The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Governance Facilitator

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Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of divisional patient safety incidents in accordance with the Trust's PSIRF Policy and Plan

The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Governance Lead, the Governance Manager and the Divisional Triumvirate to ensure that clinical governance practices and procedures, especially in relation to PSIRF, are well embedded and adhered to.

Main duties of the job

This is not an exhaustive list of duties, and a regular review will take place with the postholder as part of their ongoing development and performance management.

  • responsible for daily monitoring of patient safety incidents
  • responsible for working with Divisional Head of Nursing and Clinical Governance Lead to facilitate the bi-weekly divisional governance meetings. This includes organising and attending a pre-meet in order to agree incidents for escalation and agree agenda, collating and disseminating papers and reports for the meeting; and presenting and facilitating the patient safety incident aspect of the agenda.
  • Responsible for creating patient safety incident reports for a wide variety of specialty meetings, boards and committees.
  • Responsible for presentation of Governance aspects of mandatory training.
  • Responsible for provision of training to all staff on the use of the Trust's patient safety incident reporting system.
  • Responsible for day-to-day maintenance of the Trust's patient safety incident reporting system.
  • Assist with the dissemination of learning from patient safety incidents, including follow up of actions.
  • Undertake education and training relevant to role and to enable reasonable quality of role cover within the team in the absence of departmental leads.
  • Ensure own mandatory training requirements are met.

About us

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.

Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.

The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.

The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.

If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.

Details

Date posted

27 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum, pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

303-5933286

Job locations

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Bristol Road South

Birmingham

B31 2AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of divisional patient safety incidents in accordance with the Trusts PSIRF Policy and Plan.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of divisional patient safety incidents in accordance with the Trusts PSIRF Policy and Plan.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Governance experience
  • NHS experience
  • Good time management
  • good communication skills

Desirable

  • Knowledge of or involvement in PSIRF Implementation

Skills

Essential

  • time management skills
  • communication skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Completer-finisher
Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Governance experience
  • NHS experience
  • Good time management
  • good communication skills

Desirable

  • Knowledge of or involvement in PSIRF Implementation

Skills

Essential

  • time management skills
  • communication skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Completer-finisher

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Bristol Road South

Birmingham

B31 2AP


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Bristol Road South

Birmingham

B31 2AP


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Assistant Director of Governance & Risk

Adam Roberts

adam.roberts@nhs.net

01216854000

Details

Date posted

27 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum, pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

303-5933286

Job locations

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Bristol Road South

Birmingham

B31 2AP


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