Clinical Risk Lead

Job summary

Main duties of the job

To lead on the implementation and delivery of a range of clinical governance activities with a particular focus on risk, incidents and investigations. Supporting the Trust to meet the regulatory requirements of external standards and inspections.

To be a specialist resource within the Trust, using knowledge and experience of clinical governance, with a particular focus on risk and incident management.

The post holder will be responsible for the leadership and operational management of the risk management team

The post holder will provide strategic and management leadership for the roll out and continued development of the Trust's Integrated Risk Management System (DATIX).

The post holder will be the Trust lead for serious incident management. The post holder will be responsible for managing, reporting, liaising, coordinating investigations and responses of all serious incidents, which often involves liaising with and reporting to Trust Executives, Senior Clinical and Non-Clinical Management and external organisations, including NHS England.

Ensure compliance to the Duty of Candour, including responsibility for communicating with patients requiring notification.

The post holder is responsible for developing systems and managing processes for sharing and implementing processes to ensure organisational learning.

Job responsibilities

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.