East Sussex Healthcare Trust is an Integrated Acute and Community organisation, our focus is the care of our patients and our colleagues across our acute, community and intermediate care services. As an organisation we are passionate about supporting transformation change across acute and community pathways including working with primary care, Adult social care and developing relationships with voluntary and third party organisations.

We are looking for a Governance Lead to join the Community Health and Integrated Care Division on a fixed term contract or secondment for up to 6 months - our ambition is to deliver excellent care to our population. The successful candidate will demonstrate experience in delivering outstanding clinical services, have a proven track record on delivering quality improvements in nursing and integrated teams and be passionate about working as a collaborative leader within the organisation and within the wider system.

If you are an internal member of staff applying for a secondment opportunity, you should discuss with your line manager before applying. Full details can be found in the secondment policy available on the Trust extranet.

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for leading the CHIC quality and clinical governance programme.

Have a proven track record of delivering quality improvements in nursing care

Develop relationships with key stakeholders across Sussex.

Support the implementation of the clinical governance framework.

Support the development of policies and procedures and ensure policies are embedded in practice.

Support practices with delivery of their quality action plans.

About us

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Practitioner, First Level Qualified Nurse or relevant experience.
• A minimum of four years' experience in Risk Management with a Clinical Diploma in Risk Management or equivalent.
• Patient Safety Incident or equivalent training e.g. NHSE Level 1 and 2
• Evidence of continuing relevant professional development to masters or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of working in a clinical setting
• Experience with Serious Incident Framework and knowledge/understanding of PSIRF
• Previous experience of implementation of Clinical Governance processes and procedures at a senior management level

Employer details

Employer name

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Cross Site

Eastbourne or Hastings

BN21 2UD

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