Job summary
We are seeking an exceptional candidate to join the Nursing and Governance Directorate as Risk Manager. This is a new role within the organisation and will support the Head of Risk Management to ensure that the risk management function is robust and that the Trust's risk management service provides a dynamic, high quality, reactive and proactive service, focused on delivering high standards of patient and staff safety.
A core element to this role will be the proactive planning, management and co-ordination for the ongoing development of the trusts new risk management system, InPhase. As a new system, there are significant development opportunities to realise the system benefits, and the successful candidate in this role will lead and support colleagues to utilise the full system potential.
The successful candidate will have experience in risk management, and/ or working with risk management systems, paired with good leadership skills, a supportive and can do attitude, and planning and organisational skills.
Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
Main duties of the job
The Risk Manager will have responsibility for the design, development and oversight of a trust wide risk management information system with multiple applications to ensure we utilise this to its full potential to improve management of risk and improvements in safety and quality.
The role will incorporate wider change management in terms of system use, providing the tools and resources to aid staff at ward level and above to fully utilise the system tools to identify and mitigate risk and embed learning.
Requiring the evaluation of current ways of working and taking action to affect improvements, this will include tackling organisational change issues and communicating un-popular decisions. This will require a high degree of skill in terms of negotiation, persuasiveness and motivating. This will involve working with internal and external colleagues and partners to develop the system to its full potential, including external supplier, NHS Trusts, and NHS England.
The development and delivery of training and workshops will be a core component to ensure users are able to use the system and utilise reporting to improve safety and mitigate risk.
About us
Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
The Nursing and Governance Directorate is a central team that supports the wider organisation in the delivery of our objectives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Lead a plan of work with application owners and colleagues across the organisation to support the appropriate development of the system to aid day to day management and oversight as well as wider governance.
Work with colleagues from various disciplines to understand process and information requirements, working together to find and embed trust wide system solutions.
Lead system design and development to aid colleagues in their safe delivery of care by ensuring all applications within the system support the identification of risk and embedding of learning.
Manage colleague expectations to ensure that they are aligned to the system capabilities and available resources. This will require use of a range of communication skills to convey the complexity of the system to individuals or large groups with differing levels of knowledge.
Work with leads to prepare and co-ordinate a trust-wide communications plan for key risk issues and system developments utilising newsletters and content for trust briefings.
Maintain and develop the Risk Management & InPhase intranet pages.
Lead and contribute to trust wide system development events such as workshops, QI events etc, to aid system development and streamlining of processes.
Lead on system training to support leads to utilise system tools to develop process or reporting solutions or alternate assurance reporting.
Make decisions on system development, design and governance processes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Lead a plan of work with application owners and colleagues across the organisation to support the appropriate development of the system to aid day to day management and oversight as well as wider governance.
Work with colleagues from various disciplines to understand process and information requirements, working together to find and embed trust wide system solutions.
Lead system design and development to aid colleagues in their safe delivery of care by ensuring all applications within the system support the identification of risk and embedding of learning.
Manage colleague expectations to ensure that they are aligned to the system capabilities and available resources. This will require use of a range of communication skills to convey the complexity of the system to individuals or large groups with differing levels of knowledge.
Work with leads to prepare and co-ordinate a trust-wide communications plan for key risk issues and system developments utilising newsletters and content for trust briefings.
Maintain and develop the Risk Management & InPhase intranet pages.
Lead and contribute to trust wide system development events such as workshops, QI events etc, to aid system development and streamlining of processes.
Lead on system training to support leads to utilise system tools to develop process or reporting solutions or alternate assurance reporting.
Make decisions on system development, design and governance processes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent experience in related field
Desirable
- Risk Management Qualification
- Project Management qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS policy and issues
- Knowledge and skills in risk management systems
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience working with risk management or information systems.
- Experience of developing and and maintaining relationships and partnerships with internal colleagues and external agencies and parties
- Advanced IT skills including working with information system development, databases, and reporting
Desirable
- NHS/public sector experience and knowledge of relevant national agendas and guidance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent experience in related field
Desirable
- Risk Management Qualification
- Project Management qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS policy and issues
- Knowledge and skills in risk management systems
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience working with risk management or information systems.
- Experience of developing and and maintaining relationships and partnerships with internal colleagues and external agencies and parties
- Advanced IT skills including working with information system development, databases, and reporting
Desirable
- NHS/public sector experience and knowledge of relevant national agendas and guidance
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).
