Governance Co-ordinator Lead for Medicine Directorate

Job overview

Governance Co-ordinator Lead for Medicine Directorate

37.5 hours per week

Secondment for 12 months or 12 months fixed term for non-Trust employees

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

Closing Date: 28th April 2025

Interview Date: 7th May 2025

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

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• Working with the Head of Patient Safety & Risk Management the post holder will manage the systems and processes to deliver the quality governance agenda.
• Sitting within the Quality Governance Directorate the post-holder will ensure there are robust and effective procedures in place to drive patient safety and risk management forward.
• The Governance Co-ordinator will promote a culture of learning and openness and support the embedding of lessons learned in practice, for the improvement of patient safety and care.
• Previous experience of reviewing or participating in patient safety incidents is essential.
• Clinical experience and an active professional registration is desirable.
• This role works majority of the time on-site at the hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a robust directorate and clinical governance framework.  This includes the review and appropriate allocation of incidents to ensure robust reviews take place and appropriate learning is shared.
• Work with the core Governance Team and Patient Safety Incident  investigators to facilitate the delivery of an effective Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) pathway for the Directorate.
• Supporting the Directorate Management Team and core Governance Team in the implementation of the Directorate quality governance programme.
• Lead role in the ongoing development and delivery of the directorate’s patient experience and engagement plans and activities
• Contribute to meeting CQC regulation standards and supports staff in the preparation for Directorate inspections.
• Works with service leads to ensure that robust action plans are developed and implemented following the outcome of an external & internal visits, i.e. CQC inspection.
• The post holder will have a passion for improvement and an eye for detail.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work with the Directorate Management Team to maintain an effective directorate risk register in designated service group(s).
• Plan and monitor implementation of the Directorate and service line clinical audit programme to support quality and patient safety improvement and robust governance, ensuring the results are discussed at the relevant service line/directorate quality groups and committees, with appropriate action taken as necessary.
• Actively seek out best practice and innovation from within the NHS and elsewhere, participating in benchmarking and or research around the topic of governance and risk reduction as appropriate.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships and effective team working with Clinical Leads and managers to ensure increased understanding/compliance with all governance standards and the management of risk.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.