Band 8a Governance Manager

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Birmingham is looking for a dedicated individual to fill a permanent job-share position in clinical governance. The successful candidate will lead and manage several governance projects, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations while improving patient safety. Key qualifications include a degree-level education, significant experience in clinical governance, and risk management knowledge. This part-time role offers a salary between £55,690 and £62,682 annually, including a commitment to equal opportunities.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in clinical governance.
• Significant experience in clinical governance and risk management.
• Understanding of legislation relating to patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage clinical governance projects.
• Develop and maintain risk assessment and incident reporting systems.
• Manage patient experience and complaint systems.

Skills

Clinical governance knowledge

Risk management

Change management

Education

Degree level qualification

Post-graduate management qualification

Job description

Job summary

This post is a permanent job-share position, working 18.75 hours per week. The post-holder will work as a member of the Divisional Management team to lead and manage the extensive clinical governance programme across Dental Services, which includes a wide range of projects relating to risk management, health & safety, and meeting the regulatory requirements of external standards and inspection such as those undertaken by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

About us

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from people irrespective of age, gender, race and disability. The Trust is also committed to providing dignity in care for all our patients and service users across the Trust.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will lead, plan, support, facilitate and monitor the progress of governance projects including incident management, audit as part of quality improvement, complaint handling, projects to improve patient safety and experience, local risk management, learning lessons and clinical effectiveness. The holder is responsible for the design, development and delivery of associated in-house training linked to these projects. The post-holder will lead on developing and maintaining the Dental Services risk assessment, risk register and incident reporting systems. The holder will manage the Dental Services patient experience and complaint systems in line with NHS and Trust legislation, policies and procedures.

Remuneration and contract

Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum. Contract: Permanent. Working pattern: Job share.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience working at a senior level in clinical governance within the NHS
• Post‑graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development in specialist areas

Qualifications & Training Desirable

• Possess a relevant Clinical Qualification or experience within a clinical field

Experience Essential

• Significant experience and achievement in clinical governance and risk management
• Significant experience in managing change and service improvement including an awareness of audit principles and their application in the workplace

Experience Desirable

• Relevant experience of delivering training
• Relevant experience of line management processes to include workforce and employee relation matters

Knowledge & Skills Requirements Essential

• Extensive understanding and knowledge of current legislation relating to patient safety, clinical governance and risk management and the ability to translate these into operational systems
• Excellent understanding of national health policy and priorities in relation to patient safety and service needs

Personal Qualities Essential

• Positive, energetic, enthusiastic and able to set an excellent example in leading people/teams
• Self‑motivated
• Strong participative and supportive management style

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants over 18 years old are also subject to this requirement.

Employer details

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Birmingham Dental Hospital

5 Mill Pool Way

Birmingham

B5 7EG