Job summary
This is an exciting opportunities to join the Children and Families Divsion to lead the governance Team to ensure high quality care and processes are in place within the services. The post holder will:
Lead and manage the extensive clinical governance, wider governance and assurance programme across Children and Families Division, which includes a wide range of projects and workstreams relating to risk management, health & safety, patient safety, information governance and the Care Quality Commission Standards of Quality and Safety.
Lead, plan, support, facilitate and monitor progress of governance projects and has responsibility for the design, development and delivery of associated in-house training.
Lead on developing and maintaining the Children and Families Division's risk assessments, risk register and incident reporting systems.
Manage the Children and Families Division complaint systems in line with NHS and Trust legislation, policies and procedures
Main duties of the job
Governance and Assurance
Lead and manage the governance programme and framework across the Children and Families Division
Risk Management
Responsible for the continuing development of risk management within Children and Families Division according to its needs and the Trust Risk Management Strategy
Incident Reporting Co-ordinator
The postholder is the Children and Families Division Incident Reporting Co-ordinator
Safeguarding Children Liaison
Lead for managing the internal systems and processes to review, assess and monitor child death and safeguarding cases
Complaint Management
To manage the Children and Families Division complaint systems in line with NHS and Trust legislation, policies and procedures
Information Governance, Subject Access and Freedom of Information Requests
To manage the division's compliance with Information Governance legislation and Trust Policies
About us
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will lead and manage the extensive clinical governance, wider governance and assurance programme across Children and Families Division, which includes a wide range of projects and workstreams relating to risk management, health & safety, patient safety, information governance and the Care Quality Commission Standards of Quality and Safety.
The post-holder will lead, plan, support, facilitate and monitor progress of governance projects and has responsibility for the design, development and delivery of associated in-house training.
The post holder will lead on developing and maintaining the Children and Families Divisions risk assessments, risk register and incident reporting systems.
The post-holder will manage the Children and Families Division complaint systems in line with NHS and Trust legislation, policies and procedures
RESPONSIBLE FOR
Human Resources
Line management of Clinical Governance Manager, Clinical Governance Facilitator and Clinical Governance Coordinator, as well as ad hoc temporary support staff and apprenticeships.
Finance
Budget manager for clinical Governance budget with a value of approximately £200,000
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will lead and manage the extensive clinical governance, wider governance and assurance programme across Children and Families Division, which includes a wide range of projects and workstreams relating to risk management, health & safety, patient safety, information governance and the Care Quality Commission Standards of Quality and Safety.
The post-holder will lead, plan, support, facilitate and monitor progress of governance projects and has responsibility for the design, development and delivery of associated in-house training.
The post holder will lead on developing and maintaining the Children and Families Divisions risk assessments, risk register and incident reporting systems.
The post-holder will manage the Children and Families Division complaint systems in line with NHS and Trust legislation, policies and procedures
RESPONSIBLE FOR
Human Resources
Line management of Clinical Governance Manager, Clinical Governance Facilitator and Clinical Governance Coordinator, as well as ad hoc temporary support staff and apprenticeships.
Finance
Budget manager for clinical Governance budget with a value of approximately £200,000
Person Specification
Qu
Essential
- Post-graduate qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at band 7 in a clinical governance team
Person Specification
Qu
Essential
- Post-graduate qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at band 7 in a clinical governance team
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).
