Quality Governance Lead

North Yorkshire  ‐ Onsite
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Description

The Quality Governance Lead will work within the Patient Safety and Quality Team of the Quality Directorate headed up by the Medical Director and Director of Nursing.

The post holder will ensure that effective systems supporting the corporate and clinical governance agenda are established, managed, evaluated and developed on behalf of the Assistant Director of Patient Safety, delivered through clinical divisions.

Where any compliance/practice issues are identified the Quality Governance Lead will work with clinical staff on quality improvement projects to deliver improved outcomes.

The post is largely a facilitative and advisory role, so effective communication is essential, plus an ability to gain co-operation from a wide variety of professionals.

The role will incorporate the promotion of a positive learning environment where changes are established and Embedded to improve patient safety, experience and outcomes. An open learning culture will be fostered which ensures that both lessons are learnt and appropriate action is taken in response to mistakes and service failures.

The post holder will establish with the Divisional Governance Lead, divisional assurance arrangements to evidence compliance with the Trust quality framework, integrated governance, CQC registration requirements and Commissioner quality requirements to ensure continual review, escalation of related risks at point of emergence and effective mitigation.

With the Divisional senior management team, the post holder will foster a culture, which engages clinical and non-clinical staff to deliver excellent and high quality clinical services.

The post holder will also work closely with the Head of Legal Services and Complaints, the Senior Risk Manager and Clinical Audit Team.

Qualifications required -

Educated to Hons degree level or equivalent in risk or governance, or equivalent experience.

Clinical Professional Qualification or equivalent governance experience.

Project Management - PRINCE 2 foundation, Quality Improvement qualification.

Experience required -

Managing patient safety, Clinical Governance or risk within a large/complex NHS organisation.

Presenting information to committees and senior management.

Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams.

Staff and team leadership skills.

Achievement of challenging deadlines whilst maintaining quality and professional standards.

Adverse incident reporting including data capture, trend analysis and identification of system/process changes to reduce risk.

Dealing with serious incidents/complaints process changes to reduce risk.

Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them.

Experience of working in a complex changing environment and the ability to prioritise.

Experience of dealing with service wide policy implementation or change management projects.

Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection Act.

Good understanding of information analysis, techniques and tools and the ability to present concepts clearly.

Excellent written skills to produce formal, informal and technical documents/material to meet delivery needs.

Detailed knowledge of governance and risk management & assurance as implemented within the NHS and the NHS Assurance processes

This role is inside IR35 and will pay up to £27.43 p/h Umbrella

Networkers acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers and is part of Gattaca Plc.

Gattaca Plc provides support services to Networkers and may assist with processing your application.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
3 months
From
Networkers
Published at
23.01.2021
Project ID:
2034328
Contract type
Freelance
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