Job summary
The Childrens Trust exists to support children and their families with acquired brain injuries and neurodisabilities. We are a complex organisation that constantly thrives to deliver the best outcomes for the children and young people we serve.
The Head of Clinical Governance, Safety, Clinical Risk Management, and Quality will lead and enhance the organisations commitment to delivering high-quality, safe care for children. This role is pivotal in overseeing clinical governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, managing clinical risks, and implementing quality improvement initiatives.
The post holder will work collaboratively across teams to promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement, aligning with The Childrens Trusts strategic objectives. Whilst the post directly reports to the Director of Nursing and Quality, the remit of the role spans the whole organisation and works across all clinical directorates.
Main duties of the job
Role Requirements
* Develop and maintain an effective clinical governance framework that supports safe and high-quality care.
* Facilitate regular clinical governance meetings to discuss performance, incidents, and quality improvement initiatives.
* Ensure that clinical pathways and practices are aligned with best practice guidelines and evidence-based standards.
About us
The Childrens Trust is the UKs leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Governance
* Develop and maintain an effective clinical governance framework that supports safe and high-quality care.
* Facilitate regular clinical governance meetings to discuss performance, incidents, and quality improvement initiatives.
* Ensure that clinical pathways and practices are aligned with best practice guidelines and evidence-based standards.
Patient Safety
* Lead initiatives to enhance patient safety across all services, promoting a culture of transparency and reporting.
* Implement and maintain the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), ensuring that learning from incidents is captured and shared.
* Monitor and report on patient safety metrics, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring appropriate action plans are developed.
Clinical Risk Management
* Identify, assess, and manage clinical risks within the organisation, ensuring effective risk mitigation strategies are in place.
* Conduct regular reviews of incident reports and risk assessments to inform organisational learning and development.
* Oversee the management of serious incidents, ensuring thorough investigations and appropriate follow-up actions are completed.
Quality Improvement
* Develop and implement quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and experiences.
* Lead quality impact assessments for new initiatives or changes in practice, evaluating potential risks and benefits and manage the organisational governance in relation to these.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement.
Regulatory Compliance
* Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, standards, and guidelines, including CQC regulations and national safety frameworks.
* Maintain an up-to-date understanding of regulatory changes and ensure organisational policies and practices reflect these updates.
* Coordinate and draft the annual organisation quality account.
Clinical Audit
* Design and implement a comprehensive clinical audit program that evaluates the quality of care and compliance with clinical standards.
* Analyse audit findings to identify trends and areas for improvement, facilitating the development of action plans.
Incident Management
* Oversee the incident management process, ensuring that incidents are reported, investigated, and learned from effectively.
* Develop strategies to communicate learning from incidents across the organisation to promote a culture of safety.
Clinical Education
* Manage and lead the clinical education strategy and delivery of this to ensure that training programs reflect patient safety and quality improvement priorities.
* Identify educational needs based on incident reviews, complaints, and audit results, ensuring staff are equipped with necessary skills and knowledge.
Professional Standards
* Promote adherence to professional standards and best practices among clinical staff, ensuring high levels of accountability and professionalism.
* Monitor compliance with organisational policies and procedures, implementing corrective actions as needed.
Policies and Procedures
* Develop, review, and update clinical policies and procedures to ensure they align with current best practices and regulatory requirements.
* Ensure all staff are trained and knowledgeable about relevant policies and procedures.
Medical Records
* Ensure that medical records are maintained accurately and confidentially, supporting patient safety and care continuity.
Medicines Management
* Line manages the lead pharmacist and wider pharmacy team.
* Oversee medicines management processes, ensuring compliance with best practices and safe medication administration.
Safeguarding
* Line manages the Named Nurse for Safeguarding and leads the wider safeguarding team. Lead on safeguarding initiatives, ensuring that all staff are trained in safeguarding policies and procedures.
* Ensure collaboration with relevant agencies to ensure the protection of vulnerable children and young people.
Complaints and Patient Experience
* Manage the complaints process, ensuring that concerns are addressed promptly and appropriately, and lessons learned are disseminated.
* Work to enhance patient experience through feedback mechanisms, ensuring that patient voices are heard and acted upon.
Infection Prevention and Control
* Lead infection prevention and control initiatives, ensuring compliance with national guidelines and best practices.
* Collaborate with infection control teams to monitor infection rates and implement improvement strategies, as necessary.
General
* Undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
* Deputise for the Director of Nursing and Care as required.
* Act as a critical member of the Nursing and Care senior leadership team.
Professionalism
* Takes action and raises concerns.
* Adhere to the policies and procedures of The Childrens Trust.
* Maintain professional boundaries and professionalism at all times.
* Committed to demonstrating the organisations values and behaviours at all times.
Health and Safety
* Adheres to all Health and Safety guidelines, principles, and regulations to perform your role and comply with The Childrens Trust policies and procedures.
* Provide evidence of all vaccinations (or medical exemption) required for the post.
* Adhere to manual handling procedures and complete mandatory manual handling training.
* Promotes the health and safety of others.
* Uses the incident reporting and risk assessment system (IRAR), to identify and report risks and incidents/actions if directed.
* Responsible for identifying and mitigating risk within the work environment.
Wellbeing and Emotional Resilience
* Maintains a positive approach and outlook when dealing with change and overcoming challenges and problems.
* Recognises own limitations, develops realistic goals, and uses support network resource when or if necessary.
* Treats challenges and problems as a learning experience.
* Remains organised and focused when under pressure.
* Responds appropriately and effectively to all constructive feedback.
* Motivates self and others.
Whilst undertaking the duties of the substantively employed role, this post is required to participate in a senior rota cover on site and respond to clinical escalations only in addition to their role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of significant operational leadership experience at AfC band 8b equivalent or above.
* Experience working with children with learning disability.
* Experience of working within quality and clinical governance dedicated roles.
* Experience within training/education/practice-based education and presenting effectively to a variety of audiences.
* Experience managing significant budgets.
* Experience writing business cases for service proposals.
* Experience of effective partnership working with internal and external stakeholders.
* Management of change.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Dynamic, passionate, open, participative, and supportive leadership style.
* Strong influencing skills.
* Ability to develop and deliver innovative training programmes.
* Clinically credible in own area of practice.
* Able to deliver a multi-faceted service balancing the capacity of each area to meet service needs and priorities.
* Effective communicator.
Qualifications
Essential
* Active NMC registration.
* Educated to masters degree level in a relevant area (or relevant experience), and / or with relevant post graduate teaching or leadership qualifications.
Knowledge
Essential
* Strong understanding of:
* Health care educational framework and of developing training strategies.
* Clinical and operational audit data and analysis/presentation methodology.
* Multidisciplinary team working.
* Care of children with learning disabilities.
* Safeguarding.
* Quality improvement programmes and methodologies.
Personal Qualities
Essential
* Commitment to the vision and values of The Childrens Trust.
* Flexible and can do attitude to competing commitments in workload.
* Highly motivated and reliable.
* Ability to cope working in a demanding environment.
* Commitment to maintaining personal wellbeing and the wellbeing of colleagues.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
The Children's Trust
Address
The Childrens Trust
Tadworth Court
Tadworth
Surrey
KT20 5RU
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