Job summary
Based across all sites, with The Horder Centre as your main hub, this is a permanent, full-time contract offering a competitive salary, excellent benefits package and opportunities to learn, develop and grow a long-term career.
Main duties of the job
Working within a CQC Outstanding rated hospital, The Horder Centre is looking for an experienced and clinically knowledgeable Head of Risk Management and Clinical Governance to lead our fantastic Clinical Governance department.
Working collaboratively with department, risk and safety leads, you will support the organisation to continuously improve through designing, monitoring and implementing all aspects of Horder Healthcares Quality Governance, including risk management and assurance functions.
About us
Horder Healthcare has been committed to caring since 1954 when we were called 'The Horder Centre for Arthritis'. We've come a long way since then. Our consultants are amongst the most skilled, experienced and innovative in their field. Our staff love to work here, so it makes sense that our patient outcomes are in the top 99%.
We have grown into a multi-service healthcare provider, with hospitals in Crowborough and East Grinstead, and outreach clinics in Eastbourne and Seaford. We are committed to making a positive impact to the health of individuals and the communities in which we work.
Not only have we developed an international reputation for orthopaedic and musculoskeletal care, our partnership with The McIndoe Centre - the birthplace of pioneering plastic surgery treatments, means that we can deliver high-quality plastic, reconstructive, maxillofacial, ophthalmology and orthopaedic services from world-class consultants to an even greater number of people.
We know that our working lives are fundamental to emotional wellbeing. Our employees are as valuable to us as our patients and we see it as our duty to nurture an engaged and skilled workforce. To do this we ensure employees have access to training and development opportunities as well as being a flexible and diverse workplace.
We are committed to caring, and committed to you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within a CQC Outstanding rated hospital, The Horder Centre is looking for an experienced and clinically knowledgeable Head of Risk Management and Clinical Governance to lead our fantastic Clinical Governance department.
Working collaboratively with department, risk and safety leads, you will support the organisation to continuously improve through designing, monitoring and implementing all aspects of Horder Healthcares Quality Governance, including risk management and assurance functions.
Based across all sites, with The Horder Centre as your main hub, this is a permanent, full-time contract offering a competitive salary, excellent benefits package and opportunities to learn, develop and grow a long-term career.
About you:
- You will be a passionate and experienced healthcare professional with an active GMC, HCPC or NMC registration
- Notable experience of working in a senior clinical role in the healthcare sector applying your clinical knowledge to performance monitoring
- Excellent working knowledge of CQC regulations
- Demonstrable experience in clinical risk management, root cause analysis, clinical audit activities and a customer-focussed approach
- Evidence of the ability to draft clear, accurate, and succinct reports on clinical governance matters and present findings/recommendations to senior leadership and business committee
- Personal and approachable, with a real motivation to help uphold the outstanding rating proudly held by The Horder Centre.
- Excellent communication skills, to help build those all-important cross-department relationships.
- Proactive and forward thinking, with a passion for continued learning.
- Ensure that you working ethic remains aligned to our core values as a group: Caring, Friendly, Quality, Integrity and Pride.
In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Horder Healthcare sponsorship.
At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law
As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.
In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, all successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within a CQC Outstanding rated hospital, The Horder Centre is looking for an experienced and clinically knowledgeable Head of Risk Management and Clinical Governance to lead our fantastic Clinical Governance department.
Working collaboratively with department, risk and safety leads, you will support the organisation to continuously improve through designing, monitoring and implementing all aspects of Horder Healthcares Quality Governance, including risk management and assurance functions.
Based across all sites, with The Horder Centre as your main hub, this is a permanent, full-time contract offering a competitive salary, excellent benefits package and opportunities to learn, develop and grow a long-term career.
About you:
- You will be a passionate and experienced healthcare professional with an active GMC, HCPC or NMC registration
- Notable experience of working in a senior clinical role in the healthcare sector applying your clinical knowledge to performance monitoring
- Excellent working knowledge of CQC regulations
- Demonstrable experience in clinical risk management, root cause analysis, clinical audit activities and a customer-focussed approach
- Evidence of the ability to draft clear, accurate, and succinct reports on clinical governance matters and present findings/recommendations to senior leadership and business committee
- Personal and approachable, with a real motivation to help uphold the outstanding rating proudly held by The Horder Centre.
- Excellent communication skills, to help build those all-important cross-department relationships.
- Proactive and forward thinking, with a passion for continued learning.
- Ensure that you working ethic remains aligned to our core values as a group: Caring, Friendly, Quality, Integrity and Pride.
In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Horder Healthcare sponsorship.
At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law
As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.
In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, all successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.
Person Specification
About You
Essential
- You will be a passionate and experienced healthcare professional with an active GMC, HCPC or NMC registration
- Notable experience of working in a senior clinical role in the healthcare sector applying your clinical knowledge to performance monitoring
- Excellent working knowledge of CQC regulations
- Demonstrable experience in clinical risk management, root cause analysis, clinical audit activities and a customer-focussed approach
- Evidence of the ability to draft clear, accurate, and succinct reports on clinical governance matters and present findings/recommendations to senior leadership and business committee
- Personal and approachable, with a real motivation to help uphold the outstanding rating proudly held by The Horder Centre.
- Excellent communication skills, to help build those all-important cross-department relationships.
- Proactive and forward thinking, with a passion for continued learning.
- Ensure that you working ethic remains aligned to our core values as a group: Caring, Friendly, Quality, Integrity and Pride.
Person Specification
About You
Essential
- You will be a passionate and experienced healthcare professional with an active GMC, HCPC or NMC registration
- Notable experience of working in a senior clinical role in the healthcare sector applying your clinical knowledge to performance monitoring
- Excellent working knowledge of CQC regulations
- Demonstrable experience in clinical risk management, root cause analysis, clinical audit activities and a customer-focussed approach
- Evidence of the ability to draft clear, accurate, and succinct reports on clinical governance matters and present findings/recommendations to senior leadership and business committee
- Personal and approachable, with a real motivation to help uphold the outstanding rating proudly held by The Horder Centre.
- Excellent communication skills, to help build those all-important cross-department relationships.
- Proactive and forward thinking, with a passion for continued learning.
- Ensure that you working ethic remains aligned to our core values as a group: Caring, Friendly, Quality, Integrity and Pride.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
