Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a senior nurse or midwife with neonatal experience to join our Governance and Training team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
The successful candidate will be motivated and enthusiastic, and will join our team as a Neonatal Governance Manager and will work closely with the Governance Lead for Maternity and Neonates and the other members of the Governance Team playing an integral part in supporting the system-wide perinatal quality and safety agenda.
We are looking for a compassionate and approachable nurse or midwife whose role will be to achieve consistency of practice, high standards of care and innovation with a strong patient safety focus. Engagement with staff is key, ensuring service changes are clearly communicated and embedded in practice.
Main duties of the job
You will play a pivotal role within the governance and training team, working closely with members of the multi-disciplinary team across the neonatal speciality as well as the maternity team and wider teams within the trust. You will take the lead on service and quality improvement in clinical governance and risk management, alongside the wider Governance Team within the Women's and Children's Division, to enable a joint focus on keeping women and babies safe and at the centre of the care provided.
Job responsibilities
The governance nurse manager will be responsible for ensuring the co-ordination of evidence-based guidelines (including SOPS, guidelines and patient information leaflets), the clinical audit programme and coproduction of services within the Children's Directorate, specifically, Neonatal Services.
There is potential scope for further development and responsibility within this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Graduate level of education and/or relevant professional qualification, or significant governance experience within the NHS.
* Evidence of continued learning or professional development.
* Teaching qualification or appropriate level of teaching/presentation experience.
* Active registration as a healthcare professional.
* Masters level qualification (or working towards same)
* Certificate in leadership and Team skills (or working towards)
Experience
* Previous experience within an associated specialty within clinical governance.
* Relevant experience in clinical governance within a medium to large NHS organisation.
* Supervisory Management Role.
* Experience of the clinical governance function within healthcare.
* Experience of involvement in clinical audit.
* Experience of working closely with clinicians of varying seniority.
* Experience of analysing problems and identifying solutions.
* Experience of using Windows based software.
* Proven track record of delivering clinical governance objectives in line with organisational strategy.
* Understanding of and working experience of process mapping.
* A track record in delivering presentations and developing and delivering training.
* Development and use of information systems to support change.
* Experience of using clinical outcomes systems.
* Ability to concentrate for long periods of time while analysing data and producing reports /trackers.
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.
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