Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
Due to a vacancy in our women and children divisional quality governance team we are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic colleague who is as committed to improving safety and learning as we are.
You will join a service that works directly with other divisional teams to ensure effectively delivery of our systems and processes in relation to safety and quality improvement.
Working with the divisional quality governance business partner and the risk and safety leads for the division, you will be responsible for delivery of the administrative elements of the quality governance portfolio for your division. This will include the focus on learning and improvement, therefore there are close links between this role and our Quality and Clinical Audit Teams.
We are committed to supporting personal development and you will receive regular one to one appraisal and be encouraged to identify and achieve personal development goals.
If we receive sufficient applications then this vacancy will close earlier than advertised.
Main duties of the job
1. Working as part of the Clinical Governance Team and will be required to share, support and contribute to an integrated approach to clinical governance.
2. The aim of this role is to work with the Governance, Risk & Safety Leads, Heads of Nursing, Matrons, Operations Managers and the wider Clinical Risk and Governance Teams, to support the delivery of the governance, compliance, clinical effectiveness and quality agendas for the Divisional area.
3. Providing administrative support for all the divisional clinical governance processes, including assisting with the identification and capturing of themes, trends and lessons for wider sharing.
4. Responsible for the administration of compliance and assurance processes and maintain an overview of agreed actions to provide assurance that these have been completed.
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