Perinatal Clinical Governance Lead (Neonates / Maternity)

A fantastic and unique opportunity has arisen to grow your career within the Neonatal Senior Governance Team.

We are looking for a highly motivated, hard-working, innovative and dynamic leader to further develop our Neonatal and Maternity governance team. You do not need to be an expert in the field to apply but must have the drive and aspiration for governance and patient safety.

We are looking for applicants who would enjoy the autonomy of leading and developing a governance team and embrace cross divisional working. To improve standards of care for babies and mothers.

We would advice any applicant to have an informal visit to the Neonatal Unit.

Main duties of the job

o Work with the Head of Midwifery and the Obstetric and Neonatal Leads for Governance to strategically develop the full governance agenda and ensure the understanding of the team to deliver this.

o Develop Risk Management initiatives and strategies by ensuring that all clinical incidents are reported by the appropriate staff in a timely manner and that lessons are learnt.

o To be responsible for all aspects of the clinical governance and risk portfolio (this includes the management and investigation of incidents, management of risk specific registers, quality improvement, clinical effectiveness, audit, patient experience and NHS Resolution.

o Support the Neonatal and Midwifery teams in the investigation of complaints as appropriate.

o Assist with the Directorate Plan to fulfil our obligation in relation to CQC standards and the effective delivery of Patient Care Improvement Plans, thereby supporting an improvement in the organisational CQC rating by identifying and managing associated risks and issues as they arise.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.