Clinical Quality Lead

This is a senior clinical leadership role responsible for driving quality, safety and continuous improvement across specialised mental health services commissioned through the Provider Collaborative. The post holder will provide expert clinical quality leadership, supporting oversight of commissioned services across a large and complex regional system. Applicants must demonstrate significant experience operating as a clinical quality lead within an NHS Provider Collaborative or equivalent regional commissioning environment. Experience of working across organisational boundaries to oversee quality governance, manage risk, and influence system-wide improvement is essential. You will work closely with the Medical Director and senior system partners to ensure consistently high standards of care, improved patient outcomes, and a strong culture of learning and safety across multiple providers., The Clinical Quality Lead will:

• Support senior clinical quality leadership across the South West Provider Collaborative
• Support the Medical Director in overseeing clinical quality governance and assurance processes
• Support regional quality reviews and provide expert judgement on complex quality and safety concerns
• Interpret highly complex clinical and performance data to inform decision-making and escalation
• Work with quality improvement programmes across NHS, independent sector and voluntary providers
• Ensure learning from incidents, complaints, audits and patient experience informs service development
• Champion patient and carer involvement, embedding the patient voice in commissioning and improvement
• Develop and implement regional commissioning clinical quality policies and standards
• Build strong partnerships with NHS England, CQC, ICBs, local authorities and provider organisations
The role includes representing the Provider Collaborative at regional forums and contributing to strategic decision-making impacting specialised mental health services across the South West.

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is the Lead Provider for the South West Provider Collaborative. The Collaborative commissions specialised mental health services across the South West for people requiring medium and low secure care and specialist community forensic services. We also commission Perinatal Inpatient Services, CAMHS Tier 4 services and Adult Eating Disorder services, with scope to expand further. We work in partnership with nine organisations across NHS, independent and voluntary sectors, covering a geography from Cornwall to Gloucestershire and Dorset. Our shared ambition is to ensure people receive care:
• As close to home as possible
• In the least restrictive setting
• For the shortest appropriate time
• With consistently high-quality outcomes
Joining us means working at system level to influence real change across services and improve care for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.