Job overview
We are recruiting a Clinical Governance Lead to provide expert advice and support to Borough and Clinical Directors, Service Managers and Heads of Service, on patient safety, clinical effectiveness and quality of care delivered; with a particular emphasis on ensuring incidents and patient feedback are reported, reviewed and learning shared in accordance with best practice.
Main duties of the job
To support a dynamic portfolio of clinical governance, patient safety and patient feedback services to deliver the West London NHS Trust Quality and Patient Safety Strategy, and adhere to related policies and statutory expectations.
As well as working in a corporate and integrated way within the larger Clinical Governance Team, the post holder will be responsible for providing expert patient safety and patient experience support to Hammersmith and Fulham Borough mental health services.
The post holder will also be expected to work across borough and services lines, and take the lead on key Trust-wide clinical governance projects, as reasonable circumstances dictate, and as directed by their line manager.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience relating to clinical governance and patient safety
- Experience of reviewing and leading Serious Incident review panels and Complaint investigations
Desirable
- Experience of implementing change in clinical practice
- Sound understanding of the health and social care landscape, and the place of external partners in this landscape
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to produce high quality concise reports and narratives, often within a tight timescale.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from a wide variety of disciplines.
- Proven understanding of statutory and mandatory responsibilities regarding clinical governance, risk and complaints management.
Desirable
- Knowledge of quality improvement and assurance principles and processes relevant to healthcare settings.
- Proven ability to collate information from various sources and to summarise such information concisely
- Proven ability to deliver training requirements coherently and accurately.
- Proven computer literacy skills in database use such as incident reporting, excel.
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Significant professional knowledge and experience of clinical governance processes.
- Evidence of on-going professional development
Desirable
- Clinical qualification.
- Formal Qualification in related field
- Human Factors training
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