Associate Director of Clinical Governance

Job overview

We are looking for an exceptional and dynamic leader to join the Royal Surrey Foundation Trust as our Associate Director of Clinical Governance. This critical role will support the development and delivery of our clinical governance strategy, ensuring the highest standards of patient safety, risk management and continuous quality improvement across all of our services.

Working closely with the executive team and senior leadership teams, you will lead on clinical governance frameworks, regulatory compliance and patient safety to empower our staff to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care.

We are looking for someone with significant experience in clinical governance at a senior level, excellent interpersonal skills and a clear vison for driving improvement.

Main duties of the job

This post will report directly to the Chief Nurse for Quality and the Medical Director for Safety. The successful candidate will be integral to the successful leadership of the clinical governance, safety and legal services teams and will be responsible for a number of key deliverables including:

• To proactively lead on the Clinical Governance agenda acting as a local source of expertise for risk management, national standards, and clinical governance concerns
• Provide expert leadership to oversee risk management from Board to ward
• Implementation of the National Patient Safety Strategy
• Lead and deliver the national and local audit priorities process
• Be responsible for the production of the annual Quality Account and associated quality priorities
• Support the Executive Directors with legal, regulatory and statutory obligations.
• Lead on and participate in Quality Improvement projects

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role is in the Quality Directorate liaising and working closely with operational teams to maintain and develop systems to improve patient safety and quality in line with the  National Patient Safety Strategy.  The purpose is to improve clinical governance across the whole Trust and assist the divisional teams in achieving the required standards for internal and external performance and requlatory requirements and assurance.

The post holder will support the Executive Directors with legal, regulatory and statutory obligations. To provide appropriate advice to ensure clinical governance structures and committees are robust to meet all national and regulatory standards.