Clinical Governance Officer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual, who is looking to develop their management career to take on the role of Clinical Governance Officer within the General Surgery Directorate.
The role is to assist the Directorate Management Team, as directed by the Directorate Manager in the efficient and effective management of clinical governance and operational duties to ensure all mandatory requirements are fulfilled, in order to deliver and continue improving high quality patient care within the resources available., To assist with the management of complaints, mortality reviews and Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) within the Directorate in accordance with Trust policy and support with the preparation of draft responses to written complaints.
To plan and organise the audit meetings supporting the Audit Lead for the Directorate.
Medical examiner queries - liaising with relevant departments and core M&M team in responding to all queries. Carrying over to audit where necessary.
Datix's - investigating General Surgery logged Datix's, liaising with teams across the board to resolve.
Attendance at the Directorate and Divisional Governance meetings providing a monthly report of updates on complaints, Datix's Statutory and Mandatory training & PDRs
To support risk management processes
Timely completion of Freedom of Information Requests
To work flexibly to deliver the Directorate agenda and to offer support to other colleagues including cover in times of absence., 1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford., At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.