Corporate Governance and Risk Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role is key to the delivery of both Governance and risk within the Federation. You will be required to lead the clinical guidelines and policy management, including organising policy reviews and meetings

You will also be required to provide advice and support to colleagues on all matters of risk, governance and compliance

The key components of the role are;

Board Secretariat/ Secretariat of Board Sub-Committees

• Ensuring board reporting
• Aligning between board and executive management
• Supporting board committees
• Advising best governance practices
• Maintaining membership lists
• Elaborating membership governance model
• Developing membership programs
• Overseeing membership lists

Indemnity and Insurance

• Act as lead specialist ensuring both GPN and staff are covered by the correct Indemnity and Insurance
• Ensure all indemnity logs are kept up to date
• Ensure the correct level of cover is maintained within our changing workforce and services

Office Management

• Oversee adherence to office policies and procedures
• Analyse and monitor internal processes
• Maintain a safe, secure, and pleasant work environment
• Ensure office efficiency is maintained
• Manage relationships with contractors, service providers, and landlord
• Ensure security, integrity, and confidentiality of data

Health and Safety including fire marshals and risk assessments

• Ensure all Health and Safety and Fire Policies are up to date and GPN are fully compliant with legislation
• Lead on Health and Safety and Fire operating processes, maintaining the day-to-day operation
• Documentation of all Health and Safety tasks is completed and review them regularly
• Liaise with senior managers, regularly reviewing the health and safety systems, even if day-to-day tasks are handled by others
• Assign clear accountabilities and responsibilities, making sure health and safety tasks and fire, risk assessments and equipment checks, are assigned to the right people
• Ensure managers understand their responsibilities for the overall safety of the workplace and deliver full compliance
• Regularly audit health and safety procedures to ensure they meet internal and legal standards. This helps spot gaps between responsibility and accountability before problems arise
• Communicate Clearly, making sure everyone, from senior managers to workers, knows their role in maintaining safety. Communication ensures that responsibilities are understood and that risks are reported quickly

AGM and Annual Report

• Build relationships and engagement between stakeholders and the organization
• Aid in the preparation of Provide a clear and comprehensive overview of financial and operational results
• Work alongside the Projects team to ensure effective processes are in place and incorporate the following into reporting activities and reporting
• o Financial matters
• o Leadership and governance
• o Strategic and operational updates
• o Stakeholder engagement and voting

Corporate Policies

• Lead the clinical guidelines and policy management, including organising policy reviews and meetings
• Ensure managers understand their responsibilities within policies and standard operating procedures across GPN and deliver full compliance
• Regularly audit policies and standard operating procedures to ensure they meet internal and legal standards, root causing concerns as they arise
• Communicate clearly, making sure everyone, from senior managers to workers understand renewal dates and include all relevant statute changes

Risk Management and Board Assurance Framework

• Act as the lead specialist for risk management and maintain the day-to-day operation of the risk systems to reflect the risk profile of GPN
• Ensure GPN has a fully functioning risk register operating at a corporate level
• Ensure risk registers and local risk management practices are aligned with GPN strategies. Deliver requirements around applying risk appetite and scoring when updating risk registers
• Ensure principles of risk management are embedded in GPN strategies and policies
• Construct and deliver risk management training across GPN 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 improve service quality
• Work as the lead specialist to ensure the provision of high quality, comprehensive and coordinated risk governance across GPN
• Evaluate risk management including clinical and reputational issues arising from any investigation and report these to the Chief Executive Officer
• Provide advice and support to all colleagues on risk management

Compliance

• Oversee GPN-wide compliance with national guidelines including NICE and reporting of the GPNs position in relation to this
• Lead on the dissemination ensuring GPN-wide compliance with these
• Oversee and co-ordinate the production of reports for committees and groups, including quality checking the work of our teams and presenting these reports at the relevant forum
• Maintain oversight of GPN clinical guidelines and policies, including facilitation of the Policies. Work with key stakeholders to ensure documents are up to date, relevant, and have been approved in line with policy

Procurement

Other Duties

Other duties as may be required by reasonable management request

Internal Relationships

• Executive Team and GPN Board Members
• Senior Management Team
• Clinical Teams
• Operational Teams
• Service Leads
• Performance and Data Team
• Finance Team
• Practice Engagement and Projects Team
• Working Groups/Committees within GPN

External Relationships

• Member GP Practices
• North West Anglia Foundation Trust
• ICB
• Local Authority
• External and internal auditors
• CQC
• NHSEi
• Patients/ families/ carers

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent, with experience in clinical governance.
• Previous Senior Management Position held within either a risk or compliance role
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

Desirable

• Leadership, management or risk qualification

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Able to work effectively with minimum supervision
• Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Able to maintain confidentiality of information
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with colleagues
• Committed to continuous professional development and personal growth

Experience

Essential

• Significant and highly relevant administrative experience in a busy office environment
• Experience of complex database management
• Significant experience of writing management reports
• Proven effective minute taking to a high standard

Desirable

• Experience of working in a governance or risk management environment
• Experience of working in the public sector

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Greater Peterborough Network

Address

Allia Future Business Centre

London Road

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

PE2 8AL

Employer's website

https://greaterpeterboroughgps.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)