Governance Manager - Children's and Neonates

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership

1. In conjunction with the Divisional Nurse ensure the effective implementation of a comprehensive and systematic approach to Clinical Governance
2. Will be a credible clinician who is open and honest
3. Has the courage to initiate and persevere in delivering excellent care
4. Has the ability to inspire and lead others to meet national and local requirements
5. Be able to think critically and be visionary in approaches to childrens and neonatal care
6. Be analytical in thought with attention to detail and able to communicate to help solve problems in everyday challenge
7. Act as a champion for nursing building strong teams within the service
8. Have a wider knowledge of the NHS and the current local and national political agenda
9. To recognise own pressures and those of the team and ensure strategies are used to minimise work related stress.

Professional Responsibilities

1. To provide clinical leadership, giving advice and support to staff as required and acting as patients advocate at all times
2. To monitor and evaluate clinical standards within the directorate ensuring that clinical practices are evidence based and benchmarked against best practice locally, regionally and nationally
3. To ensure multi-disciplinary clinical audit is embedded at ward level, ensuring that patient care reflects the Trusts quality strategy, and that it meets clinical governance standards
4. To ensure that all care programmes are accurately documented and that the standard of record keeping reflects the NMC guidelines for records and record keeping
5. To work with staff to resolve problems for patients and their relatives and facilitate prompt remedial action where this is required supporting staff develop the required skills to manage complaint
6. To challenge traditional boundaries and introduce new ways of working where applicable.

Management

1. Lead on risk management including investigating and taking corrective actions, untoward incidents, accidents in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and in collaboration with the Divisional and Trust Governance Leads
2. To ensure strategies are in place that enable all staff to adhere to Trust policies and procedures at all times. This includes staff compliance of all health and safety policies and the Data Protection Act 1974, which relates to electronically stored personal data
3. When requested, participate in disciplinary cases, investigating issues/concerns and taking actions as necessary
4. To develop good working relationships with other wards / departments / agencies within and outside the Trust, ensuring that all stakeholders understand, respect and recognise the Trusts philosophy and operational policies
5. To provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in the service to whom patients and their families can turn to for assistance, advice and support
6. Participate in the corporate development of care, working with the Divisional Nurse, Deputy Divisional Nurse and Matrons to produce lasting and positive change
7. To line manage the governance team. To participate in reviewing, developing and supporting the governance workforce through the appraisal system
8. To participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of staff to the governance team.

Clinical Governance / Risk Management

1. To develop, implement and monitor systems to manage risk in the clinical area which will include the collection and analysis of statistical data
2. To oversee incident reports and the initiation of investigations into each incident in line with the Trusts Incident Management Policy, using root cause analysis techniques where applicable
3. Assisting in undertaking appropriate investigations of serious incidents and developing action plans where appropriate to support changes in practice
4. To ensure the Nurse Director and the senior management team are informed of all serious incidents which require investigation in line with Trust policy and report these using the systems in place
5. To ensure that complaints are dealt with sensitively, within time scales and where appropriate lessons learned are disseminated to promote practice change
6. To ensure lessons learned from incidents and complaints, and examples of best practice are shared widely
7. To ensure the departmental training needs are met thus ensuring compliance with national and local standards.
8. To develop, implement and monitor strategies to ensure standards are met
9. To ensure that risk management and governance processes are embedded in the directorate cultures
10. To maintain service delivery and quality standards, whilst ensuring that equipment in service and staff practice comply with health and safety standards at all times, along with the matrons and trust health and Safety leads
11. To provide quarterly and annual reports to the Trust Governance Committee for Board information and discussion at operational (department) level.

Midwifery Professional Responsibilities

1. To possess the necessary midwifery skills to undertake midwifery activities within the hospital environment where appropriate and provide effective clinical leadership
2. To observe the Code as laid down by the NMC and maintain and develop own professional competence taking responsibility for own PREP requirements
3. To work and support others to work within the guidelines and policies of DBTH
4. To ensure high standards of practice within the Division
5. To support the implementation of Trust recommendations regarding the provision of antenatal and postnatal inpatient services and ensure the initiatives are supported by appropriate guideline
6. To contribute to the assessment of the training and development of staff and provide appropriate experience or advise accordingly
7. To maintain, monitor and evaluate standards of care within the team and assist in the implementation of recommendations from government or professional bodies.

Research and Service Development

1. To participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of business plan
2. To understand new health care related developments ensuring that nursing practice is evidence based, cost effective and regularly benchmarked against best practice
3. To understand all national initiatives and assist in the implementation in order to influence patient care and service delivery
4. To be aware of and support local research projects as applicable

1. Manage the directorate audit plan

Education Responsibilities

1. To participate in the teaching of nursing and medical students and new members of staff to the Trust
2. To ensure the Trust maintains a suitable learning environment for all staff and student
3. To contribute to the system for preceptorship for newly qualified nurse
4. To further develop the nursing assistant role
5. To be responsible for identifying and creating clinical leadership capacity and accessing development programmes for self and others.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To deputise in the absence of peer colleagues or team managers when required to do so
2. To take part in the child death on call rot
3. To contribute to making Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital a great place to work
4. Be required to communicate complex, sensitive and contentious information
5. To ensure effective utilisation of resources both human and physical

This job description outlines the current and main duties and responsibilities of the post but is not exhaustive.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working in Band 7 or above role in a paediatric role within last 3 years
• Experience in governance and risk process
• Experience of service development, leading and managing change

Desirable

• Experience of developing and implementing children and neonatal services
• Experience of policy development and implementation
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries

Qualifications/training

Essential

• Registered children's Nurse
• Degree or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Appreciation of legal and court processes

Interpersonal skills

Essential

• Ability to develop and manage staff
• Strong relationship development and management skills with senior management team and senior clinical colleagues
• Evidence of continuing professional development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Address

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospital

Armthorpe Road

Doncaster

DN2 5LT

Employer's website

https://www.dbth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)