Clinical Governance Coordinator

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts through external providers

Job summary

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Governance Co-ordinator to support the Divisional Senior Leadership Team and lead governance activities across the Division. The role focuses on providing assurance to the Trust Board and regulators while engaging staff in governance and patient experience initiatives.

The post holder will manage meeting documentation, action tracking, and communications with diverse stakeholders within a multi-speciality

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare governance or patient safety processes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Record and circulate meeting agendas and minutes; track actions to closure.
• Support embedding governance processes across the division and engage staff.
• Act as a Datix champion to support incident and complaint learning and reporting.

Job description

An excellent opportunity has arisen to work in the Division of Clinical Speciality Services as a Clinical Governance Co-ordinator. Supporting the Divisional Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Divisional Clinical Governance Lead and the Divisional Quality Assurance and Compliance Lead in relation to clinical governance and patient experience.

We are looking for an excellent communicator who is a forward thinking, positive and highly motivated individual who wishes to develop their skills supporting the Division to embed effective clinical governance processes across the whole Division. With a focus on being able to provide assurance to the Trust Board and National regulators as well as engaging staff at all levels in Clinical Governance.

You will be responsible and accountable for ensuring the Divisional and Speciality Clinical Governance and Senior Nursing teams are supported in the clinical governance processes, including accurate recording of meetings, timely development and circulation of agendas and supporting documents and following up of actions to provide closure and learning following incidents and complaints.

The coordinator will work closely with clinicians across a range of specialities supporting embedding of effective clinical governance processes, development and delivery of keys messages / learning to Divisional staff and act as a champion user of Datix to support the clinical governance agenda. Working within a multi speciality Division the post holder will be line managed by the Divisional Quality Assurance and Compliance Lead and be accountable to the Divisional Clinical Governance Lead and Divisional Nurse. The post holder will be required to communicate with a diverse range of people across the Divisions, corporate services and external health care providers.

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers