Role Summary
* The post holder has responsibility for leading risk management and clinical governance processes within the Care Group ensuring the efficient, compliant, safe and high-quality delivery of care.
* To be the Lead contact and expert within the Care Group for all Governance queries or enquiries i.e., patient safety events, patient experience feedback, legal claims, local and national audit, providing advice / guidance and direction as required.
* To represent the Care Group at Trust wide meetings, governance & oversight groups and improvement forums, ensuring that a deputy is assigned when apologies are given.
* To ensure a rapid, thorough and accurate information cascade from Trust wide Governance meetings back to the Care Group and to assign actions to key team members; monitoring them to completion within agreed timescales.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Governance team for an individual to join the Medicine Care Group as a Band 7 Safety and Quality Improvement Manager. Working closely with the Clinical teams and safety and quality lead, the post holder will be responsible for leading risk management and clinical governance processes within the Care Group ensuring the efficient, compliant, safe and high-quality delivery of care.
You will be educated to degree level or with relevant experience and have strong communication, analysis and organisational skills. The role will require an ability to create strong working relationships with clinical and non-clinical colleagues at all levels within the Care Group and the wider organisation, as well as an ability to frequently present to a wide and varied audience.
Please note, the post holder will be based on our East Devon site, Exeter, with some flexibility for cross-site cover, and remote working, which can be discussed at interview.
Working Pattern: 30 Hours. To be discussed at the interview
Interview Date: To Be Confirmed
For further information please contact: Vicki Martin, Nurse Lead for Children on Victoria.Martin47@nhs.net
As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
* National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
* Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
* Car lease schemes.
* The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
* Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available - if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr