CAMHS Quality & Governance Lead

We have an exciting and new job role as a Quality and Governance Lead in Wakefield CAMHS! We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Quality and Governance Lead to join our service.

As the Quality and Governance Lead, you would play a crucial role in ensuring high standards of clinical practice, compliance and operational efficiency across our service.

The role would assist the operational managers and stakeholders and support the delivery on achieving clinical excellence and patient safety. You would work as part of a shared leadership team in the service, working alongside the General Manager, Service Manager and Clinical Lead to achieve clinical excellence, patient safety and regulatory assurance.

The role would lead, innovate and manage the development of improved clinical governance, performance and quality improvement both within the care group and where appropriate Trust wide. The Quality and Governance Lead would establish a robust and effective clinical governance framework. You would also work closely with the Trust quality directorate to ensure all elements of safety, effectiveness and service user experience are aligned with the Trusts strategic quality objectives and processes.

For full job description, please see attached supporting documents

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

Main duties of the job

Would develop and implement governance frameworks and policies to uphold clinical excellence and compliance with national and local standards

Conduct regular audits and reviews of clinical practices, documentation and outcomes to identify areas for improvement

Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to promote a culture of continuous improvement and learning within the service

Provide leadership and guidance on risk management, incident reporting and safeguarding procedures

Act as a point of contact for staff, providing advice and training on governance issues.

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We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.