Job Description
A strategic role in ensuring optimum quality, risk and compliance management. Lead audits, safeguarding, and quality improvement initiatives. Develop and implement Quality Management Frameworks. Provide leadership and direction on governance and delivery of safe, person-focused services. Manage and review processes for auditing, risk management, and quality improvement. Act as a support function to safeguard Community Members with Support Needs. Monitor and report on safeguarding referral trends and outcomes. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and legislation.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Lead and manage organisation-wide processes for auditing, safeguarding, HIQA compliance, quality improvement, and risk management.
* Act as a support function to the organisation in ensuring all Community Members with Support Needs are safeguarded and protected from all forms of abuse.
* Monitor safeguarding referral trends and outcomes, and collate same in quarterly and annual reports.
* Provide clear leadership and direction on the implementation of accountability and governance structure for quality, risk, and safety.
* Develop and implement Quality Management Frameworks, having regard to the legislative and regulatory frameworks for service provision.
* Provide strategic and operational leadership and direction on all aspects of quality, risk, and safety for staff and management teams within the provision of safe, effective, efficient, and quality-assured services.
**Requirements:**
* A minimum of a Level 7 Degree on the QQI Framework (BA in Social Care Studies, Social Care Work, Health, ID Nursing, or equivalent relevant qualification).
* Experience within Healthcare and knowledge of HIQA standards.
* A high level of flexibility and a willingness and ability to develop new approaches to work.