Job summary
The Associate Clinical Lead - Governance & Patient Safety plays a pivotal leadership role in supporting the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective mental health services. Working closely with the Mental Health Division Clinical Lead and in collaboration with the Quality and Governance Lead, this role provides clinical leadership on matters related to patient safety, clinical governance, risk management, and continuous quality improvement.
The post holder will lead on the strategic implementation of clinical governance frameworks, ensure compliance with regulatory and best practice standards, and promote a culture of safety, learning, and accountability across multidisciplinary teams. They will support incident reviews, audits, and quality improvement initiatives, acting as a bridge between clinical services and governance structures.
Main duties of the job
o Provide clinical oversight in relation to patient safety, governance and service improvement across the Mental Health Divisiono Directly report to the divisional clinical lead to manage and operationalise strategic vision in to services across the divisiono Responsible for the implementation of delivery of high-quality clinical services to clients within the Mental Health Division.o Leading on the transformation of services, service improvement plans and future service development within and beyond own area of practice.o Provide advanced skills and leadership -c in line with division and trust strategy ordinating/leading patient safety, governance and quality improvemento To work in partnership with operational managers, professional leads/ colleagues and service users to ensure delivery of contemporary serviceso Maintain oversight of compliance with, and development of, clinical policies, procedures and guidelines to support the delivery of safe an effective care and interventions.o Support the delivery of good governance and local audit within the service.o To work autonomously within professional guidelines and contribute to the systematic governance of practice within the Division
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience Professional clinical knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by specialist training to masters or equivalent level, management qualification or equivalent experience
- Current Professional registration
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Skills in co-ordinating programmes of care, and providing consultation and specialist advice to other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, and application of this to research and development activity within the specialist service area
- Basic IT skills
- To maintain, as part of continual professional development, up to date clinical advanced/specialist knowledge/skills in this clinical field, using information to effect change in practice and ensuring the effective dissemination of new knowledge
- Work closely with and provide advanced/specialist advice and consultation to all other professionals within the speciality
- To ensure up to date knowledge of relevant national and local policies/drivers to enable the post holder to review service need contribute to service/workforce re-design and its implementation, ensuring a needs led service based on best practice provided
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices relevant to the clinical area
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification Experience of providing consultation to other agencies e.g. health visitors, school nurses
- Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Evidence of policy implementation and development
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working as a practitioner to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific specialist field where the post is held
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for services/patient groups
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active service user/carer involvement/participation
- Professional networking locally and regionally
- Be able to effectively Chair meetings
- To ensure up to date knowledge of relevant national and local policies/drivers to enable the post holder to review service need contribute to service/workforce re-design and its implementation, ensuring a needs led service based on best practice provided
Desirable
- A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
- Ability to work across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Evidence of resiliency when working with challenging client groups
- Ability to commute between the various sites
- Demonstrate mandatory training and attendance for the management of violence and aggression
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced level
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience Professional clinical knowledge acquired through degree, supplemented by specialist training to masters or equivalent level, management qualification or equivalent experience
- Current Professional registration
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Skills in co-ordinating programmes of care, and providing consultation and specialist advice to other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, and application of this to research and development activity within the specialist service area
- Basic IT skills
- To maintain, as part of continual professional development, up to date clinical advanced/specialist knowledge/skills in this clinical field, using information to effect change in practice and ensuring the effective dissemination of new knowledge
- Work closely with and provide advanced/specialist advice and consultation to all other professionals within the speciality
- To ensure up to date knowledge of relevant national and local policies/drivers to enable the post holder to review service need contribute to service/workforce re-design and its implementation, ensuring a needs led service based on best practice provided
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices relevant to the clinical area
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification Experience of providing consultation to other agencies e.g. health visitors, school nurses
- Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Evidence of policy implementation and development
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working as a practitioner to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific specialist field where the post is held
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for services/patient groups
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active service user/carer involvement/participation
- Professional networking locally and regionally
- Be able to effectively Chair meetings
- To ensure up to date knowledge of relevant national and local policies/drivers to enable the post holder to review service need contribute to service/workforce re-design and its implementation, ensuring a needs led service based on best practice provided
Desirable
- A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
- Ability to work across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
- Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Evidence of resiliency when working with challenging client groups
- Ability to commute between the various sites
- Demonstrate mandatory training and attendance for the management of violence and aggression
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Be able to demonstrate leadership/management skills at an advanced level
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).
