We are recruiting for a Clinical Governance and Risk Management Lead Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consist.....
We are recruiting for a Clinical Governance and Risk Management Lead Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will assist the Divisional Nursing and Quality Director in the development of the divisional quality governance agenda to help the services achieve consistency of practice, high standards of care and innovation with a strong patient safety focus.
Leading the service in clinical governance and risk management alongside the team, the post holder will ensure quality assurance, achieving safety and clinical governance objectives within the Unplanned care Division.
You will provide the key link between Unplanned Care Division and the Corporate Governance team.
Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
As a Clinical Governance and Risk Management Lead Nurse you will embed strategies and frameworks to underpin the principles of clinical governance.
To act as the divisional lead for the development, co-ordination, and implementation of effective Quality Governance framework within the Unplanned Care Division to ensure an integrated approach to patient safety and embedding a safety culture and early escalation of risks and issues. This will include quality and safety, risk management and service user experience and will ensure robust processes are in place to meet the service’s requirements for providing excellence in the delivery of care.
Lead the service to coordinate clinical governance activities and clinical risk and provide leadership, guidance, and expertise within the multi-professional team for clinical governance and risk.
The successful candidate will lead the team in coordinating investigations clinical incidents, Serious Incidents and Adverse Incidents that Require Lead the team in undertaking and writing investigation reports and action plans, including undertaking root cause analysis.
Regularly update the Service’s Risk Management Strategy and update Clinical Governance Policies and Guidelines in conjunction with the Guidelines These policies need to be in line with national and local recommendations.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 21 Mar 2024
