Job summary
Employer heading
Quality Governance Facilitator
NHS AfC: Band 7
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
_______________________________________________________
Job overview
The Quality Governance Facilitator is a member of the Governance Support Unit who will work collaboratively across disciplines. The post holder will assist the Quality Governance Matron in delivering the clinical governance and public involvement agenda within the Divisions to facilitate improvements in clinical practice and reduce risk.
The post holder will provide divisional support in all areas of risk that include clinical incidents, complaints, learning from deaths and the wider Trust Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement Agenda and will be engaged within the division to support improvements in care and robust governance processes.
The role will incorporate the promotion of a positive learning environment where changes are established and embedded to improve patient safety, experience, and outcomes.
The post holder will work with the Divisional Governance Matron, establishing divisional assurance arrangements to evidence compliance with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and the Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP), CQC registration requirements and ICB quality requirements to ensure continual review, escalation of related risks at point of emergence.
Working closely with the divisional leadership teams, the post holder will foster a culture, which engages clinical and non-clinical staff to deliver excellent and high-quality clinical services.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s degree level or equivalent in risk or governance or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Professional Qualification
- Project Management –Quality Improvement qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Managing patient safety, Clinical Governance, or risk within a large / complex NHS organisation.
- Presenting information to committees and senior management
- Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams
- Staff and team leadership skills
- Achievement of challenging deadlines whilst maintaining quality and professional standards
- Adverse incident reporting including data capture, trend analysis and identification of system/process changes to reduce risk
- Dealing with serious incidents / complaints process changes to reduce risk
- Experience of dealing with service wide policy implementation or change management projects.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a complex changing environment and the ability to prioritise
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of governance and risk management & assurance as implemented within the NHS and the NHS Assurance processes
- Understanding of the quality standards applicable to the NHS (e.g.: CQC / FT / -, commissioner requirements)
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
- Knowledge of legislation and standards relating to health & safety, security, complaints, claims and incidents
- FT Compliance Standards
- Risk Management systems and standards
- Experience and knowledge of current approaches to SI management, evidence and awareness of Safeguarding
- Good understanding of information analysis, techniques and tools and the ability to present concepts clearly
Desirable criteria
- Quality Improvement, infection control, pressure ulcer review, falls, sepsis
- Demonstrate the ability to interpret national and local guidance and develop practical solutions to meet requirements
- Excellent written skills to produce formal, informal and technical documents/material to meet delivery needs
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills and good listening skills
- Enthusiasm, ability to work independently and within a team
- The ability to establish effective working relationships and credibility with senior managers and professionals
- The ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload and meet tight timescales
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty, and integrity
Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication skills both written and oral
- Excellent inter-personal skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Report writing
- Computer literate on Microsoft products e.g. Word, power point.
- Negotiating Skills
Desirable criteria
- Presentational skills using a variety of formats/ equipment
Trust Commitments
Essential criteria
- Awareness of Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles
- Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection Act
Mobility
Essential criteria
- Own transport or suitable alternative
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Barker
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623622515
List jobs with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors