Clinical Governance Lead

West London NHS Trust; Southall; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK seeks a Clinical Governance Advisor to provide expert support on patient safety and quality of care. This role involves collaborating with clinical teams, leading governance projects, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. The ideal candidate will drive improvements in patient safety and clinical effectiveness across multiple service lines.

Qualifications

• Expert advice on patient safety and clinical effectiveness.
• Support for clinical governance and patient feedback services.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary support for clinical governance issues.
• Promote safe clinical practices and facilitate best practices sharing.
• Analyze clinical governance data for reports.

Skills

Clinical Governance

Patient Safety

Quality of Care

Job description

The postholder will provide expert advice and support to Borough and Clinical Directors, Service Managers, and Heads of Service on patient safety, clinical effectiveness, and quality of care. The focus will be on ensuring incidents and patient feedback are reported, reviewed, and shared for learning in line with best practices.

The role involves supporting a dynamic portfolio of clinical governance, patient safety, and patient feedback services to implement the West London NHS Trust Quality and Patient Safety Strategy and comply with relevant policies and statutory requirements.

Working collaboratively within the Clinical Governance Team, the postholder will deliver expert patient safety and experience support specifically to Hounslow Borough mental health services. Additionally, the role requires working across boroughs and service lines, leading key Trust-wide clinical governance projects as directed by their line manager.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Act as the primary support point for all clinical governance issues related to their service line(s).
2. Promote safe and effective clinical practice through close collaboration with clinical teams and facilitate the sharing of best practices.
3. Support clinical service lines with timely incident and complaint reporting and investigations, following Trust policies.
4. Participate as an expert panel member in incident reviews or complaint investigations as required.
5. Assist borough/clinical service lines with PSII reviews and investigations within agreed timeframes, escalating delays appropriately.
6. Work with service lines to ensure learning from PSII reviews is shared and implemented.
7. Facilitate After Action Reviews, ensuring completion within set timeframes and escalating as needed.
8. Analyze clinical governance data to produce reports demonstrating learning outcomes and risk reduction.

(For further details, please refer to the full job description.)

West London NHS Trust is one of the UK's most diverse healthcare providers, offering a range of mental health, physical healthcare, and community services. The Trust operates Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals nationally, and provides care across multiple London boroughs. Employing approximately 4,500 staff, with over half from BME backgrounds, and a turnover of £426 million for 2023-24, the Trust is rated 'Good' by the CQC, with forensic services rated 'Outstanding'.

The Trust actively participates in the development of the North West London Integrated Care System and leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

For further information or informal visits, please contact: Gordon Turner, Associate Director of Clinical Governance, at [e-mail].