Clinical Governance Facilitator | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Clinical Governance Facilitator for a 12 Month fixed-term position in Scarborough and a permanent position in York. Responsibilities include leading serious incident investigations, driving Clinical Governance activities, and supporting clinical staff on quality issues. The roles offer opportunities for flexible working and access to a range of benefits, including generous holidays and NHS pension schemes.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Learning and development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Discounts from various providers

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the effective delivery of Clinical Governance and risk activities.
• Lead investigations into serious incidents, collating complex information.
• Support complaint investigation officers and produce comprehensive responses.
• Ensure compliance with best clinical practice and external regulations.
• Provide teaching on quality issues, patient safety, and clinical governance.
• Coordinate and facilitate lessons learnt from incidents and reviews.

Job description

We have exciting opportunities to join our governance team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals. We are recruiting for x1 12 Month fixed term/secondment Clinical Governance Facilitator in the Medicine Care Group based in Scarborough. We are also recruiting for x1 Permanent Clinical Governance Facilitator in the Surgery Care Group based in York with the need for cross site travel.

Responsibilities

• To facilitate the effective delivery of Clinical Governance and risk activities across the Care Group.
• Responsible for leading on investigations into serious incidents across the Care Group, collating highly complex information, communicating with staff, patients and relatives, where they may be cultural issues on communication.
• Responsible for supporting complaint investigation officers within the Care Group to investigate complaints across the Care Group and produce timely and comprehensive responses to all formal complaints.
• Responsible for co‑ordinating, facilitating and supporting the Care Group working towards achieving compliance with best clinical practice and external national requirements, for example, Care Quality Commission regulation.
• Responsible for providing teaching, support and advice on quality issues, patient safety, clinical governance and risk management to all clinical staff, allied health professionals, nurses, support workers and medical staff.
• Responsible for co‑ordinating and facilitating systems and processes across the Care Group to ensure the dissemination and implementation of lessons learnt from SI's, Complaints, audit results, internal and external reviews and recommendations.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

Benefits

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers.

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages. A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description. Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.