The post holder will be a key member of the Clinical Governance Directorate (part of the wider Joint Chief Medical Officers' Directorate) and Trust wide senior management team, with specific responsibility for deputising for the Director of Clinical Governance across aspects of the role relating to quality governance, quality assurance, and the management of risk.

Main duties of the job

To work collaboratively with the Associate Director of Clinical

Governance (Clinical Effectiveness), the Associate Director of Clinical

Governance (Patient Safety & complaints), to ensure seamless

provision of services from within the Directorate of Clinical

Governance.

Responsible for strategic development & leadership of implementation

of strategies with specific focus on quality governance & risk

management. Working collaboratively with key stakeholders, including

Board of Directors, Trust Secretary and Trust's Clinical

leadership, leading ongoing development of high

quality, integrated & effective governance structures & teams

across Corporate & Clinical Groups supporting deployment of

the Trust's strategy 'Where Excellence Meets Compassion'. You will

take a leadership role ensuring that robust, proportionate

& responsive clinical governance structures are embedded

throughout the Trust.

With direct line management responsibilities for the central

Risk & Incident team & for Clinical Governance teams

embedded across six Clinical Groups, you will have a

diverse and varied portfolio.

You will provide highly specialist leadership across risk

management & quality governance & will provide expert

compliance & regulatory advice as required across the Trust, as well

as being an expert resource on national issues and local interpretation

of national and local regulatory policy, guidance and best practice.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Educated to Doctorate degree level or equivalent training & experience
• Evidence of other additional relevant specialist training to postgraduate level
• Significant experience of leadership & management at a very senior level
• Experience of managing risk & risk functions within a large and complex organisation
• Experience of delivering patient safety and governance systems
• Knowledge of the regulatory environments within health and compliance required by provider organisations

Desirable

• Evidence of training in compliance and risk

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL

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