Divisional Clinical Governance Manager

Overview

A great opportunity for an experienced Clinical Governance Manager - an integral senior professional management and leadership post within the Division of Surgery. You will be an expert in the field of quality and clinical governance. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Divisional Management Team with all aspects of quality and clinical governance management and will provide key support to the Divisional Directors of Nursing/Midwifery/Professions on the divisional risk management, governance arrangements, patient safety and quality improvement across the Division.

Job Responsibilities

You will provide support and guidance to clinicians and managers in all aspects of quality, patient safety and governance, being responsible for the day-to-day management of the Divisional Governance Framework and ensuring commitment to managing risk in a coordinated and systematic way, contributing to delivering the Divisional and Trust wide governance agenda.

Experience of working collaboratively with senior clinicians and managers with a proven ability to deliver on non-negotiable deadlines is essential. You will be a positive influencer with a strong commitment to teamwork, shared learning and high performance.

Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement

• Act as an expert source of advice for the divisional leadership team in respect of maintaining an integrated governance function ensuring that the division can demonstrate that its services are Safe, Effective, Caring, Well-led and Responsive.
• Ensure divisional staff have a good understanding of the key governance issues for their service and are managing the challenges appropriately, providing training where required.
• Ensure that the Division has in place systems and processes which ensure that all aspects of clinical risk within the Division are managed appropriately at every level, including incident and accident reporting and root cause analysis of any clinical incidents.
• Ensure that incidents, risks and complaints investigations are undertaken in a timely manner, and that root cause analysis is completed with high standard internal or external reports.
• Divisional lead for the collation of evidence of compliance with the CQC outcomes and other quality related regulatory authority standards.
• To improve performance and provide regular feedback on compliance against statutory and local requirements to enable the division to increase compliance proactively.

About Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust's people are Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust's greatest asset. When Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the following aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
2. Widening access and employability.
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability.
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
5. Making equalities mainstream.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Master's Degree level or equivalent experience/qualification.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Degree in relevant discipline.

Desirable

• Clinical/professional qualification (non-midwives).

Experience

Essential

• At least 3 years' experience in an acute NHS healthcare setting.
• Evidence of undertaking senior/lead roles dealing with risk management, quality of care or patient safety issues.
• Experience of undertaking audits/surveys and change management.
• Evidence of leadership skills.
• Experience of working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Practical experience of leading Clinical Audit.

Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of all stages of the governance cycle and quality improvement methodology.
• In-depth specialist knowledge of NHS quality and governance strategy, policy and current issues.
• Knowledge of quality improvement methods and techniques.
• Able to organise and facilitate meetings effectively.

Desirable

• PRINCE 2.
• QSIR Qualifications.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Self-motivated and committed with excellent interpersonal skills, influencing and persuasion skills.
• Organised with good time management skills and able to work to tight deadlines and cope under pressure.
• Able to work with staff at all levels across the Trusts.
• Flexible, self-confident, assertive and pro-active.

Additional Information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.