Clinical Governance Manager

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust

Clinical Governance Manager

£60504

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 27 Sep | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 113eec6f86f94a4fb20620c753e3a04c

Full Job Description

Are you looking to work in an award winning, well-supported, friendly, dynamic, culturally astute, inclusive environment that puts women/birthing people at the centre of a high standard of care?, As an integral senior professional management and leadership post within the Division and an expert in the field of quality and clinical governance, you will be responsible for supporting the Divisional Management Team with all aspects of quality and clinical governance management and will provide key support to the Divisional Directors of Nursing/Midwifery/Professions on the divisional risk management, governance arrangements, patient safety and quality improvement across the Division.

You will provide support and guidance to clinicians and managers in all aspects of quality and clinical governance and ensure that the divisional commitment to managing risk in a coordinated, systematic, transparent and focused way is achieved.

You will be responsible for the day to day management of the divisional governance framework within the Divisions and Directorates and will be responsible for the co-ordination and facilitation of the administration of the Divisional Governance Meetings.

The Divisional Governance Lead will also be responsible and accountable for ensuring safety of services and delivery of high standards of patient care., 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife passionate about patient safety, and proactive about working with families to bring improved outcomes for mums and babies.

To fulfil this varied role, you will need a flexible approach, an ability to 'think outside the box' and a willingness to not only embrace but lead on system wide changes in practice.

This is a full time role that will require some weekend and out of hours working.

Our latest CQC report has been published, maintaining our good rating since 2017 and awarding us as outstanding for leadership.

We are looking for an experienced Midwife to lead our patient safety team at UHL and the governance agenda for the Maternity service. This will require experience managing and learning from clinical incidents, including report writing, and correlating findings with clinical guidelines, claims, audit and education and training.

Linking in to the 'Better Births' Agenda, this post will provide a unique opportunity for personal, professional and service development. You will lead the team and work with national bodies (MBRRACE, NHS Resolutions, HSIB, PMRT) to develop increased opportunities for learning., Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations