Our vision is to provide outstanding care, every time.

To help our patients truly experience excellence in care we are investing in the governance support and leadership in our diverse division.

Reporting to the Lead for Divisional Governance, the successful post holder willsupport the delivery of the divisional risk, quality and safety agenda ensuring divisional compliance with regulatory body standards and outcomes.

You will bebe directly responsible for a portfolio of services and work withkey clinical and non-clinical staff to maintain the profile of governance/risk, ensuring that related strategies are aligned with the culture of the Trust.

You will workclosely with the corporate teams ensuring the analysis and presentation of governance/risk management information and trend data to support action and learning andcoordinate divisional responses to external bodies e.g. NICE/FOI/alerts and the submission of evidence as required for accreditation purposes.

If you are a whizz with data, have an enquiring mind and have a personality to work with others then we look forward to your application.

Main duties of the job

• To support the delivery of the divisional risk, quality and safety agenda ensuring divisional compliance with CQC outcomes
• To be responsible for the assessment of clinical and non-clinical risk within the division, including Adverse Incidents, Serious Incident, GP Quality Alerts and Complaints
• To ensure there is an integrated approach to all aspects of risk management, with robust systems to support this
• To liaise with key clinical and non-clinical staff to maintain the profile of governance/risk, ensuring that related strategies are embedded within the culture of the division
• To work closely with the corporate teams ensuring the analysis and presentation of governance/risk management information and trend data to support action and learning
• To coordinate divisional responses to external bodies e.g. NICE/FOI/alerts and the submission of evidence as required for accreditation purposes

About us

The postholder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of:

A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment. The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role. The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To coordinate the implementation of the divisional clinical governance programme linked to the organisational governance strategy
• In conjunction with the corporate and divisional team to produce reports and analyse qualitative and quantitative information in such a way that supports directorate staff to reflect and proactively develop both their practice & services
• To coordinate a rolling programme of clinical governance, reviewing information based upon trust and divisional priorities e.g. NSFs, NCEPOD, NICE and NPSA etc.
• To coordinate divisional responsibilities in relation to external accreditation, e.g. CQC registration NHS Litigation Authority Risk Management Standards
• To compile divisional reports in conjunction with the corporate risk/governance teams and DDNG for organisational risk/governance/H& S committees
• To implement the decisions taken by the divisional and organisational risk/governance committees and to monitor and review any changes implemented as part of the clinical governance action plan or work programme
• To build and develop information resources pertinent to clinical governance as a resource for the division e.g. clinical governance action log
• To be responsible for the efficient dissemination of governance and risk related information across the division
• To provide training and education programmes on clinical governance for all staff within the division in accordance with the overall Trust programme or local divisional initiatives
• To co-ordinate and support the chair of Divisional Governance meeting and DDNG, take minutes if required, and maintain and develop internal and external networks

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• graduate or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Track record of clinical governance
• Development and analytic use of IT systems

Skills

Essential

• Advanced computer skills
• Knowledge of data managment and Information governance
• Thorough understanding or risk management
• Proven negotiation skills with the ability to woprk with clinical and non clinical staff

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

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tooting

London

SW17 0QT

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