Job summary
In this role, you will be responsible for the provision of a first-class safety risk managementservice across the Trust. You will provide expert advice and support on risk and compliance across the trust, promoting a positive risk management culture and maintaining corporate andTrust-wide risk registers.
You will also provide line management to the Trust's compliance team, ensuring that we are compliant with regulatory and commissioner requirements, and that our guidelines and policies are in date and support this position.
Main duties of the job
Risk Management
o Act as the trust lead specialist for risk management and maintain the day-to-day operation of the risk systems to reflect the risk profile of the Trust, ensuring the Trust has a fully functioning risk register operating at local, care group and corporate level.o Ensure care group risk registers and local risk management practices are aligned with Trust strategies.o Deliver trust-wide requirements around applying risk appetite and scoring when updating risk registers.o Ensure principles of risk management are embedded in Trust strategies and policies.o Work as the trust lead specialist to ensure the provision of high quality, comprehensive and coordinated risk governance across the Trust.o Provide advice and support to all colleagues on risk management.
Compliance
o Oversee Trust-wide compliance with national guidelines including NICE and reporting of the Trust's position in relation to this.o Be the Trust-wide lead for the dissemination of CAS alerts and ensuring Trust-wide compliance with these.o Maintain oversight of Trust clinical guidelines and policies, including facilitation of the Rapid Review Guideline Meeting and Policy Council.
About us
At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
1. Outstanding Patient Care
2. Brilliant Place to work
3. Leaders in Children's Health
We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.
As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children's health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Risk Management
Act as the trust lead specialist for risk management and maintain the day-to-day operation of the risk systems to reflect the risk profile of the Trust, ensuring the Trust has a fully functioning risk register operating at local, care group and corporate level. Ensure care group risk registers and local risk management practices are aligned with Trust strategies. Deliver trust-wide requirements around applying risk appetite and scoring when updating risk registers. Ensure principles of risk management are embedded in Trust strategies and policies. Construct and deliver risk management training across the Trust to an agreed training needs analysis to ensure that risk management systems are understood and implemented effectively. Ensure cost effective service management, focusing on ways to reduce financial costs, and also improve service quality. Work as the trust lead specialist to ensure the provision of high quality, comprehensive and coordinated risk governance across the Trust. Evaluate risk management including clinical and reputational issues arising from any investigation and report these to the Head of Governance. Provide advice and support to all colleagues on risk management. Jointly, offer expert advice and support on Datix / LRMS systems (alongside other team members).
Compliance
Oversee Trust-wide compliance with national guidelines including NICE and reporting of the Trusts position in relation to this. Be the Trust-wide lead for the dissemination of CAS alerts and ensuring Trust-wide compliance with these. Oversee and co-ordinate the production of reports for Trust committees and groups, including quality checking the work of the compliance team and presenting these reports at the relevant forum. Maintain oversight of Trust clinical guidelines and policies, including facilitation of the Rapid Review Guideline Meeting and Policy Council. Work with key stakeholders to ensure documents are up to date, relevant, and have been approved in line with policy
Other Duties
To provide line management to the team, including responsibility for wellbeing, appraisal, mandatory training, performance and attendance at work. Develop and implement effective reporting arrangements to accurately record and monitor performance against targets. Monitor trends related to specific service areas, procedures, patient groups or pathology sharing this information as appropriate with recommendations for action. Ensure systems are in place to comply with Trust policies and procedures and in particular relating to information governance arrangements. Facilitate excellent partnership working with Care Group management teams through effective liaison and communication. Provide expert advice to support the development of Trust wide policies and clinical guidelines. Support the development, implementation, and monitoring of national and local safetyimprovement initiatives. The post holder may be required to be involved in conversations with patients and their families, which can be sensitive and emotional in nature. Jointly, be responsible for the Datix and QPulse systems (alongside Patient Safety Managers) to ensure they are fit for purpose. Provide cover for departmental governance colleagues as appropriate to maintain service continuity. Be responsible for the management and coordination of multiple programmes and projects across the Trust.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Risk Management
Act as the trust lead specialist for risk management and maintain the day-to-day operation of the risk systems to reflect the risk profile of the Trust, ensuring the Trust has a fully functioning risk register operating at local, care group and corporate level. Ensure care group risk registers and local risk management practices are aligned with Trust strategies. Deliver trust-wide requirements around applying risk appetite and scoring when updating risk registers. Ensure principles of risk management are embedded in Trust strategies and policies. Construct and deliver risk management training across the Trust to an agreed training needs analysis to ensure that risk management systems are understood and implemented effectively. Ensure cost effective service management, focusing on ways to reduce financial costs, and also improve service quality. Work as the trust lead specialist to ensure the provision of high quality, comprehensive and coordinated risk governance across the Trust. Evaluate risk management including clinical and reputational issues arising from any investigation and report these to the Head of Governance. Provide advice and support to all colleagues on risk management. Jointly, offer expert advice and support on Datix / LRMS systems (alongside other team members).
Compliance
Oversee Trust-wide compliance with national guidelines including NICE and reporting of the Trusts position in relation to this. Be the Trust-wide lead for the dissemination of CAS alerts and ensuring Trust-wide compliance with these. Oversee and co-ordinate the production of reports for Trust committees and groups, including quality checking the work of the compliance team and presenting these reports at the relevant forum. Maintain oversight of Trust clinical guidelines and policies, including facilitation of the Rapid Review Guideline Meeting and Policy Council. Work with key stakeholders to ensure documents are up to date, relevant, and have been approved in line with policy
Other Duties
To provide line management to the team, including responsibility for wellbeing, appraisal, mandatory training, performance and attendance at work. Develop and implement effective reporting arrangements to accurately record and monitor performance against targets. Monitor trends related to specific service areas, procedures, patient groups or pathology sharing this information as appropriate with recommendations for action. Ensure systems are in place to comply with Trust policies and procedures and in particular relating to information governance arrangements. Facilitate excellent partnership working with Care Group management teams through effective liaison and communication. Provide expert advice to support the development of Trust wide policies and clinical guidelines. Support the development, implementation, and monitoring of national and local safetyimprovement initiatives. The post holder may be required to be involved in conversations with patients and their families, which can be sensitive and emotional in nature. Jointly, be responsible for the Datix and QPulse systems (alongside Patient Safety Managers) to ensure they are fit for purpose. Provide cover for departmental governance colleagues as appropriate to maintain service continuity. Be responsible for the management and coordination of multiple programmes and projects across the Trust.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to masters degree level or equivalent level of experience
- Vocational qualification in health or management related subject
Desirable
- Leadership, management or risk qualification
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of healthcare risk management policy and clinical governance
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Understanding of the work of key bodies in the field of health accreditation, regulation and risk NHS risk management principles
- Experience of working as a senior manager in the NHS
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Good motivational and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates Trust Values
- Experience of writing reports and presenting information to committees
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to masters degree level or equivalent level of experience
- Vocational qualification in health or management related subject
Desirable
- Leadership, management or risk qualification
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of healthcare risk management policy and clinical governance
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Understanding of the work of key bodies in the field of health accreditation, regulation and risk NHS risk management principles
- Experience of working as a senior manager in the NHS
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Good motivational and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates Trust Values
- Experience of writing reports and presenting information to committees
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).