Governance and Quality Manager

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking a skilled governance manager to lead clinical governance initiatives. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with quality standards, manage risks, and facilitate a patient-centered approach. This role calls for strong leadership skills and extensive experience within healthcare governance. Competitive salary is offered, along with flexible working options and generous leave entitlements.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Local financial advice through Stockport Credit Union

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of working practices in an Acute Trust.
• A sound knowledge of the principles of quality management.
• Demonstrable success in working for a complex organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Divisional Governance Team.
• Provide advice on quality, governance, and risk management.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and professional standards.

Skills

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Ability to influence

Education

Management / leadership qualification

Registered healthcare professional

Computer-based qualification/project

Job description

The post holder will lead and develop a system of clinical governance management as part of an integrated organisational governance framework and promote a patient-centred, learning and safety culture across all services provided by the Division of Clinical Support Services.

The post-holder will support the management of risk at all levels across the Division and be a key member of the Divisional Quality Group.

The post-holder will provide specialist advice to support the Divisional Managers to meet quality standards, risk, and incident management standards appropriate to their speciality. The post holder will support with incident management and investigation in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework in line with organisational plans.

The post-holder will work within a larger Integrated Governance Team including other Divisional Governance and Quality Managers, with the aim of shared learning. The post-holder will also support the central risk and safety teams to ensure compliance with regard to key metrics is met.

Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager

Main duties of the job

Work independently; Implementing clinical governance procedures (including but not limited to Patient Safety Incident Investigation (PSII) reporting and investigation, and incident reporting) ensuring these meet NHS and Trust requirements (e.g. Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, PSIRF) and are efficient in capturing, recording and securing information and effective in identifying learning outcomes, action planning and identifying changes to services and service delivery.

Develop a 'quality culture' by providing advice, support and education on quality, governance and risk management issues to all staff at all levels across the Division. This includes supporting the transition of the Division from SI Framework (2015) to the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.

Promote team working across the Division, ensuring clinical and non-clinical teams adopt a multidisciplinary team approach to complaint and incident resolution and work effectively to identify and minimise risk.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

In addition to the main duties above.

Ensure compliance with all necessary legislation, external inspection, professional standards and local policies.

Support the Divisional staff with regards to inquest preparation, statement provision and attendance if required along with co-ordinating lessons learned statements and responses for issues raised by HM Coroner such as prevention of future death (regulation 28) reports.

Support and monitor alerts and freedom of information requests.

Develop and contribute to the development of policies and procedures, care pathways and service development.

Be the Division link with the Trust Risk and Safety department.

Manage, lead and develop the Divisional Governance Team.

Provide support with PSIIs and learning responses for other Divisional Governance & Quality Managers, when required.

Work collaboratively with colleagues across Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, to achieve the objectives of the Quality Governance Teams and both Trusts.

Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• oManagement / leadership qualification or equivalent experience
• oRegistered healthcare professional
• oComputer based qualification/project

Knowledge

• oExtensive knowledge of working practices in an Acute Trust both within the community and hospital environment
• oA sound knowledge of the principles of quality management
• oUnderstanding of the importance and application of external guidance, governance and improvement initiatives e.g. NPSA, NHSLA, NICE, SI Framework, PSIRF.

Experience

• oDocumented evidence of management experience
• oDemonstrable success in working for a complex organisation including experieoProtocol/policy development and implementation oGovernance and risk oDelivery and implementation of QA systems across a wide multidisciplinary audience nce in:
• oDemonstrate achievements in change management in NHS
• oPrevious experience in improvement projects e.g. LEAN
• oDemonstrate achievements in change management in NHS
• oEvidence of clinical IT system usage

skill and Abilities

• oDocumented evidence of good organisational skills with the ability to problem solve/negotiate
• oManagerial and leadership experience and skills
• oAble to act on and communicate confidential and complex information in stressful environments
• oAble to influence, even within a complex and challenging environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearpro rata per anumn