Clinical Governance Manager
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
Are you looking to work in an award winning, well-supported, friendly, dynamic, culturally astute, inclusive environment that puts women/birthing people at the centre of a high standard of care?
Our latest CQC report has been published, maintaining our good rating since 2017 and awarding us as outstanding for leadership.
We are looking for an experienced Midwife to lead our patient safety team at UHL and the governance agenda for the Maternity service. This will require experience managing and learning from clinical incidents, including report writing, and correlating findings with clinical guidelines, claims, audit and education and training.
Linking in to the 'Better Births' Agenda, this post will provide a unique opportunity for personal, professional and service development. You will lead the team and work with national bodies (MBRRACE, NHS Resolutions, HSIB, PMRT) to develop increased opportunities for learning.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife passionate about patient safety, and proactive about working with families to bring improved outcomes for mums and babies.
To fulfil this varied role, you will need a flexible approach, an ability to 'think outside the box' and a willingness to not only embrace but lead on system wide changes in practice.
This is a full time role that will require some weekend and out of hours working.
Main duties of the job
As an integral senior professional management and leadership post within the Division and an expert in the field of quality and clinical governance, you will be responsible for supporting the Divisional Management Team with all aspects of quality and clinical governance management and will provide key support to the Divisional Directors of Nursing/Midwifery/Professions on the divisional risk management, governance arrangements, patient safety and quality improvement across the Division.
You will provide support and guidance to clinicians and managers in all aspects of quality and clinical governance and ensure that the divisional commitment to managing risk in a coordinated, systematic, transparent and focused way is achieved.
You will be responsible for the day to day management of the divisional governance framework within the Divisions and Directorates and will be responsible for the co-ordination and facilitation of the administration of the Divisional Governance Meetings.
The Divisional Governance Lead will also be responsible and accountable for ensuring safety of services and delivery of high standards of patient care.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
An integral senior professional management and leadership post within the Division and an expert in the field of quality and clinical governance. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Divisional Management Team with all aspects of quality and clinical governance management and will provide key support to the Divisional Directors of Nursing/Midwifery/Professions on the divisional risk management, governance arrangements, patient safety and quality improvement across the Division.
The post holder will provide support and guidance to clinicians and managers in all aspects of quality and clinical governance and ensure that the divisional commitment to managing risk in a coordinated, systematic, transparent and focused way is achieved.
The post holder will be responsible for the day to day management of the divisional governance framework within their Divisions and Directorates and will be responsible for the co-ordination and facilitation of the administration of the Divisional Governance Meetings.
The Divisional Governance Lead will also be responsible and accountable for ensuring safety of services and delivery of high standards of patient care.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Degree in relevant discipline
- Educated to Master's Degree level or equivalent experience/qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Midwives - Current registration to practice
Desirable criteria
- Clinical/professional qualification (non-midwives)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in an acute NHS healthcare setting
- Evidence of undertaking senior/lead roles dealing with risk management, quality of care or patient safety issues
- Experience of undertaking audits/surveys and change management
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Experience of working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Practical experience of leading Clinical Audit
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of all stages of the governance cycle .In depth specialist knowledge of NHS clinical governance strategy, policy and current issues
- Knowledge of quality improvement methods and techniques
- Excellent written, IT and verbal communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills & attention to detail
- Able to organise and facilitate meetings effectively
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Clinical Governance Manager (PDF, 180.2KB)
- Clinical Governance Manager (PDF, 180.2KB)
- Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)