Job summary
Job Title: Governance Co-ordinator Lead for Medicine Directorate
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week
Secondment: 12 months
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Closing Date: 26th February 2025
Interview Date: 7th March 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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- Working with the Head of Patient Safety & Risk Management the post holder will manage the systems and processes to deliver the quality governance agenda.
- Sitting within the Quality Governance Directorate the post-holder will ensure there are robust and effective procedures in place to drive patient safety and risk management forward.
- The Governance Co-ordinator will promote a culture of learning and openness and support the embedding of lessons learned in practice, for the improvement of patient safety and care.
- The post holder will have a passion for improvement and an eye for detail.
- Previous experience of reviewing or participating in patient safety incidents is essential.
- Clinical experience and an active professional registration is desirable.
- This role works majority of the time on-site at the hospital.
Main duties of the job
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of a robust directorate and clinical governance framework. This includes the review and appropriate allocation of incidents to ensure robust reviews take place and appropriate learning is shared.
- Work with the core Governance Team and Patient Safety Incident investigators to facilitate the delivery of an effective Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) pathway for the Directorate.
- Supporting the Directorate Management Team and core Governance Team in the implementation of the Directorate quality governance programme.
- Lead role in the ongoing development and delivery of the directorate's patient experience and engagement plans and activities
- Contribute to meeting CQC regulation standards and supports staff in the preparation for Directorate inspections.
- Works with service leads to ensure that robust action plans are developed and implemented following the outcome of an external & internal visits, i.e. CQC inspection.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
Effective open communication
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work with the Directorate Management Team to maintain an effective directorate risk register in designated service group(s).
- Plan and monitor implementation of the Directorate and service line clinical audit programme to support quality and patient safety improvement and robust governance, ensuring the results are discussed at the relevant service line/directorate quality groups and committees, with appropriate action taken as necessary.
- Actively seek out best practice and innovation from within the NHS and elsewhere, participating in benchmarking and or research around the topic of governance and risk reduction as appropriate.
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships and effective team working with Clinical Leads and managers to ensure increased understanding/compliance with all governance standards and the management of risk.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work with the Directorate Management Team to maintain an effective directorate risk register in designated service group(s).
- Plan and monitor implementation of the Directorate and service line clinical audit programme to support quality and patient safety improvement and robust governance, ensuring the results are discussed at the relevant service line/directorate quality groups and committees, with appropriate action taken as necessary.
- Actively seek out best practice and innovation from within the NHS and elsewhere, participating in benchmarking and or research around the topic of governance and risk reduction as appropriate.
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships and effective team working with Clinical Leads and managers to ensure increased understanding/compliance with all governance standards and the management of risk.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Demonstrable experience of working within a healthcare governance setting (NHS or Private healthcare)
- Knowledge of the following; ? Governance, complaints, patient experience, risk management, audit, quality standards (including CQC) for a minimum of 12 months
- Demonstrate experience of incident management and an understanding of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.
- Good level of clinical governance knowledge and demonstrable experience of working within a clinical governance arena
Desirable
- Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of external assessment or regulation. In the NHS or other public service
- Experience of evaluating 'evidence' against prescribed standards for a range of assessments
- Complaints handling and investigation experience.
- Experience of working in the NHS
Qualification & Professional
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience or study Knowledge of statistics/information analysis and the use of information across the NHS acquired through degree or equivalent plus additional specialist knowledge acquired through training and relevant experience to Master's degree level or equivalent.
- Intermediate qualification or demonstrable experience in the use of Microsoft Office Applications
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications and use of databases and commercial IT systems
Desirable
- Qualification in Quality Improvement, Patient safety, Governance, Risk Management or working towards
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent report writing skills up to Board level.
- The ability to work on personal initiative and as part of a team, working across professional boundaries at all levels of the site and organisation
- Demonstrates the skill required to present complex issues clearly and concisely at all levels including Board sub-committee level
- Good organisational skills; able to work effectively under pressure and to identified and work successfully towards deadlines
- Evidence of good presentation skills in a range of media and training materials
- Demonstrates skills in analysis and interpretation of risk, performance, clinical and other data and reports
- Good level of governance knowledge and demonstrable experience of working within a clinical governance arena
Desirable
- Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of external assessment or regulation. In the NHS or other public service
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team Player
- Exceptional organisational skills.
- Exceptional communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Able to work on own initiative
- Flexible approach to work to meet the needs of the service
Person Specification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Demonstrable experience of working within a healthcare governance setting (NHS or Private healthcare)
- Knowledge of the following; ? Governance, complaints, patient experience, risk management, audit, quality standards (including CQC) for a minimum of 12 months
- Demonstrate experience of incident management and an understanding of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.
- Good level of clinical governance knowledge and demonstrable experience of working within a clinical governance arena
Desirable
- Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of external assessment or regulation. In the NHS or other public service
- Experience of evaluating 'evidence' against prescribed standards for a range of assessments
- Complaints handling and investigation experience.
- Experience of working in the NHS
Qualification & Professional
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience or study Knowledge of statistics/information analysis and the use of information across the NHS acquired through degree or equivalent plus additional specialist knowledge acquired through training and relevant experience to Master's degree level or equivalent.
- Intermediate qualification or demonstrable experience in the use of Microsoft Office Applications
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications and use of databases and commercial IT systems
Desirable
- Qualification in Quality Improvement, Patient safety, Governance, Risk Management or working towards
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent report writing skills up to Board level.
- The ability to work on personal initiative and as part of a team, working across professional boundaries at all levels of the site and organisation
- Demonstrates the skill required to present complex issues clearly and concisely at all levels including Board sub-committee level
- Good organisational skills; able to work effectively under pressure and to identified and work successfully towards deadlines
- Evidence of good presentation skills in a range of media and training materials
- Demonstrates skills in analysis and interpretation of risk, performance, clinical and other data and reports
- Good level of governance knowledge and demonstrable experience of working within a clinical governance arena
Desirable
- Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of external assessment or regulation. In the NHS or other public service
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team Player
- Exceptional organisational skills.
- Exceptional communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Able to work on own initiative
- Flexible approach to work to meet the needs of the service
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
