Quality, Governance & Compliance Officer
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Governance Team to deliver effective Quality, Governance and Compliance to the Surgery, Critical Care and Diagnostics Care Group.
You will support the Care Group Quality Governance & Compliance Lead by providing a specialist resource focusing on key elements of the care group governance portfolio to ensure Patient Safety within our Trust.
Main duties of the job
1. Support the embedding and facilitation of the national Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) to keep updated with national guidance updates and the Trust's Implementation plan.
2. Facilitate the care group Patient Safety Incident Investigations (PSII)s and PSIRF methodologies such as AAR's and SWARMS.
3. Attend meetings with both families and staff for reflective conversations and note taking.
4. Manage Statutory Duty of Candour for the Care Group.
5. Manage External Provider Concerns for the Care Group.
6. Deliver face-to-face training when required on the PSIRF processes.
7. Monitor incident and risk action plans for completion.
8. Work closely with the trust complaints, legal and central governance teams.
9. Support the QGC Lead with the production of Datix data reports and assist with analysis of the care group's governance portfolio to identify trends that will support quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
About us
At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
* Brilliant Place to work
* 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 patients and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Sheffield Children's provides great benefits to support your wellbeing, with excellent annual leave and pension schemes, health programmes, and exclusive discounts--helping you succeed at work and beyond.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.
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 Children's 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 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
Knowledge and Skills
* Knowledge of clinical risk management frameworks, legislation, and policies
* Ability to draft reports, procedures, and policies
* Demonstrates knowledge of principles of confidentiality, Data Protection and Freedom of Information
* Demonstrates knowledge of the role of regulators e.g. NHS Improvement, Care Quality Commission, ICB and the Health and Safety Executive
* Good written and oral communication skills
* Ability to deliver effective presentations and teaching packages
* Ability to define, retrieve and correlate data
* Negotiation skills with an ability to work constructively with staff
* Ability to assimilate, analyse and present data to different audiences
* IT literate (intermediate level) including Office, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Experience
* Recent experience in communicating data analysis and interpretation advice to staff
* Recent experience in risk management and clinical governance
* Recent experience with the Data Risk Management system (DATIX)
* Recent experience of quality initiatives, audit, and quality assurance
* Recent experience of delivering training to all levels of staff including managers
* Recent experience of undertaking investigative methods, quality initiatives, audit, and quality assurance
* Project management
Qualifications and Training
* Educated to Degree Level in clinical governance/ risk management or equivalent relevant experience
* HSIB - PSIRF related courses
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.
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
425-24-6833461
Job locations
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