This role is a critical senior professional management and leadership post within the Clinical Governance Directorate. The post holder will need to be an expert in the field of quality and clinical governance.
To role will provide effective leadership, co‑ordination, and management of Group clinical governance functions, providing expert advice and support whilst maintaining a robust assurance seeking role.
The role will be responsible for supporting the Care Directorates with all aspects of quality and clinical governance management providing key support to the Care Directorate Leads and Clinical Governance leads on risk management, governance arrangements, and quality across the Group.
The role will provide support and guidance to clinicians and managers in all aspects of quality and clinical governance and ensure that commitment to managing risk in a coordinated, systematic, transparent, and focused way is achieved.
In conjunction with the Associate Director of Compliance, the role will be responsible for the day‑to‑day oversight and management of the clinical governance framework within the Care Directorates.
The role will consist of line management responsibilities for the Risk and Datix Team and will deputise for the Associate Director of Compliance as required.
Provide expert leadership and guidance to ensure an integrated clinical governance function is delivered, that can evidence high quality, in line with the CQC five key questions that determine quality.
Provide expertise in risk management, holding a suitable risk management qualification.
Ensure that the Group clinical governance framework is robust and that evidence of this is available.
Oversee and refine as necessary reporting and monitoring arrangements which ensure that clinical and quality governance are core to service delivery and professional practice.
Triangulate data and learning from all aspects of the Clinical Governance Directorate and ensure that there is a programme of learning in place across the Group.
Ensure the Group’s electronic system for managing risk, incidents and other clinical governance processes is effective.
Prepare, draft, and submit formal reports on all aspects of clinical governance to internal and external audiences.
Support and ensure active participation in the appointment and induction of Clinical Governance leads across the Group
With the support of the Associate Director of Compliance, be responsible for formulating the annual Quality Accounts across the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group.
Deputise for the Associate Director of Compliance as required.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24‑hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24‑hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jeremy Daws Job title: Associate Director of Compliance and Risk Email address: J.daws1@nhs.net
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