Band 7 - Governance Manager, Gynaecology

NHS Jobs; Watford; Presencial; GBP 42.000 - 56.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

NHS Jobs in Watford is seeking a Governance Manager for Gynaecology to drive patient safety, risk management and quality improvement across the Division. You will coordinate incident management, complaints handling, risk registers and governance reporting.

The role supports PSIRF implementation, leads investigations and learning reviews, monitors action plans and provides expert advice to clinical teams. Flexible hours and stakeholder engagement are key.

Formación

• Experience in healthcare governance and patient safety.
• Familiarity with incident management and risk registers.
• Ability to lead investigations and learning reviews.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate incident management, complaints, risk registers and audits.
• Oversee governance reporting and regulatory compliance activities.
• Support PSIRF implementation and associated learning reviews.
• Monitor governance action plans and provide expert advice to teams.
• Identify themes from governance data to drive improvement.

Conocimientos

Governance

Patient safety

Risk management

Quality improvement

Incident management

Complaints handling

Clinical audits

Regulatory compliance

PSIRF

Investigations

Learning reviews

Governance data analysis

Descripción del empleo

Band 7 - Governance Manager, Gynaecology

The Governance Manager will support the delivery of effective governance, patient safety, risk management and quality improvement across the Division. Key responsibilities include coordinating incident management, complaints, risk registers, clinical audit programmes, governance reporting and regulatory compliance activities. The postholder will support the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), lead assigned investigations and learning reviews, monitor governance action plans, and provide expert advice to clinical and operational teams. Working closely with Divisional leaders, Medical Quality Leads, Matrons, Service Managers and the wider Governance Team, the postholder will identify themes and trends from governance data to drive continuous improvement and assurance. Core hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexibility required to meet service needs and attend occasional meetings outside standard working hours.