Job summary
An exciting and challenging role has become available for the post of Clinical Governance Officer at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. This opportunity is working with the wider MRI Governance Team, and will be supporting the delivery of the clinical governance, patient experience and patient safety portfolios, and presents tremendous scope for the right applicant for personal development and career progression.
You will also benefit from working within a great team of people. Sounds interesting? Then read on!
The MRI Clinical Governance Model seeks to build upon our strong and caring ethos with a real desire to improve and do things differently together, supporting services to work cohesively under a shared learning, values led culture, clarifying accountabilities so that the MRI is safe, effective, responsive, caring and well led.
At the heart of success are staff and teams,with accountability for performance and delivery, and an expectation of compassionate leadership values and behaviour. You could be part of our continuing transformation.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual who will support the development and implementation of the Clinical Governance service across the MRI, and support the progression of a learning culture and organisation.
The post of Clinical Governance Officer will work with the wider MRI Clinical Governance Team, and the Clinical Service Unit Leadership Team, and have responsibility for the co-ordination of all clinical governance activity across the CSU, relevant to the breadth of the services within it.
You will support the promotion and facilitation of the development of effective clinical governance, risk and assurance across the CSU, including the implementing and monitoring of Group complaint and incident management process, and providing support to the CSU with the co-ordination, implementation and delivery of the corporate Clinical Governance agenda.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about improving services for our patients and staff, and will have the ability to adapt and work within our supportive multi-disciplinary team. With a proven track record in working across multi-disciplinary teams, building relationships and working effectively with others, the role will provide support and guidance to the CSU teams, in conjunction with the MRI Clinical Governance Managers.
You will have previous experience of clinical governance, and an ability to work flexibly and responsively to the needs of the service and the wider hospital.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work in a Clinical Effectiveness/Governance setting
- Understanding of a range of administrative procedures underpinned by a minimum of 2 years experience of working in the NHS/TRUST or other/similar healthcare setting experience.
- Degree-level or equivalent level of relevant knowledge
Desirable
- Training relevant to Clinical Effectiveness/Governance
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of work in a Clinical Effectiveness/Governance setting
- Understanding of a range of administrative procedures underpinned by a minimum of 2 years experience of working in the NHS/TRUST or other/similar healthcare setting experience.
- Degree-level or equivalent level of relevant knowledge
Desirable
- Training relevant to Clinical Effectiveness/Governance
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.
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.
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).
