Governance Lead (Family Health Division - Maternity Services)

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Governance Lead (Family Health Division - Maternity Services)

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Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 5 Dec | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 38e3318aa5a1406db1c9c73fdf8e2eab

Full Job Description

In collaboration with the Head of Governance for the Clinical Divisions, site Senior Leaders and the Patient Safety Learning Response Leads, the post holder will provide visible senior leadership and direction to ensure that there are effective governance mechanisms in place within the family health division (post holder's may oversee more than one division due to business need). This includes the implementation of key Trust processes, systems and training as enabling tools for staff to ensure safe and effective care for patients.
The post-holder will support the division and Head of Governance for the clinical divisions to comply with statutory, regulatory, contractual and best practice requirements in relation to governance and quality. They will ensure the division has effective assurance monitoring processes in place and that it delivers point of care to Board integrated reporting and risk escalation., The Governance Lead will facilitate the following functions:
Implementation of the Risk Management Strategy and Risk Management Policy within their division
Compliance with assurance and escalation processes within their division.
Compliance with regulatory/reporting requirements within their division e.g., Medical Devices, CAS, CQC, MNSI, HFEA, PMRT and CNST.
Oversight of all patient safety incidents within their division, and identification of appropriate responses and actions
Analysis of divisional incident trends and delivery of associated learning.
Management of key divisional cases from the ombudsman or coroner.
Aggregate analysis of divisional learning from claims, complaints, concerns, coroner cases, incidents and patient safety incident investigations.
Supporting the delivery of the divisional clinical audit and quality improvement plans.
Delivery of the divisional effectiveness agenda including outcome data
Lead on external partnerships on all matters in relation to the Quality Governance Portfolio, I.e. Liverpool Neonatal Partnership (LNP), Oversight of the incident reporting system, approving incident reports and initiating/undertaking investigations as and when required and to the level required by the severity of the incident.
Responsible for the management and inquiry of divisional risk and the associated quality assurance systems and policies, regulatory requirements and quality governance arrangements.
Oversight of key performance indicators that facilitate analysis of divisional quality performance.
Provide support to the division's governance structures overseeing the delivery of the clinical governance work programme, implementing governance and quality objectives at divisional level.
Analyse risk for areas of responsibility ensuring strong controls and robust assurance.
Lead the divisional response to patient safety alerts.
Membership of the divisional senior leadership team responsible for the delivery of the division's safety and quality governance portfolios.
Ensure consistent governance is embedded across the division.
Attend the Divisional Board and Governance meetings.
Develop real-time divisional governance data and information, produced in a way that enables the division to make improvements.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust has a responsibility and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Every employee of the Trust has a responsibility and is duty bound always to act in the best interest of a child or adult about whom we may have concerns.
Trust policy requires the cost of DBS applications be recovered via salary. The amount of £21.50(standard) or £41.50(enhanced) can be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement in post. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.40 (standard) and £54.40 (Enhanced).
The Trust is committed to creating a well-managed,flexible working environment that supports staff & promotes welfare & development. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity;we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.We operate Zero Tolerance to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.We will make reasonable adjustments to ensure our recruitment & selection process is accessible to all.Flexible Working applications will be considered.
If you are disabled and have special support needs in applying for a job, attending for an interview or in undertaking any tests as part of a selection process, please contact the Trust's recruitment team on and someone from that team will ensure that the recruiting manager is aware of your particular needs.
Please Note: new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first paypoint of the relevant band.
LWH has a responsibility & is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of children, young people & vulnerable adults & for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Every employee of the Trust has a responsibility & is duty bound always to act in the best interest of a child or adult about whom we may have concerns.
Liverpool Women's Hospital is committed to having a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. To this end, we particularly welcome applicants from racially minoritised backgrounds, who have a disability, or are members of the Armed Forces, Reservists or Veterans.

Band 8a
Liverpool Women's NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
At Liverpool Women's Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.
We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
Liverpool Women's has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.
We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work: https://vimeo.com/556197652
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role., Working for our organisation
Liverpool Women's NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
At Liverpool Women's Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.
We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
For roles at Liverpool University Hospitals, visit their careers page.
UKVI guidelines prohibits sponsorship for all Band 2 posts. Guidelines state that many non-clinical posts are not eligible for sponsorship. Please use UKVI guidance on Skilled Worker Visas to determine your eligibility for sponsorship if you were to gain a conditional offer for this role.
https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job

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