Divisional Quality Governance Facilitator

The Methodist Church in Britain; Swindon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Divisional Quality Governance Facilitator to coordinate patient safety activities, incident investigations and risk management within the division. The role focuses on analysing quality data, building dashboards and reporting to the divisional senior team to drive practice improvements.

The successful candidate will have a degree or equivalent experience, NHS governance exposure, and strong data and report-writing skills to support

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Quality governance experience in the NHS or healthcare setting.
• Ability to write reports and investigations.
• Ability to analyse data from a range of sources.
• Experience with clinical audits.
• Experience with change management in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Support patient safety, quality improvement and governance activity across the division.
• Coordinate and support clinical incident investigations and share the learning.
• Maintain divisional risk registers and support escalation and management of risks.
• Analyse and report on quality indicators including incidents, complaints, audits and performance.
• Develop and maintain quality governance dashboards, reports and data collection systems.
• Advise clinical teams on patient safety, risk management and quality improvement.
• Facilitate governance meetings and support the divisional senior team with reports, action plans and progress monitoring.
• Support compliance with national standards, regulatory requirements and external inspections.
• Build working relationships with clinical, managerial and governance teams to embed a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Skills

NHS governance knowledge

Data analysis

Report writing

Education

Degree level qualification

Tools

Databases

Job description

This Divisional Quality Governance Facilitator post sits in a division at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, part of BSW Hospitals Group. The role coordinates patient safety work, covering incident investigations, risk registers and clinical audit, and turns lessons from incidents and feedback into practice change. Analysing quality data and reporting on it is central, feeding dashboards and governance meetings for the divisional senior team. Applicants need a degree or equivalent experience, NHS quality governance experience and strong data and report-writing skills.

What the job involves

• Support patient safety, quality improvement and governance activity across the division
• Coordinate and support clinical incident investigations and share the learning
• Maintain divisional risk registers and support the escalation and management of risks
• Analyse and report on quality indicators including incidents, complaints, audits and performance
• Develop and maintain quality governance dashboards, reports and data collection systems
• Advise clinical teams on patient safety, risk management and quality improvement
• Facilitate governance meetings and support the divisional senior team with reports, action plans and progress monitoring
• Support compliance with national standards, regulatory requirements and external inspections
• Build working relationships with clinical, managerial and governance teams to embed a culture of safety and continuous improvement

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience

Experience

• Quality governance work in the NHS or healthcare setting
• Working with complaints and clinical or non-clinical incidents
• Writing reports and investigations
• Analysing data from a range of sources
• Clinical audit
• Change management in a healthcare setting

Skills & knowledge

• Broad understanding of NHS governance agendas
• Understanding of the challenges in addressing the quality governance agenda
• Computer literacy and experience with databases

Nice to have

• Governance training
• PSIRF training
• Clinical qualification with current registration with the relevant professional body
• Teaching certificate
• Clinical risk management qualification
• Knowledge of Care Quality Standards
• Experience with risk management systems, exporting data and providing reports
• Understanding of regulatory requirements in relation to quality governance