Associate Head of Governance & Risk

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27th January, 2025

Associate Head of Governance and Risk, London, Up to £50k
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We are seeking an experienced Laboratory Quality and Risk Manager who is interested in progressing their career, by supporting the Head of Governance and Risk for an established Healthcare organisation, based at in their London office.
Responsibilities of the Associate head of Governance & Risk:

• Deputise for the Head of Governance as required.
• Provide direction for the facility to ensure a patient focused quality governance agenda is defined and reported via reports and presentations to the Senior Management Team.
• Responsible for ensuring that quality and risk management is embedded throughout the laboratory by providing support, advice and guidance on all aspects of quality governance.
• To support the Head of Governance to ensure management of all complaints is effective and transparent in line with legislation.
• To maintain robust relationships with key stakeholders, developing a system of quality assurance and monitoring.
• To support the Head of Governance in providing strategic leadership and direction to the governance team.
• Ensure appropriate resources and expertise is available to deliver professional and reliable Health and Safety advice at the operational level.
• To lead on root cause analysis for serious incidents. Develop and ensure effective mechanisms are in place for learning from serious incidents to encourage a patient focused learning culture.
• Ensuring that the Senior Leadership Team is advised in a timely manner of high-risk incidents.
• To ensure that risk registers are kept up to date.
• To lead on the implementation, ongoing assessment and development of the CQC standards, working closely with the Head of Governance, laboratory teams and senior managers to ensure broad based understanding and ownership.
• To deliver training and/or facilitation to others as part of this process, and set up performance monitoring.
• Review, summarize and advise about national guidance and legislation.
• Support and facilitate the implementation of the UK Business Continuity and Health, Safety & Wellbeing policies and any other corporate policies that maybe applicable to the Laboratory Division

Skills & Requirements for the Associate head of Governance & Risk:

• Extensive experience as a Laboratory Quality Manager
• Experience in risk management and Laboratory health and safety
• Understanding ISO15189, ISO15190 and ISO22367
• Qualification in Laboratory Quality Management
• HCPC registration desirable

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If you are passionate about risk management and possess the necessary skills, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity as a Risk Associate.