Quality Lead - Complex Emotional Needs PathwayNHS

Job summary

Help Shape the Future of Mental Health Care

Are you a passionate mental health professional who thrives on improving quality, driving innovation, and making a lasting difference for service users?

We're looking for an inspiring Quality Lead to join our Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) Provision. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician and leader to champion quality improvement, influence service development, and help deliver outstanding care across South Staffordshire.

As our Quality Lead, you'll be at the forefront of delivering safe, effective and compassionate services for people with complex emotional needs. Working closely with operational, quality and clinical leaders, you'll drive continuous improvement, embed best practice, and ensure high standards of care are consistently achieved across the provision.

Main duties of the job

You'll be instrumental in creating a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility and where people receive the very best support on their recovery journey.

As the quality lead you will lead on improvement initiatives across community, inpatient and urgent care services to enhance the care and intervention for individuals with complex emotional needs. You will have be accredited in the structured clinical management (SCM) approach, be willing to work towards supervisor status, and lead on embedding this into wider services, and support teams to deliver evidence-based care in line with NICE guidance. You will be driving innovation, implementing positive change whilst support staff development and monitoring quality standards, audits and service performance.

Job description

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

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This role combines:

Clinical leadership

Quality improvement and innovation

Service development

Staff coaching and supervision

Co-production with experts by experience

Governance, safety and assurance

You will be required to travel across the whole of the south staffordshire locality and be working across sites, therefore the ideal candidate must be flexible and adaptable to working environments and able to travel across a large geographical area.

This is more than a leadership role, this is an opportunity to influence how services are delivered, empower staff and improve the outcomes for people living with complex emotional needs. If you are an experienced leader or ready to progress in your career to inspire positive change, lead with purpose and help share the future of mental health services then this role may be for you.

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications