Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of Clinical Support Division Governance team.
You will join a dynamic and well established Governance team within Clinical Support Division.
You will work closely with the Quality and Patient Safety Lead and Deputy Governance Lead and will have the opportunity to work with the wider senior management team within the division.
You will be motivated and enthusiastic team player with excellent organisational and communication skills with attention to detail.
The role will give you insight into all aspects of governance with involvement in incident management and risks.
You will be responsible for coordinating the day to day Quality and Safety agenda in order to provide an effective, efficient and patient safety focused services.
This role offers a unique opportunity for the post holder to support the division leadership team in effectively managing the division's governance arrangements in relation to quality, risk and patient safety.
The successful candidate will be happy to work under their own initiative and have good communication skills. They will also need to demonstrate strong inter-personal skills, be organised and possess strong IT skills including efficiency in the use of Microsoft packages and trust IT systems
Main duties of the job
Provide support for the Divisional Governance Team in the delivery of an effective Quality, Risk and Safety agenda.
This includes analysis of data and providing regular updates to the Division on progress made in the delivery specific activities, making them aware of potential problems or obstacles.
The governance facilitator will analyse IT systems and provide regular activity and trend analysis data for the division, and provide specialist analytical support and interpretation to colleagues within the division.
The governance facilitator will facilitate and regularly organise meetings to support the governance team, provide accurate information and support oversight of quality and safety work across the division.
About us
You will work within the Clinical Support quality and safety team supporting 5 pathways of different specialties.
The division quality and safety team includes a Governance Facilitator, Deputy Governance Lead, Division Director for Governance and Division Lead for Quality and Patient Safety.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Assist in the development and implementation of the Divisional agenda for Clinical Governance ensuring evidence is available to meet the internal and external requirements for assurance.
Contribute new ideas to develop clinical governance within the Division and the work of the clinical governance team.
Understanding the value of information and how data may be turned into business intelligence and used to solve problems.
Using this insight to support staff to undertake clinical audit consider learning from critical incidents, risk management issues and/or evidence of effectiveness, ensuring a unified approach across sites, and utilising results to change practice where this is indicated.
Produce reports, activity and trend analysis data for the Division on a regular basis, adhering to Directorate, Trust and national deadlines.
Provide specialist analytical support, interpretation and reporting to a range of key stakeholders across the Division and to present findings where appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Assist in the development and implementation of the Divisional agenda for Clinical Governance ensuring evidence is available to meet the internal and external requirements for assurance.
Contribute new ideas to develop clinical governance within the Division and the work of the clinical governance team.
Understanding the value of information and how data may be turned into business intelligence and used to solve problems.
Using this insight to support staff to undertake clinical audit consider learning from critical incidents, risk management issues and/or evidence of effectiveness, ensuring a unified approach across sites, and utilising results to change practice where this is indicated.
Produce reports, activity and trend analysis data for the Division on a regular basis, adhering to Directorate, Trust and national deadlines.
Provide specialist analytical support, interpretation and reporting to a range of key stakeholders across the Division and to present findings where appropriate.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- First level degree in healthcare related subject or equivalent specialist knowledge/experience in safety domain.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of the principles of clinical governance, including risk management, clinical audit and clinical effectiveness.
- Experience of managing complex administrative office, information and database systems.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
- Experience of recording, analyzing and presenting quality information to support effective decision making.
- Planning and organizing workload to meet deadlines
- Experience of systems administration and management
Desirable
- Experience of training staff
- Knowledge of undertaking root cause analysis investigations.
- NHS experience
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written
- Able to receive, interpret, collate and present complex contentious or sensitive data in a clear manner.
- Convey information regarding all aspects of Clinical Governance to all levels of staff using negotiation, facilitation and motivational skills.
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Analysis and interpretation of complex data from a variety of sources
- Professional groups or stakeholders to
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Able to prioritise, plan and manage a large and varied workload
- Must be able to work to, negotiate and co-ordinate deadlines in a variety of teams to meet targets.
Physical skills
Essential
- Physical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- First level degree in healthcare related subject or equivalent specialist knowledge/experience in safety domain.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of the principles of clinical governance, including risk management, clinical audit and clinical effectiveness.
- Experience of managing complex administrative office, information and database systems.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
- Experience of recording, analyzing and presenting quality information to support effective decision making.
- Planning and organizing workload to meet deadlines
- Experience of systems administration and management
Desirable
- Experience of training staff
- Knowledge of undertaking root cause analysis investigations.
- NHS experience
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written
- Able to receive, interpret, collate and present complex contentious or sensitive data in a clear manner.
- Convey information regarding all aspects of Clinical Governance to all levels of staff using negotiation, facilitation and motivational skills.
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Analysis and interpretation of complex data from a variety of sources
- Professional groups or stakeholders to
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Able to prioritise, plan and manage a large and varied workload
- Must be able to work to, negotiate and co-ordinate deadlines in a variety of teams to meet targets.
Physical skills
Essential
- Physical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.