Clinical Governance Co-ordinator

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Clinical Governance Coordinator is responsible for supporting the effective delivery of clinical governance processes within the organisation. This role involves assisting in incident reporting and investigation, coordinating audits, ensuring compliance with risk management protocols, supporting policy development, and facilitating governance-related training. The Clinical Governance Coordinator plays a crucial role in ensuring high-quality and safe patient care by maintaining robust governance frameworks.

Incident Reporting and Investigation:

• Assist in ensuring a robust incident reporting process.
• Support the Clinical Governance Lead in conducting RCA investigations for serious incidents.
• Collate and analyse incident data for trend identification and reporting.
• Assist in reporting trends and outcomes to relevant stakeholders.

Audit and Quality Assurance:

• Support the development of the annual clinical audit plan.
• Conduct clinical audits in collaboration with relevant teams.
• Assist in reviewing and approving audit outcomes.
• Ensure implementation of audit recommendations across clinical services.

Risk Management:

• Identify and assess clinical and corporate risks.
• Maintain and update the clinical and corporate risk register.
• Monitor compliance with risk mitigation plans.
• Report risk trends to senior management for proactive intervention.

Training and Education:

• Support the development of governance and clinical-related training programmes.
• Assist in delivering training sessions to clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Monitor staff compliance with governance training requirements.
• Report training compliance trends to senior management.

Policy Development and Compliance:

• Assist in drafting and reviewing governance policies.
• Ensure policies align with regulations and best practices.
• Distribute updated policies to relevant teams and ensure adherence.
• Monitor compliance with governance policies and report findings.

Stakeholder Management:

• Act as a point of contact for governance-related communication.
• Coordinate internal governance communication and updates.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on governance matters.
• Assist in organising and facilitating governance meetings.

Person Specification:

Essential:

• Significant experience in clinical governance, risk management, or quality assurance.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in data collection and reporting.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical and operational teams.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations and compliance standards.

Desirable:

• Clinical Qualification.
• Experience in delivering governance-related training.
• Previous involvement in policy development.
• Experience in incident investigation and clinical risk assessment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Significant experience in clinical governance, risk management, or quality assurance.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in data collection and reporting.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical and operational teams.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations and compliance standards.

Desirable

• Clinical Qualification.
• Experience in delivering governance-related training.
• Previous involvement in policy development.
• Experience in incident investigation and clinical risk assessment.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Medical Imaging Partnership Ltd

Address

Medical Imaging Partnerships Ltd

Kelvin Lane

Crawley

West Sussex

RH10 9PE

Employer's website

https://medicalimaging.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)