Job summary
The post holder will support the divisional triumvirate to deliver effective and responsive quality governance systems, providing senior specialist support and advice, and participate in the management of the compliance for quality governance across the Trust. The post holder will enable the divisions to continuously improve patient safety, experience, outcomes, and effectiveness. The post holder will support the divisional management and reporting of the RLDatix IQ risk, complaints/feedback, mortality and incident reporting system in relation to the risk register, complaints, learning from deaths and patient safety incidents. The post holder will work in partnership with lead clinicians, senior managers, nurses, specialists, and service providers in order to maintain support, mentorship and advice. The post holder is required to manage a portfolio of evidence for external inspections and internal assurance to ensure the Trust meets its regulatory requirements. The post holder will be required to provide regular assurance and gap analysis reports to various committees of the board and the executive team for assurance purposes.
Main duties of the job
- Establish a high quality profile and agenda within the Division regarding clinical governance.
- Establish and maintain effective methods to assure triangulation of governance within the Division.
- Develop pathways and feedback loops to ensure learning from incidents, risks, complaints and deaths.
- Provide an overview of reporting and auditing, ensuring support is given to those undertaking these, to ensure these are high quality and timely.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer abuddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look afterourselves. As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the bestthat we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Leading by personal example, to establish a high profile for quality governance within the Trust and collaborate within the clinical operating model to share good practice. Actively contribute to help communicate Trust-wide lessons learnt and celebrate success.
- Working independently; acting as lead advisor to clinicians regarding clinical governance methods, tools, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, report writing, presentations and the facilitation of action planning and policy implementation.
- Ensure that the Trust Board and relevant committees are provided with up to date, accurate information.
- Develop quality governance, quality improvement and risk reports in line with Trust requirements. Identifying local and divisional trends by analysing aggregated data and triangulating information to give a holistic picture of quality within the division and to support the identification of risks and quality improvement opportunities.
- Analyse evidence from a variety of sources to ensure it supports regulatory and statutory requirements, escalating risk and non-compliance where necessary.
**For further information please see the attached job description**
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Leading by personal example, to establish a high profile for quality governance within the Trust and collaborate within the clinical operating model to share good practice. Actively contribute to help communicate Trust-wide lessons learnt and celebrate success.
- Working independently; acting as lead advisor to clinicians regarding clinical governance methods, tools, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, report writing, presentations and the facilitation of action planning and policy implementation.
- Ensure that the Trust Board and relevant committees are provided with up to date, accurate information.
- Develop quality governance, quality improvement and risk reports in line with Trust requirements. Identifying local and divisional trends by analysing aggregated data and triangulating information to give a holistic picture of quality within the division and to support the identification of risks and quality improvement opportunities.
- Analyse evidence from a variety of sources to ensure it supports regulatory and statutory requirements, escalating risk and non-compliance where necessary.
**For further information please see the attached job description**
Person Specification
Experience and qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevent healthcare, risk or quality improvement associated subject or equivalent experience
- Investigation training (HSIB Silver) or equivalent accredited course within last 2 years
- A good knowledge of the principles of risk and patient safety management and how to apply them in practice
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication, negotiation and liaison skills
- Ability to work autonomously and mange highly complex information with attention to details and accuracy
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
Person Specification
Experience and qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevent healthcare, risk or quality improvement associated subject or equivalent experience
- Investigation training (HSIB Silver) or equivalent accredited course within last 2 years
- A good knowledge of the principles of risk and patient safety management and how to apply them in practice
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication, negotiation and liaison skills
- Ability to work autonomously and mange highly complex information with attention to details and accuracy
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
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).
