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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters degree qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience working at a senior level in clinical governance, risk and safety.
• Evidence of active continued professional development to support the delivery of a leadership role.

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate qualification or experience in associated quality governance roles, for example patient safety, quality improvement or professional additional qualifications that demonstrate an understanding of clinical quality and safety requirements.
• Professional clinical registration such as RMN, OT, psychologist.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Extensive senior clinical management/professional leadership experience in a large complex NHS organisation.
• Evidence of success in the management of change in a multi-agency context.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a leadership role in clinical governance NHS Trust including CQC improvement, incident management, patient safety and complaints. Demonstrable experience of the NHS strategic agenda and implementing this in practice.
• Establishing, leading and managing organisation wide integrated governance frameworks that withstand regulatory scrutiny.
• Demonstrable experience of budget setting and managing multiple budgets across portfolios.
• Extensive knowledge and expertise in clinical and integrated governance and how this is applied systematically across a large complex NHS Trust.
• Knowledge of when and how to report serious incidents to external agencies. Robust understanding of the politically sensitive and potentially contentious nature of this role.
• Policy and strategy development and its relevance to clinical governance in the NHS.
• Experience of working in a patient safety-related role with an understanding of the principles that underpin approaches to improving patient safety in health systems
• Experience of implementing national guidelines and policies with the ability to interpret national advice, guidance and requirements and advise their organisation on how these should be implemented
• Experience and knowledge of the components of clinical governance, incident response, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care

Desirable criteria

• Experience in providing advice on complex professional and other people issues
• Knowledge of safeguarding and the legal duties expected of NHS organisations
• Executive management and working at sub-board level in a governance role within a NHS Trust.
• Experience of leading governance, compliance and improvement programmes and evidence of improved ratings.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to manage, develop and maintain communication links with all stakeholders and effectively influence people on highly complex, emotional, sensitive and contentious issues where there are significant barriers to acceptance/ understanding.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships and deal confidently with staff at all levels of an organization
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• Produce clear, accurate, written and verbal reports at Board level which at times may include contentious and/or sensitive material.
• Ability to analyse and interpret information of complex nature and present it in a concise and simple and professional manner.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one's achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 09/04/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD/PS - AD of Clinical Quality and Governance (PDF, 250.1KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)