Clinical Effectiveness and Assurance Manager

Develop, implement and monitor a comprehensive organisational system and process for the collation of evidence, building and co-ordinating a database that will enable the Trust to respond robustly to external review by various statutory and regulatory bodies. In addition, ensure the assurance processes are in place to enable the Trust to respond and be in a state of readiness with the Care Quality Commission's revised inspection programme. This will integrate governance arrangements, ensuring that leadership, accountability and practices are in place to deliver internal systems for probity and assurance for processes and activities

Main duties of the job

Lead on the development and monitoring of integrated governance systems to ensure organisational compliance with statutory duties and best practice and the external assessments of the Care Quality Commission's registration regulations; ensuring that leadership, accountability and practices are in place to ensure probity, quality assurance, quality improvement and patient safety to be the central components of all routines, processes and activities.

Develop and implement comprehensive organisational systems and processes for the collation of evidence, building and co-ordinating a database that will enable the Trust to respond robustly to external review by various statutory and regulatory bodies.

Oversee the establishment of an effective and responsive compliance process that ensures the organisation of a systematic database of information, a streamlined approach and robust performance against all aspects of external review.

In partnership with Head of Clinical Effectiveness & Assurance develop effective strategies and systems to meet timescales and robust performance for all aspects of external reviews.

Design, develop and maintain a system for the management and monitoring of external agency visits, including the monitoring of action plans.

Provide advice on simplifying and ensuring that key evidence is fit for purpose.

About us

Vision - to improve the lives of people who live, work and volunteer on the Fylde Coast and beyond.

Mission - To deliver safe, effective, sustainable care for everyone, every day.

Values - The Trust's values "Caring, Safe and Respectful" help to represent the culture of the Trust and to communicate who the Trust is and how they do things. They also play an important part in encouraging people to come and work and be part of the Trust themselves.

Our Five-Year Strategy 2022-2027

In January 2022 we invited staff, patients, carers, the local community, and key partners to be involved in the development of our 2022-2027 strategy.

Following this engagement, we developed the strategy to clearly indicate our vision - to improve the lives of people who live, work and volunteer on the Fylde Coast and beyond. The approach we took to do this was key and shows that we are committed to listening to our staff and actively engaging patients in how we deliver safe, effective, sustainable care for everyone, every day.

Together, our engagement community told us what's important to them:

• Being an employer of choice.
• Recruiting and retaining staff, especially from local areas.
• Growing excellence through training, education, research and innovation.
• Health promotion and prevention.
• Improving our impact on the environment.
• Creating safe, healthy environments to work and receive care in.

Details

Date posted

15 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

382-COR41-26-B

Job locations

Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification to ensure you match the required criteria, before applying

Job responsibilities

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification to ensure you match the required criteria, before applying

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in a relevant subject and/or equivalent work experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Leadership and management training/qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a leadership role within the acute sector in the NHS
• Experience of quality, safety and governance working in a complex organisation
• Leadership responsibility for quality and safety
• Experience of all aspects of staff management
• Leading the development of policies
• Producing papers for approval for presentation to Committees/Board
• Supporting multidisciplinary working to achieve results

Desirable

• Experience of working in organisations other than the acute sector in the NHS, e.g. CCG, Local Government and or voluntary sector or substantial experience of joint working
• Experience of delivering training and workshops
• Experience of managing projects and achieving outcomes

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

Essential

• Good working knowledge of relevant theory, legislation and regulation covering all areas of NHS patient safety, quality and governance.
• Good knowledge of the CQC standards
• Quality improvement methodology
• Understanding of NHS structures

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality and safety in partner organisations, including CCGs, Local Authority, NHS England
• Risk management knowledge and associated regulations
• National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) and national safety alert procedures
• Fundamental Standards of Quality and Safety (CQC) and Key Lines of Enquiry
• Clinical audit, NICE, Best Practice guidance
• Coroner's and claims process

Behaviours:

Essential

• Demonstrates core values set out in Job Description
• Drive & enthusiasm
• Lead by example, outcome focused
• Orientation towards quality improvement
• Patient-centred
• Lateral thinker and good problem solver
• Communicates effectively with a wide range of staff at all levels of the organisation
• Supports others in their development, encourages and motivates staff and acts as a positive role model
• Highly developed persuasion and influencing skills
• Highly motivated
• Ability to work alone, in a team and under pressure
• Flexible and adaptive to changing circumstances
• Honesty and integrity
• Works to clear objectives, plans and evaluates work

Practical Skills:

Essential

• Leadership and staff support skills
• Written, verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt from a 1-1 basis to group audiences, including presentational skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, including patients, relatives and staff groups at all levels of the organisation
• Prioritisation and time management
• Computer literate - ability to use a number of general systems effectively to produce and analyse information, i.e. excel, word, PowerPoint
• Ability to analytical assess data and information to produce required reports and information
• Facilitation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to manage large volumes of complex work
• Ability to produce policy documents and papers for committees/Board
• Ability to work with people with opposing views in difficult situations

Desirable

• oTeaching and training skills
• oUse of MS Project and MS Visio

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in a relevant subject and/or equivalent work experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Leadership and management training/qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a leadership role within the acute sector in the NHS
• Experience of quality, safety and governance working in a complex organisation
• Leadership responsibility for quality and safety
• Experience of all aspects of staff management
• Leading the development of policies
• Producing papers for approval for presentation to Committees/Board
• Supporting multidisciplinary working to achieve results

Desirable

• Experience of working in organisations other than the acute sector in the NHS, e.g. CCG, Local Government and or voluntary sector or substantial experience of joint working
• Experience of delivering training and workshops
• Experience of managing projects and achieving outcomes

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

Essential

• Good working knowledge of relevant theory, legislation and regulation covering all areas of NHS patient safety, quality and governance.
• Good knowledge of the CQC standards
• Quality improvement methodology
• Understanding of NHS structures

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality and safety in partner organisations, including CCGs, Local Authority, NHS England
• Risk management knowledge and associated regulations
• National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) and national safety alert procedures
• Fundamental Standards of Quality and Safety (CQC) and Key Lines of Enquiry
• Clinical audit, NICE, Best Practice guidance
• Coroner's and claims process

Behaviours:

Essential

• Demonstrates core values set out in Job Description
• Drive & enthusiasm
• Lead by example, outcome focused
• Orientation towards quality improvement
• Patient-centred
• Lateral thinker and good problem solver
• Communicates effectively with a wide range of staff at all levels of the organisation
• Supports others in their development, encourages and motivates staff and acts as a positive role model
• Highly developed persuasion and influencing skills
• Highly motivated
• Ability to work alone, in a team and under pressure
• Flexible and adaptive to changing circumstances
• Honesty and integrity
• Works to clear objectives, plans and evaluates work

Practical Skills:

Essential

• Leadership and staff support skills
• Written, verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt from a 1-1 basis to group audiences, including presentational skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, including patients, relatives and staff groups at all levels of the organisation
• Prioritisation and time management
• Computer literate - ability to use a number of general systems effectively to produce and analyse information, i.e. excel, word, PowerPoint
• Ability to analytical assess data and information to produce required reports and information
• Facilitation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to manage large volumes of complex work
• Ability to produce policy documents and papers for committees/Board
• Ability to work with people with opposing views in difficult situations

Desirable

• oTeaching and training skills
• oUse of MS Project and MS Visio

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification to ensure you match the required criteria, before applying

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in a relevant subject and/or equivalent work experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Leadership and management training/qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a leadership role within the acute sector in the NHS
• Experience of quality, safety and governance working in a complex organisation
• Leadership responsibility for quality and safety
• Experience of all aspects of staff management
• Leading the development of policies
• Producing papers for approval for presentation to Committees/Board
• Supporting multidisciplinary working to achieve results

Desirable

• Experience of working in organisations other than the acute sector in the NHS, e.g. CCG, Local Government and or voluntary sector or substantial experience of joint working
• Experience of delivering training and workshops
• Experience of managing projects and achieving outcomes

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

Essential

• Good working knowledge of relevant theory, legislation and regulation covering all areas of NHS patient safety, quality and governance.
• Good knowledge of the CQC standards
• Quality improvement methodology
• Understanding of NHS structures

Desirable

• Knowledge of quality and safety in partner organisations, including CCGs, Local Authority, NHS England
• Risk management knowledge and associated regulations
• National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) and national safety alert procedures
• Fundamental Standards of Quality and Safety (CQC) and Key Lines of Enquiry
• Clinical audit, NICE, Best Practice guidance
• Coroner's and claims process

Behaviours:

Essential

• Demonstrates core values set out in Job Description
• Drive & enthusiasm
• Lead by example, outcome focused
• Orientation towards quality improvement
• Patient-centred
• Lateral thinker and good problem solver
• Communicates effectively with a wide range of staff at all levels of the organisation
• Supports others in their development, encourages and motivates staff and acts as a positive role model
• Highly developed persuasion and influencing skills
• Highly motivated
• Ability to work alone, in a team and under pressure
• Flexible and adaptive to changing circumstances
• Honesty and integrity
• Works to clear objectives, plans and evaluates work

Practical Skills:

Essential

• Leadership and staff support skills
• Written, verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt from a 1-1 basis to group audiences, including presentational skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, including patients, relatives and staff groups at all levels of the organisation
• Prioritisation and time management
• Computer literate - ability to use a number of general systems effectively to produce and analyse information, i.e. excel, word, PowerPoint
• Ability to analytical assess data and information to produce required reports and information
• Facilitation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to manage large volumes of complex work
• Ability to produce policy documents and papers for committees/Board
• Ability to work with people with opposing views in difficult situations

Desirable

• oTeaching and training skills
• oUse of MS Project and MS Visio