Governance Lead (Family Health Division - Maternity Services)
NHS
Liverpool
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
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6 days ago
Please note - the role is subject to job evaluation in line with Agenda for Change.
In collaboration with the Head of Governance for the Clinical Divisions, site Senior Leaders, and the Patient Safety Learning Response Leads, the post holder will provide visible senior leadership and direction to ensure that there are effective governance mechanisms in place within the family health division (post holder's may oversee more than one division due to business need). This includes the implementation of key Trust processes, systems, and training as enabling tools for staff to ensure safe and effective care for patients.
The post-holder will support the division and Head of Governance for the clinical divisions to comply with statutory, regulatory, contractual, and best practice requirements in relation to governance and quality. They will ensure the division has effective assurance monitoring processes in place and that it delivers point of care to Board integrated reporting and risk escalation.
Main duties of the job
The Governance Lead will facilitate the following functions:
* Implementation of the Risk Management Strategy and Risk Management Policy within their division.
* Compliance with assurance and escalation processes within their division.
* Compliance with regulatory/reporting requirements within their division e.g., Medical Devices, CAS, CQC, MNSI, HFEA, PMRT, and CNST.
* Oversight of all patient safety incidents within their division and identification of appropriate responses and actions.
* Analysis of divisional incident trends and delivery of associated learning.
* Management of key divisional cases from the ombudsman or coroner.
* Aggregate analysis of divisional learning from claims, complaints, concerns, coroner cases, incidents, and patient safety incident investigations.
* Supporting the delivery of the divisional clinical audit and quality improvement plans.
* Delivery of the divisional effectiveness agenda including outcome data.
* Lead on external partnerships on all matters in relation to the Quality Governance Portfolio, i.e., Liverpool Neonatal Partnership (LNP).
Job responsibilities
* Oversight of the incident reporting system, approving incident reports and initiating/undertaking investigations as and when required and to the level required by the severity of the incident.
* Responsible for the management and inquiry of divisional risk and the associated quality assurance systems and policies, regulatory requirements, and quality governance arrangements.
* Oversight of key performance indicators that facilitate analysis of divisional quality performance.
* Provide support to the divisions governance structures overseeing the delivery of the clinical governance work programme, implementing governance and quality objectives at divisional level.
* Analyse risk for areas of responsibility ensuring strong controls and robust assurance.
* Lead the divisional response to patient safety alerts.
* Membership of the divisional senior leadership team responsible for the delivery of the divisions safety and quality governance portfolios.
* Ensure consistent governance is embedded across the division.
* Attend the Divisional Board and Governance meetings.
* Develop real-time divisional governance data and information, produced in a way that enables the division to make improvements.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
* Evidence of continuing professional development to support the delivery of a senior role in quality governance.
Knowledge & Experience
* Significant experience in quality governance in a health care setting.
* Experience of effectively delivering risk management within a service.
* Experience in supporting organisational activity to meet CQC / regulatory requirements.
* Knowledge and experience of national regulatory frameworks, national quality agenda, and current emerging issues.
* Expert level knowledge of the critical factors in delivering improvement in governance standards.
* Experience of effective partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholders.
* Detailed understanding of current healthcare policy and appreciation of the implications of this on the Trust.
* Experience of writing and presenting reports.
* Experience of effective negotiation and influencing skills to drive change and performance.
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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