Innovate
Quality and risk professionals work across multidisciplinary teams to manage quality improvement in line with the wider governance of the business.
Your career route
Quality and risk professionals can begin gaining experience by working in multiple areas of a hospital or a corporate function.
Formal apprenticeship routes can support further development.
View the career path for more information.
Start your journey
Hit the ground running with your 90-day induction and get to know your clinical area.
Keep patient safety at the forefront by completing your mandatory training.
Develop yourself with professional conversations with your manager and participate in the check-in and appraisal process.
Take advantage of the work-based opportunities. The early careers hints and tips article will help you reflect on what you might do.
Quality and Risk assistant
Begin to develop a deeper understanding of business and increase your specialist knowledge with the level 3 business admin apprenticeship.
Take advantage of the work-based opportunities. The early careers hints and tips article & experienced careers hints and tips article will help you reflect on what might do.
Quality & Risk Manager
Reflect upon your improvement as a practitioner within the business by developing evidence-based practice skills through the level 5 operational manager apprenticeship.
Take advantage of the work-based opportunities. The managerial careers hints and tips article will help you reflect on what you might do.
National quality & risk remit
Build strategies that drive change within healthcare management and learn to effectively manage across multiple disciplines through the following courses, depending on the remit of the role:
- Level 5 Operational Leaders
- Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship
- Level 7 MSc Global Leadership and Management
- Level 7 Towards Outstanding for senior leaders programme
- MBA route through a specialised programme for directors