Clinical Governance Coordinator

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• We are KIND
• We are OPEN
• We pursue EXCELLENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority

Job overview

Are you passionate about patient safety, clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and risk management?

Do you demonstrate the Trust values and want to join a dynamic team which will be pivotal in delivering excellent clinical governance for the care group?

We are delighted to advertise an opportunity for the role of Clinical Governance Coordinator within the Cancer, Specialist and Clinical Support Services Care Group (CSCS).

The post holder will support and assist the Clinical Governance Facilitator in providing the Care Group with support to develop, monitor and maintain processes to ensure assurance can be provided for all areas of clinical governance, including clinical effectiveness, quality improvement, patient safety and risk management.

This post would ideally suit a dynamic professional who has knowledge and experience of patient safety and clinical effectiveness in an acute NHS environment.

You must be able to use your own initiative and have excellent organisational skills, and be able to prioritise your workload.

You should be enthusiastic, proactive, and able to communicate effectively to support the delivery of the governance agenda as an integral member of the clinical governance team.

You should be committed to delivering excellence in quality, safety, and patient experience.

Will be based at either York or Scarborough Hospital although some cross site support will be required.

If you are interested in this post, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

In particular, we require the post holder to be able to demonstrate excellent skills in IT, managing complex data processes, and the management of all systems, databases and action logs that will facilitate the efficient monitoring of the Clinical Governance agenda.

Experience and knowledge of PSIRF, regulatory compliance, NICE, audit, clinical effectiveness and risk management required.

The post holder will facilitate and support work carried out by the Quality and Governance team in providing the Care Group with support to develop, monitor and maintain processes to ensure assurance can be provided for all areas of clinical governance.

This post would ideally suit a dynamic, experienced professional who has a passion for patient safety and quality of care. You must be able to use your own initiative and have excellent organisational skills.

The post holder should be enthusiastic, proactive, and able to communicate effectively.

In particular, we require the post holder to be a team player, work to deadlines and at pace, be able to demonstrate excellent skills in IT and have an understanding of databases and action logs that will facilitate the efficient monitoring of local agendas.

If you are interested in this post, and consider yourself to have the key skills and attitudes we are looking for , then we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note - if you would like your application to be considered for secondment, you must secure agreement from your line manager beforehand that you can be released to undertake the role.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Person specification

Education and qualificatons

• Degree and/or equivalent level of experience within a governance, quality or safety environment
• Advanced word processing and computer literacy skills (including Microsoft Office) at RSA/NVQ2 level or equivalent experience
• Patient Safety and Clinical Governance training (PSIRF) or equivalent experience

• Process/Project Management training or equivalent experience
• Experience in using Incident reporting systems (e.g. DCIQ)
• Awareness of the PSIRF process

Experience and Knowledge

• Knowledge of Databases, specifically Excel
• Knowledge and experience of NHS Incident Reporting systems and requirements
• Understanding of the role of regulatory organisations within the NHS
• Quality Improvement and/or Project Management experience

• Experience of dealing with confidential information and sensitive and/or complex situations
• Awareness of Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Agenda within the NHS.
• Awareness and understanding of NHSLA standards & assessment process

Skills and Attributes

• Computer literacy inc. competent use of all Microsoft office packages and ability to utilise databases
• Report writing skills
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and to develop team working
• Able to deliver training

• Presentation skills
• Have the ability to exercise sound judgement in relation to problem solving and identifying situations requiring further advice.

Personal Qualities and Values

• Able to work under direction and also on own initiative; self-motivated
• Positive and flexible approach
• Ability to demonstrate our organisational Trust values

Please note that some of our substantive vacancies may be available on a smaller number of hours than advertised. If you would be interested in applying on this basis, we would encourage you to contact the appointing manager to enquire further.

DBS Checks

By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for.

Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check - basic, standard and enhanced.

The sensitive applications route gives transgender applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate that could reveal their previous identity. To contact the sensitive applications team, please telephone 0300 106 1452 or email [email protected].

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.

Agile and Flexible Working

We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Relocation Package

The Trust offers a generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss relocation further, please speak to the recruiting manager at interview.

A bit more about us and the surrounding area

We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.

Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.

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