or

Sam Dale samanthac.dale@staffordshire.gov.uk  

Please be aware, only application forms completed online will be accepted. We will not accept CV’s or Word application forms.

 

Benefits for working for us….

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

An excellent local government pension scheme

 

Generous holiday entitlement from 24 up to 33 days (plus 2 extra statutory days and bank holidays) depending on job role and length of service The option to buy up to an additional 2 weeks annual leave A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role, which includes agile working, flexible retirement Family Friendly Policies - maternity, adoption, paternity and parental leave Volunteering Scheme Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring Access to health and wellbeing support (including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Counselling Services) Eye care vouchers Car lease scheme / cycle & car loan scheme / employee car share scheme Bus and rail travel discounts