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Job Overview
The division of Anaesthesia, surgery, critical care and renal is fuelled by a passion for what we do; with breadth and depth of expertise, working towards the same goal and putting the patient at the start and heart of our care.
As a Clinical Governance Lead for the division you will use your healthcare knowledge, skills and experience to promote, oversee and be influential in ensuring the consistency of high standards regarding the investigation and management of incidents and the identification and articulation of risks.
With your experience of dealing with patient safety, quality improvement and governance you will be responsible for supporting and leading complex patient safety incident investigations to include duty candour, drafting reports and the collation of statements and service level data.
Main duties of the job
- Provide high quality leadership, role modelling and develop skills to act as an expert resource to clinical and operational teams in relation to all aspects of divisional clinical quality and governance.
- Support the chair of the monthly Clinical Governance meetings with accountability for high quality agenda papers and meeting outputs.
- Support/ lead complex Patient Safety Incident Investigations.
- Provide cross cover and support as needed for other members of the team as necessary.
- Undertake other such duties commensurate with the seniority and experience of the post.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
See attached job description and person specification for detailed explanation of roles and responsibilities
Person specification
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of using healthcare databases, healthcare systems and procedures
- Understanding of the principles and practice of the legal framework relevant to risk management, investigation and mitigation in the context of governance in the NHS
- Proven presentation skills
- Understanding of processes of standard setting, assessment and assurance within the NHS
- Knowledge of all aspects of clinical governance
- Knowledge of modern thinking on patient safety
- Basic understanding of the principles and practice of the legal framework relevant to risk management, investigation and mitigation in the context of governance in the NHS
- Understanding of use of comparative information to stimulate clinical quality improvement
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Graduate level of education and/or relevant professional qualification
- Investigation and Risk Management training or relevant level of experience
Desirable criteria
- Master level qualification (or working towards same)
- Leadership qualification (ILM or equivalent)
- Clinical Qualification (RN/AHP/Medical)
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The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
