Job summary
We have an exciting new opportunity for an Associate Director of Governance and Lead Nurse at Tower Hamlets GP Care Group.
The Associate Director of Clinical
Governance and Lead Nurse will be a member of the GP Care Group (GPCG) Senior Management Team.
The role holder will take corporate responsibility for quality assurance of
service delivery. This will ensure that
GPCG has robust governance arrangements to meet legal requirements e.g. CQC
standards and any other service contractual and regulatory requirements.
The Corporate Governance team works as part of the Care Group Corporate services, providing high quality support to our front-line service staff.
Our corporate services offer their support flexibly adapting to the needs of the services and individuals. As a team we are friendly and approachable, working with a positive attitude. Looking at innovative ways to deliver governance support ensuring the organisation remains compliant and safe.
Main duties of the job
The Associate Director will be responsible for professional clinical leadership across GPCG. They will lead the development and implementation of effective strategies and systems to improve peoples safety and experience across all GPCG operations and ensure strategic, professional advice is available to the Board and act as Registered Manager for CQC.
Working with the Clinical and Managerial Leads they will be responsible for continuously improving standards of professional practice.
You will have the opportunity to contribute and shape the Care Groups strategy, working collaboratively with both the Senior Management and Executive Team
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we
receive sufficient applications for the role.
About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
Read up more about Tower Hamlets here: http://www.towerhamlets.is/
The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
- Innovation and support for primary care
- Being a great place to work
- Integrating primary and community care
- Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
- Influencing improvements in health outcomes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Strategy
- Take corporate responsibility for the quality governance of the organisation
- Work with executive directors to develop and maintain effective working arrangements within the Integrated Care System
- Responsible for ensuring robust systems and processes are in place within their respective areas and across GPCG to ensure that integrated governance processes are effectively implemented.
Professional leadership
- To ensure appropriate and safe clinical performance in all areas of patient care
- In conjunction with and under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, develop and implement quality strategies within the organisation, ensuring coherence with national & local strategies.
- To foster a culture within clinical services that values continuing professional development and strives for excellence in the delivery of patient care within GPCG.
- Advise the Executive Team, and managers on professional clinical issues, including the changing opportunities for professional roles and responsibilities.
- Ensure the maintenance of professional standards of care within the Codes of Professional Practice.
- Work with the Chief People Officer to develop and implement an organisation-wide long-term Education, Development and Training Strategy.
- Support the development and implementation of the Organisations Business Plan and Organisational Development Programme to improve the efficiency of working practices, systems and processes and enable improved clinical engagement in decision-making.
- Establish and develop a service review framework that supports the workforce to evaluate services with regard to quality, best practice, and improving outcomes.
Quality Governance & Assurance
To set high expectations across the organisation, striving to ensure that the Care Group is a place where all can expect a high quality and safe experience.
- Lead on quality and clinical governance arrangements and strengthen safety and risk management practices across the organisation.
- Lead GPCGs Information governance strategy
- Ensure a safe infrastructure and environment for patients, visitors, students and staff by ensuring that effective Risk Management strategy, systems and processes operate across GPCG.
- Manage the team in Complaints, Litigation, Incidents, and Serious Untoward Incidents
- Manage health and safety policy, supporting GPCGs response to safety notices and bulletins
- Lead the development of a Quality Account for the organisation, which reflects NHS changing policy and maximises the opportunities of the community services transformation agenda.
- Develop and promote an open and fair culture to ensure that incident reporting is encouraged and lessons are learnt, focusing on corrective action and closing the loop.
- Ensure GPCG registration requirements with the CQC are fulfilled and maintained, ensuring close collaboration with Service Leads, and that monitoring arrangements are in place.
- Ensure GPCG meets and maintains the requirements of the insurers, ensuring close collaboration with Service Leads and that monitoring arrangements are in place.
- Ensure GPCG operates robust arrangements to monitor the implementation of national standards for example, NHSLA standards and NICE guidance.
- Ensure GPCG has robust policy management processes
- Act as the Caldicott Guardian for GPCG.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Strategy
- Take corporate responsibility for the quality governance of the organisation
- Work with executive directors to develop and maintain effective working arrangements within the Integrated Care System
- Responsible for ensuring robust systems and processes are in place within their respective areas and across GPCG to ensure that integrated governance processes are effectively implemented.
Professional leadership
- To ensure appropriate and safe clinical performance in all areas of patient care
- In conjunction with and under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, develop and implement quality strategies within the organisation, ensuring coherence with national & local strategies.
- To foster a culture within clinical services that values continuing professional development and strives for excellence in the delivery of patient care within GPCG.
- Advise the Executive Team, and managers on professional clinical issues, including the changing opportunities for professional roles and responsibilities.
- Ensure the maintenance of professional standards of care within the Codes of Professional Practice.
- Work with the Chief People Officer to develop and implement an organisation-wide long-term Education, Development and Training Strategy.
- Support the development and implementation of the Organisations Business Plan and Organisational Development Programme to improve the efficiency of working practices, systems and processes and enable improved clinical engagement in decision-making.
- Establish and develop a service review framework that supports the workforce to evaluate services with regard to quality, best practice, and improving outcomes.
Quality Governance & Assurance
To set high expectations across the organisation, striving to ensure that the Care Group is a place where all can expect a high quality and safe experience.
- Lead on quality and clinical governance arrangements and strengthen safety and risk management practices across the organisation.
- Lead GPCGs Information governance strategy
- Ensure a safe infrastructure and environment for patients, visitors, students and staff by ensuring that effective Risk Management strategy, systems and processes operate across GPCG.
- Manage the team in Complaints, Litigation, Incidents, and Serious Untoward Incidents
- Manage health and safety policy, supporting GPCGs response to safety notices and bulletins
- Lead the development of a Quality Account for the organisation, which reflects NHS changing policy and maximises the opportunities of the community services transformation agenda.
- Develop and promote an open and fair culture to ensure that incident reporting is encouraged and lessons are learnt, focusing on corrective action and closing the loop.
- Ensure GPCG registration requirements with the CQC are fulfilled and maintained, ensuring close collaboration with Service Leads, and that monitoring arrangements are in place.
- Ensure GPCG meets and maintains the requirements of the insurers, ensuring close collaboration with Service Leads and that monitoring arrangements are in place.
- Ensure GPCG operates robust arrangements to monitor the implementation of national standards for example, NHSLA standards and NICE guidance.
- Ensure GPCG has robust policy management processes
- Act as the Caldicott Guardian for GPCG.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Nurse and Management or Professional qualification at postgraduate level or equivalent relevant experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading and managing complex, multidisciplinary, cross-functional change programmes / projects.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- An in-depth understanding of the context of health & social care regionally, nationally.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Ability to interpret new regulatory guidance and develop system wide / process requirements in accordance with this.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Proven record of achieving improvements in quality, clinical governance and patient experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Nurse and Management or Professional qualification at postgraduate level or equivalent relevant experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading and managing complex, multidisciplinary, cross-functional change programmes / projects.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- An in-depth understanding of the context of health & social care regionally, nationally.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Ability to interpret new regulatory guidance and develop system wide / process requirements in accordance with this.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Proven record of achieving improvements in quality, clinical governance and patient experience.
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.
