Job summary
Assistant Director of Integrated Governance Band 8C Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
We are offering this exciting opportunity for this senior role which supports the delivery of the Trust's safety governance and role objectives.
You will have significant experience working in a senior position with a comprehensive understanding of Health Service Governance, Safety and Regulating requirements.
Working with the Deputy Chief Nurse, Division, and members of the Executive Team you will have the ability to develop corporate policy, strategy and to prepare board level reports.
We are looking for an inspirational leader who will lead with compassion, developing a skilled, knowledgeable and capable team who work together to support delivery of the Trust's aims.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the integrated governance and patient safety agenda across the Trust driving accountability, improvement and innovation. The post holder will provide compassionate and collaborative senior leadership, visibility and expert support to integrated governance and the patient safety work within the organisation.
This role leads PSIRF, leading a patient safety culture and safety systems and requires sufficient seniority to engage directly with the Executive Team, Divisional Directors, Clinical Directors and other senior leaders across the organisation.
This role will have accountability for implementing the most effective approaches to improving patient safety understanding, involvement and improvement activity and ensuring that systems thinking, human factors understanding and just culture principles are embedded in all processes. This includes ensuring that the Trust has effective processes in place that link effectively to national safety systems. This role includes supporting the organisation to ensure that the patient is at the centre of all patient safety activity.
The post holder will act as the Trust's Patient Safety Specialist, who will provide senior leadership for quality improvement in relation to patient safety. The role will play a lead role in the operational delivery of the patient safety incident report framework and patient safety incident response.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Safety
- Care
- Respect
- Communication
- Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Knowledge and Skills
Highly developed communicate skills ensuring effective relationships with clinical teams and managers (corporate and operational directorates). This includes communicating highly complex and sensitive information that can be of a contentious nature.
Lead and manage projects and produce management and assurance reports for committees
Communicate effectively and influence people with opposing views, and respond appropriately to the unpredictable and unacceptable, explain proposals to clinical teams and managers in an honest and transparent way
Communicate effectively in writing, producing clear, concise policy and guidance
Ability to communicate with staff groups at all levels of the organisation, and be able to deal effectively with emotionally charged subject matter and demonstrate resilience, impartiality and not be afraid to challenge and question appropriately
Ability to present to both small and large groups, presenting at conferences to share good practice, tailoring presentations to the audience in terms of complexity and delivering key messages.
Ensures any communication is appropriate to level of understanding, culture and background of individual patients, carers, visitors or staff
Demonstrate empathy when communicating, particularly with staff, patients and families as part of serious incident investigations.
Ability to interpret changes to national guidance and regulations relating to quality and patient safety and communicate this to the organisation
Ability to plan a broad range of complex activities and work programmes relating to quality improvement, working with clinical and corporate teams
Ability to engage with patients, families and service users directly on sensitive issues that arise through patient safety incident investigations
Ability to communicate effectively in writing, producing clear, concise policy and guidance
Ability to communicate with staff groups at all levels of the organisation, and be able to deal effectively with emotionally charged subject matter and demonstrate resilience, impartiality and not be afraid to challenge and question appropriately.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Knowledge and Skills
Highly developed communicate skills ensuring effective relationships with clinical teams and managers (corporate and operational directorates). This includes communicating highly complex and sensitive information that can be of a contentious nature.
Lead and manage projects and produce management and assurance reports for committees
Communicate effectively and influence people with opposing views, and respond appropriately to the unpredictable and unacceptable, explain proposals to clinical teams and managers in an honest and transparent way
Communicate effectively in writing, producing clear, concise policy and guidance
Ability to communicate with staff groups at all levels of the organisation, and be able to deal effectively with emotionally charged subject matter and demonstrate resilience, impartiality and not be afraid to challenge and question appropriately
Ability to present to both small and large groups, presenting at conferences to share good practice, tailoring presentations to the audience in terms of complexity and delivering key messages.
Ensures any communication is appropriate to level of understanding, culture and background of individual patients, carers, visitors or staff
Demonstrate empathy when communicating, particularly with staff, patients and families as part of serious incident investigations.
Ability to interpret changes to national guidance and regulations relating to quality and patient safety and communicate this to the organisation
Ability to plan a broad range of complex activities and work programmes relating to quality improvement, working with clinical and corporate teams
Ability to engage with patients, families and service users directly on sensitive issues that arise through patient safety incident investigations
Ability to communicate effectively in writing, producing clear, concise policy and guidance
Ability to communicate with staff groups at all levels of the organisation, and be able to deal effectively with emotionally charged subject matter and demonstrate resilience, impartiality and not be afraid to challenge and question appropriately.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters in relevant subject (e.g. health studies, management, quality improvement, leadership, patient safety) and/or equivalent work experience
- Professional Current Clinical Nursing Registration
- Evidence of frequent and continuing professional/leadership development
- Project Management qualification or detailed working knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience of leadership in a senior at a senior level in a large, complex healthcare Organisation; including evidence of strategic development
- Proven track record of leadership, managing redesign and organisational change within and across a large and complex
- Proven record of leading large scale change / improvement projects.
- Proven experience of managing staff from a range of professional backgrounds within an Acute NHS environment and in developing clinical teams.
- Experience of working in, developing and implementing systems to monitor and measure safety, quality risk and provide required assurances.
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Significant experience in managing patient safety, clinical effectiveness, health & safety, compliance and legal departments.
- Demonstrable experience of delivering change
- Experience of all aspects of staff management
- Demonstrates breadth and depth of understanding of current NHS policy and ability to develop corporate strategies and policies and to implement them in practice.
- Track record of delivering against set objectives and achieving key Organisational targets, demonstrating continuous performance improvement and taking remedial action to address deviances.
- Experience of integrated governance systems across Organisational boundaries
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant knowledge of statutory, regulatory requirements within governance in the NHS
- Highly developed leadership and motivational skills - able to work effectively across a large complex organisation; ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and large teams, and have them understand your expectations.
- Highly developed influencing, negotiating and conflict resolution skills.
- High level of management and leadership competency, including ability to manage and lead in a complex, dynamic professional environment.
- Ability to work with different disciplines across the health, education and social care settings.
- Political awareness and ability to influence and work with stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrates high degree of autonomy and decision making.
- Excellent presentation and organisational skills, with ability to prepare and present reports under time constraints for consideration at Trust Board or equivalent.
- Keyboard and competent IT skills, including Excel, Word. PowerPoint and Outlook
Desirable
- Knowledge of Safeguard Ulysses software system or similar risk management system
- Driving licence/ ability to drive with own means of transport in working hours
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters in relevant subject (e.g. health studies, management, quality improvement, leadership, patient safety) and/or equivalent work experience
- Professional Current Clinical Nursing Registration
- Evidence of frequent and continuing professional/leadership development
- Project Management qualification or detailed working knowledge
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience of leadership in a senior at a senior level in a large, complex healthcare Organisation; including evidence of strategic development
- Proven track record of leadership, managing redesign and organisational change within and across a large and complex
- Proven record of leading large scale change / improvement projects.
- Proven experience of managing staff from a range of professional backgrounds within an Acute NHS environment and in developing clinical teams.
- Experience of working in, developing and implementing systems to monitor and measure safety, quality risk and provide required assurances.
- Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Significant experience in managing patient safety, clinical effectiveness, health & safety, compliance and legal departments.
- Demonstrable experience of delivering change
- Experience of all aspects of staff management
- Demonstrates breadth and depth of understanding of current NHS policy and ability to develop corporate strategies and policies and to implement them in practice.
- Track record of delivering against set objectives and achieving key Organisational targets, demonstrating continuous performance improvement and taking remedial action to address deviances.
- Experience of integrated governance systems across Organisational boundaries
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Significant knowledge of statutory, regulatory requirements within governance in the NHS
- Highly developed leadership and motivational skills - able to work effectively across a large complex organisation; ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and large teams, and have them understand your expectations.
- Highly developed influencing, negotiating and conflict resolution skills.
- High level of management and leadership competency, including ability to manage and lead in a complex, dynamic professional environment.
- Ability to work with different disciplines across the health, education and social care settings.
- Political awareness and ability to influence and work with stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrates high degree of autonomy and decision making.
- Excellent presentation and organisational skills, with ability to prepare and present reports under time constraints for consideration at Trust Board or equivalent.
- Keyboard and competent IT skills, including Excel, Word. PowerPoint and Outlook
Desirable
- Knowledge of Safeguard Ulysses software system or similar risk management system
- Driving licence/ ability to drive with own means of transport in working hours
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
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).
