Job summary
We are looking for an exceptional and dynamic leader to join the Royal Surrey Foundation Trust as our Associate Director of Clinical Governance. This critical role will support the development and delivery of our clinical governance strategy, ensuring the highest standards of patient safety, risk management and continuous quality improvement across all of our services.
Working closely with the executive team and senior leadership teams, you will lead on clinical governance frameworks, regulatory compliance and patient safety to empower our staff to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care.
We are looking for someone with significant experience in clinical governance at a senior level, excellent interpersonal skills and a clear vison for driving improvement.
Main duties of the job
This post will report directly to the Chief Nurse for Quality and the Medical Director for Safety. The successful candidate will be integral to the successful leadership of the clinical governance, safety and legal services teams and will be responsible for a number of key deliverables including:
- To proactively lead on the Clinical Governance agenda acting as a local source of expertise for risk management, national standards, and clinical governance concerns
- Provide expert leadership to oversee risk management from Board to ward
- Implementation of the National Patient Safety Strategy
- Lead and deliver the national and local audit priorities process
- Be responsible for the production of the annual Quality Account and associated quality priorities
- Support the Executive Directors with legal, regulatory and statutory obligations.
- Lead on and participate in Quality Improvement projects
About us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is in the Quality Directorate liaising and working closely with operational teams to maintain and develop systems to improve patient safety and quality in line with the National Patient Safety Strategy. The purpose is to improve clinical governance across the whole Trust and assist the divisional teams in achieving the required standards for internal and external performance and requlatory requirements and assurance.
The post holder will support the Executive Directors with legal, regulatory and statutory obligations. To provide appropriate advice to ensure clinical governance structures and committees are robust to meet all national and regulatory standards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is in the Quality Directorate liaising and working closely with operational teams to maintain and develop systems to improve patient safety and quality in line with the National Patient Safety Strategy. The purpose is to improve clinical governance across the whole Trust and assist the divisional teams in achieving the required standards for internal and external performance and requlatory requirements and assurance.
The post holder will support the Executive Directors with legal, regulatory and statutory obligations. To provide appropriate advice to ensure clinical governance structures and committees are robust to meet all national and regulatory standards.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree or equivalent years of experience
- Patient Safety Syllabus Training L3/L4 qualification
- Appropriate management and/or post graduate qualification or experience
- Quality Improvement qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders including a successful track record of influence and engagement at a senior level.
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.
- Experience of writing reports or Board/ executive level data presentation/analysis to inform and influence th Integrated Governance agenda
- Demonstrate strong and credible leadership in being able to pull people together across systems and motivate them to deliver common aims and targets
- Able to evidence application of advanced organisational management skills and delivery of complex organisational tasks
- Experience of working within an organisation under public and political scrutiny
- Comprehensive understanding of the NHS and its infrastructure, the role of NHS Foundation Trusts and the regulation thereof
- Strong evidence of experience in handling complex arrangements to a high degree of accuracy, timeliness and effectiveness, including managing multiple deadlines
- Demonstrates evidence of budgetary management experience
- Proven experience in writing papers for senior level, internal and external audiences
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree or equivalent years of experience
- Patient Safety Syllabus Training L3/L4 qualification
- Appropriate management and/or post graduate qualification or experience
- Quality Improvement qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders including a successful track record of influence and engagement at a senior level.
- A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.
- Experience of writing reports or Board/ executive level data presentation/analysis to inform and influence th Integrated Governance agenda
- Demonstrate strong and credible leadership in being able to pull people together across systems and motivate them to deliver common aims and targets
- Able to evidence application of advanced organisational management skills and delivery of complex organisational tasks
- Experience of working within an organisation under public and political scrutiny
- Comprehensive understanding of the NHS and its infrastructure, the role of NHS Foundation Trusts and the regulation thereof
- Strong evidence of experience in handling complex arrangements to a high degree of accuracy, timeliness and effectiveness, including managing multiple deadlines
- Demonstrates evidence of budgetary management experience
- Proven experience in writing papers for senior level, internal and external audiences
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).
