Job summary
A great opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to support the operation of risk management and safety systems within our clinical divisions. You will be responsible for facilitating local delivery of quality and safety processes in line with the Trust Integrated Assurance strategy and policies. You will ensure the provision and appropriate use of risk management and safety information, compliance with CQC and other national standards, as well as ensuring investigation and improvement outcomes are enabled. You will be responsible for the coordination, facilitation and management of several Assurance work streams across the Divisions.
A sound appreciation of governance/assurance drivers on a national scale and their application within a healthcare trust would provide a necessary foundation for this role. Excellent time management skills are required to manage a busy workload and a flexible approach will be required to coincide with the accessibility of healthcare professionals. The ability to work both independently and as part of a team is essential.
The successful candidate will join a driven team who are committed to improving patient safety and experience. The post offers both challenges and rewards and is an excellent opportunity for those wishing to develop their career within the Trust and the NHS.
Main duties of the job
The Governance Team Leader will be responsible for supporting specified Directorates with operational delivery of the Trust's Assurance Strategy. The post holder will be expected to provide multidisciplinary staff with the skills and support to effectively implement the principles and practice of governance/assurance in all settings, clinical and non-clinical.
To be responsible for providing information analysis, project management of local Directorate Governance and quality improvement programmes including risk management (e.g. risk register supervision and scrutiny), learning lessons (e.g. from incidents, claims and complaints), clinical audit, compliance with accreditation standards (e.g. CQC outcomes and National standards ). The post holder will achieve this through the leadership of a number of Band 5 Governance Facilitators.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To facilitate and co-ordinate a rolling programme of governance/assurance projects, audits and review of information based on local directorate and specialty priorities in accordance with the Trust strategy and relevant national requirements. This may include work related to CQC assessments and accreditation, implementation and monitoring of systems related to NICE guidance's and Royal College guidance.
- To provide supervision and coordination of team activities to achieve effective implementation of the Trust and Directorate assurance work programme.
- Support the identification of changes in clinical practice resulting from governance/assurance activities in collaboration with the clinical multidisciplinary team.
- To undertake training and education programmes on governance/assurance for health professionals within the Directorates in accordance with the Trusts Assurance strategy and implementation plans
- To ensure that Directorates monitor and maintain local risk registers, on a timely basis and that Directorates work plans include monitoring of their own risk registers
- To ensure that Directorates have a rolling annual programme of prioritised audit which is directed by both local and national requirements, and to provide support in its completion
- To oversee the operation and maintenance of trust systems such as Datix, NICE database, SharePoint and clinical audit database to ensure accurate and efficient information and reports are available/produced
- To compile and present reports / presentations on Directorates progress to relevant divisional ans Trust level groups as requested.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To facilitate and co-ordinate a rolling programme of governance/assurance projects, audits and review of information based on local directorate and specialty priorities in accordance with the Trust strategy and relevant national requirements. This may include work related to CQC assessments and accreditation, implementation and monitoring of systems related to NICE guidance's and Royal College guidance.
- To provide supervision and coordination of team activities to achieve effective implementation of the Trust and Directorate assurance work programme.
- Support the identification of changes in clinical practice resulting from governance/assurance activities in collaboration with the clinical multidisciplinary team.
- To undertake training and education programmes on governance/assurance for health professionals within the Directorates in accordance with the Trusts Assurance strategy and implementation plans
- To ensure that Directorates monitor and maintain local risk registers, on a timely basis and that Directorates work plans include monitoring of their own risk registers
- To ensure that Directorates have a rolling annual programme of prioritised audit which is directed by both local and national requirements, and to provide support in its completion
- To oversee the operation and maintenance of trust systems such as Datix, NICE database, SharePoint and clinical audit database to ensure accurate and efficient information and reports are available/produced
- To compile and present reports / presentations on Directorates progress to relevant divisional ans Trust level groups as requested.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in a relevant subject such as science or measurement-related discipline (e.g. econometrics; statistics; mathematical statistics; psychology with statistics), or a governance/healthcare related subject (such as risk management), or relevant work experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of implementing Clinical Audit and risk management systems
- Experience of quality management processes and quality improvement mechanisms
Desirable
- Experience of staff management
- Experience of using electronic information systems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in a relevant subject such as science or measurement-related discipline (e.g. econometrics; statistics; mathematical statistics; psychology with statistics), or a governance/healthcare related subject (such as risk management), or relevant work experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of implementing Clinical Audit and risk management systems
- Experience of quality management processes and quality improvement mechanisms
Desirable
- Experience of staff management
- Experience of using electronic information systems
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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