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Job description

The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority is the independent regulator of health and social care in Northern Ireland. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, well led high-quality care and we encourage improvements in service provision. Our corporate strategy sets out our ambitions and priorities. As a member of our team you will help us achieve our goal through effective regulation and inspection. RQIA is responsible for carrying out a range of inspection programmes to regulated services, (care homes, domiciliary care agencies, supported living services, nursing agencies, adult placement and day care), acute and non-acute HSC hospital settings and independent hospitals. Additionally we carry out a programme of inspections of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, prisons and custody suites, and also support other RQIA teams in carrying out joint inspections of a wide range of regulated and non-regulated care services..

Responsibilities

• Register, inspect and regulate services to make sure they are safe, effective, compassionate and well lead.
• Manage caseloads and ensure issues and risks are escalated to the senior manager as appropriate.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Hold a Pharmacy Degree.
• Current live registration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland.

Desirable Skills

• A track record of working effectively with senior teams in larger organisations.
• Awareness of Legislation and Standards relating to the review, investigation and inspection of statutory and independent health and social care services.

Further Information

RQIA James House.