Employer: NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Wellington Civic Offices
Town: Wellington
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 14/11/2024
Governance Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
We are seeking a Governance Manager to join our team at the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin (STW) Integrated Care Board (ICB). In this key role, you will support the Head of Governance and Corporate Affairs in ensuring that our governance practices meet the highest standards of integrity, while maintaining compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. You will manage key governance and administrative functions, including overseeing the delivery of executive support. This role also involves managing corporate governance, risks, conflicts of interest, and information governance.
As Governance Manager, you will be a steward of transparency, accountability, and ethical decision-making, leading critical governance and administrative functions. In doing so, you will empower teams and stakeholders to act with clarity and purpose, reinforcing our commitment to improving healthcare outcomes for the community.
If you are an experienced professional with a strong background in corporate governance and compliance, this is an excellent opportunity. By fostering collaboration across internal teams, external partners, and key stakeholders, you will be instrumental in driving positive, sustainable change in the healthcare system. Join us in a role that offers challenge, responsibility, and the opportunity to make a real impact.
Main duties of the job
The role of Governance Manager is pivotal within the ICB. The main duties of the role include:
1. Supporting the Head of Governance and Corporate Affairs in ensuring governance practices meet statutory and regulatory requirements.
2. Assisting in the production of key governance documents, including the ICB Constitution, Governance Handbook, and Annual Report.
3. Managing governance-related information asset registers and overseeing the Data Security and Protection Toolkit to ensure compliance.
4. Managing the ICB's processes for conflicts of interest, gifts, hospitality, and sponsorship.
5. Maintaining risk management processes, ensuring regular reporting to the Board and Audit Committee.
6. Managing staff, including recruitment, training, appraisals, and work allocation.
7. Coordinating and delivering relevant training on governance, risk management, conflicts of interest, and information governance.
8. Overseeing governance budgets, ensuring value for money and efficient resource allocation.
Working for our organisation
NHS STW was established on 1 July 2022 as part of the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System (ICS) and is responsible for the strategic planning, commissioning, and monitoring of health and care services from a range of providers, to support local people. These include GP and primary care services, hospital care, community healthcare, and mental health services. We also have a duty to monitor these services to ensure they provide a high level of care and are value for money. We are clinically led and work closely with the 51 GP practices across the county. Our goal as an organisation is to lead and support delivery of the four ICS aims across STW:
* Improving outcomes in population health and care.
* Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access.
* Enhancing productivity and value for money.
* Helping the NHS to support broader social and economic development.
All staff are required to model the values of the organisation to support the ICB to successfully deliver these aims. In return, we provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop, with the opportunity to further your skills and career within an exciting and evolving environment. Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of benefits including flexible and agile working arrangements, pension scheme, and generous annual leave allowance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Duties & Responsibilities
1. Supporting the Head of Governance and Corporate Affairs to ensure that the Board and its committees/groups are properly constituted, operating, and supported according to standing orders and the relevant legal and statutory framework.
2. Working closely with the Head of Governance and Corporate Affairs to ensure compliance with statutory governance and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to the ICB constitution, Governance Handbook, Annual Report, and other statutory returns.
3. Managing the governance-related information asset registers as either an Information Asset Owner or Information Asset Administrator.
4. Leading the planning and delivery of the Annual General meetings.
5. Maintaining a risk management policy for the system and ICB.
6. Managing the ICB’s conflict of interest, gifts and hospitality, and sponsorship processes and register of procurements ensuring the maintenance of appropriately registered, publication of notices, and compliance with regulations.
Person specification
* Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
* Educated to master’s level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area.
* Knowledge and expertise of corporate affairs and governance functions.
* Demonstrated experience of coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
* Experience of managing risks and reporting.
Please Note:
In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
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Name: Bethan Emberton
Job title: Head of Governance and Corporate Affairs
Email address: [emailprotected]
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