Associate Head of Governance and Risk
HCA HEALTHCARE UK, Maitland Park, Camden
Associate Head of Governance and Risk
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HCA HEALTHCARE UK, Maitland Park, Camden
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 8 Nov | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
- Deputise for the Head of Governance as required.
- Provide direction for the facility to ensure a patient focused quality governance agenda is defined and reported via reports and presentations to the Senior Management Team.
- Responsible for ensuring that quality and risk management is embedded throughout the laboratory by providing support, advice and guidance on all aspects of quality governance.
- To support the Head of Governance to ensure management of all complaints is effective and transparent in line with legislation is open, transparent, and responsive and meets the duty of candour and that learning from complaints is disseminated across all areas.
- To maintain robust relationships with key stakeholders, developing a system of quality assurance and monitoring.
- To support the Head of Governance in providing strategic leadership and direction to the governance team.
- Ensure appropriate resources and expertise is available to deliver professional and reliable Health and Safety advice at the operational level.
- To lead on root cause analysis for serious incidents. Develop and ensure effective mechanisms are in place for learning from serious incidents to encourage a patient focused learning culture.
- Ensuring that the Senior Leadership Team is advised in a timely manner of high-risk incidents, or matters that might have a substantial impact on patient safety, staff safety or reputation of the HCA Healthcare UK.
- To ensure that risk registers are kept up to date and effectively used to drive the implementation of the HCA Laboratories Division and Healthcare UK strategy, and supports the Corporate Governance Framework.
- The role holder will advocate and sponsor risk control and prevention strategies that integrate risk management practices into everyday management.
- To lead on the implementation, ongoing assessment and development of the CQC standards, working closely with the Head of Governance, laboratory teams and senior managers to ensure broad based understanding and ownership.
- To deliver training and/or facilitation to others as part of this process, and set up performance monitoring and assurance processes to track progress and achievement.
- To liaise closely with key stakeholders to ensure all internal and external compliance schemes are embedded and monitored within HCA Laboratories.
- Review, summarize and advise about national guidance and legislation and work closely with the Head of Governance to develop governance assurance frameworks; information and guidance in order to support service development and delivery.
- Support and facilitate the implementation of the HCA Healthcare UK Business Continuity and Health, Safety & Wellbeing policies and any other corporate policies that maybe applicable to the Laboratory Division At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.
- Extensive experience as a Laboratory Quality Manager
- Experience in risk management and Laboratory health and safety
- Understanding ISO15189, ISO15190 and ISO22367
- Qualification in Laboratory Quality Management
- HCPC registration desirable
HCA Laboratories are currently recruiting for an Associate Head of Governance and Risk to join their growing team. HCA Laboratories has over 35 years' experience in providing pathology services, for acute care in our HCA Hospitals, IVF Clinics, Insurance work, healthcare screening and GP services. We cover all disciplines in pathology including allergy, biochemistry and endocrinology, haematology and blood transfusion, histopathology and cytology, immunology, and microbiology and serology, with each laboratory equipped with the best available analytical instrumentation., Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world's leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we're one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.