Head of Clinical Governance

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work with staff across the Trust to enable change, improvement and engagement in clinical governance. The post holder will use highly developed persuasive and organisational skills to lead and embed the Trust's clinical governance programme.

To be an active and vocal leader; the post holder will use highly developed clinical governance knowledge and skills to provide expert advice, recommendations and guidance to senior teams, committees, sub-groups and other forums.

Person specification

experience

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• At least 5 years recent senior management experience within the NHS
• Evidence of analysing complex data sources and communicating results
• Evidence of designing and delivering teaching / training courses

Desirable criteria

• Experience using and developing electronic incident reporting systems (example DatixWeb)
• Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Project Management Qualification or equivalent experience

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 952.2KB)
• FRF (PDF, 528.6KB)
• Guidance for applicants (PDF, 85.4KB)
• Policy Statement (PDF, 144.5KB)
• Staff Benefits and Wellbeing (PDF, 196.5KB)
• Recruitment Pack (PDF, 2.8MB)