Deputy Risk and Governance Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; Coalville; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Deputy Risk and Governance Manager within the Patient Safety team, deputising for the Assistant Director of Governance and Compliance. The post leads divisional risk, manages adverse events and coordinates serious incident investigations under PSIRF.

The role requires Masters level education or equivalent experience and extensive risk and governance expertise. You will lead risk strategy, produce reports for meetings, train staff, maintain the risk

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.
• MSc-level study or AQuA Quality Improvement Practitioner accreditation, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the risk and incident management quality strategy in the designated area, including establishing systems and processes.
• Support the Assistant Director in managing all divisional risks, including adverse events and serious incidents.
• Give expert advice on risk and governance to clinical teams, managers and governance groups, and work with them to coordinate the governance model.
• Deputise for the Assistant Director and lead on areas of work delegated by them.
• Produce risk reports for divisional and organisational meetings, groups and sub-committees.
• Put in place structures and processes to assess, analyse, prioritise and control clinical risks.
• Maintain and update the risk register and oversee its implementation and monitoring.
• Coordinate timely responses to the Central Alerting System.
• Oversee and deliver an annual programme of essential risk and governance training for all staff and managers.
• Act as the point of contact and hub for internal serious incident reporting.
• Coordinate oversight of serious incident investigations in line with the PSIRF framework.
• Ensure mitigating actions from incidents are recorded, maintained and implemented so lessons are learned.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Conflict management

Negotiation & influencing

Interpersonal skills

Collaborative working

Education

Masters degree

MSc-level study or AQuA accreditation

Tools

Datix

Radar

Ulysses

Job description

This Deputy Risk and Governance Manager sits in the Patient Safety team of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust's division, deputising for the Assistant Director of Governance and Compliance. The post manages divisional risk and adverse events, delivers risk and incident strategy, leads staff training and policy, and coordinates serious incident investigations under PSIRF. It also acts as expert adviser to clinical teams and governance groups, and is the hub for internal serious incident reporting. Fit turns on Masters-level education or equivalent experience and extensive risk and governance experience.

What the job involves

• Deliver the risk and incident management quality strategy in the designated area, including establishing systems and processes
• Support the Assistant Director in managing all divisional risks, including adverse events and serious incidents
• Give expert advice on risk and governance to clinical teams, managers and governance groups, and work with them to coordinate the governance model
• Deputise for the Assistant Director and lead on areas of work delegated by them
• Produce risk reports for divisional and organisational meetings, groups and sub-committees
• Put in place structures and processes to assess, analyse, prioritise and control clinical risks
• Maintain and update the risk register and oversee its implementation and monitoring
• Coordinate timely responses to the Central Alerting System
• Oversee and deliver an annual programme of essential risk and governance training for all staff and managers
• Act as the point of contact and hub for internal serious incident reporting
• Coordinate oversight of serious incident investigations in line with the PSIRF framework
• Ensure mitigating actions from incidents are recorded, maintained and implemented so lessons are learned

What’s required

Qualifications

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience
• Specialist knowledge through MSc-level study or AQuA Quality Improvement Practitioner accreditation, or equivalent experience

Experience

• Extensive experience in risk and governance
• Involvement in risk management leadership
• At least 3 years' NHS on-the-job experience in risk and incident management with quality improvement or change management assurance
• Producing, collating and reviewing complex incident and risk management intelligence
• Writing strategies, policies, procedures and guidelines
• Writing high-quality comprehensive reports to locality management level

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication, analytical, interpretive and conflict management skills
• Excellent negotiating, influencing and interpersonal skills
• Collaborative working across the wider health and social care economy
• Working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and incident and risk systems such as Datix, Radar or Ulysses
• Knowledge of PSIRF
• Analysing and condensing complex, sensitive information into concise briefings

Other

• Involvement in project management
• Commitment to the Trust's values: continuous improvement, accountability, respect, enthusiasm and support

Nice to have

• Clinical or risk management qualification
• Proven track record of performance improvement
• Track record of leading and facilitating change

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests considered