Job summary
We are looking for a highly experienced and driven individual to join our well established corporate Patient Safety Team.
The Governance Facilitator is a crucial role in supporting services to achieve good quality governance by embedding effective incident and riskmanagement processes into practice, providing advice relating to the safety of patients, supporting clinical teams and services with qualityimprovement in quality and patient safety and ensuring robust mechanisms are in place for good practice to be shared and learning to take place proactively across teams throughout the Trust.
We are looking for an experienced clinician who can apply their knowledge and skills to the management of patient safety. The successfulcandidate will have a good understanding and practical knowledge of patient safety and risk management processes along with an innovative, quality improvement, adaptable and patient-focused approach.
Main duties of the job
To contribute to improvements in the quality and safety of services for our patients and service users, drawing on information and learning fromthe various sources in and external to the Trust.
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
About us
The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work together
- We keep things simple
- We empower
- We are proudly diverse
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate and/or professional qualification or relevant equivalent experience.
- Clinical qualification e.g. Midwifery, Nursing, Allied Health Professional.
Desirable
- Professional training in Root Cause Analysis
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Computer skills including: Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, Power Point, Datix / Ulysses Good keyboard skills,
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Ability to develop successful working relationships with clinicians with from all disciplines and staff at all levels
- Ability to persuade and influence.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of managing change
- High level of experience of handling patient safety, quality and clinical governance matters.
- Proven experience of incident management and use of risk management systems.
- Proven experience of report writing, presentations, group facilitation and minute taking
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience.
- Experience of clinical risk assessment.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate and/or professional qualification or relevant equivalent experience.
- Clinical qualification e.g. Midwifery, Nursing, Allied Health Professional.
Desirable
- Professional training in Root Cause Analysis
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Computer skills including: Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, Power Point, Datix / Ulysses Good keyboard skills,
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Ability to develop successful working relationships with clinicians with from all disciplines and staff at all levels
- Ability to persuade and influence.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of managing change
- High level of experience of handling patient safety, quality and clinical governance matters.
- Proven experience of incident management and use of risk management systems.
- Proven experience of report writing, presentations, group facilitation and minute taking
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience.
- Experience of clinical risk assessment.
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).
