Deputy Complaints Manager

Due to the promotion of the postholder an opportunity has arisen to join our Complaints Team. The Deputy Complaints Manager is key to us accepting, issuing and helping the Trust to respond to complaints and concerns received. This is a challenging but rewarding role and the postholder will be fully supported by the Complaints Manager. It is essential you have first-hand experience of handling complaints and concerns and, can work in accordance with NHS Complaints regulations. The post holder will be required to support the public, staff and organisations such as advocacy and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.,

• The post holder is key to patient experience and will work with the Complaints Manager to co-ordinate and ensure an effective delivery of the NHS Complaints Procedure in line with the statutory regulations, national guidance and Trust policy.
• The post holder will provide expert advice around policy and guidelines and ensure that the Trust provides a supportive, professional and compassionate complaints service working with the Directorates and complainants, families and carers to ensure a comprehensive response to include any learning and improvement.
• It is important that the applicant is a competent writer and has excellent communication skills, knowledgeand an appreciation of the need to work to timescales in the interests of resolving complaints.
  
  Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are