Regulatory Affairs

The postholder will lead the two areas of clinical effectiveness and compliance across the Trust to ensure that workstreams and programmes are planned and carried out effectively and will work directly with all levels of staff and varied areas across the Trust.


The postholder will be responsible for strategic and operational management of Clinical Effectiveness and Compliance, leading and developing the teams, developing strategy, ensuring implementation and that national and local performance targets are met, and will contribute to corporate and national policies and strategy.
The post holder will have full management responsibility for the Clinical Effectiveness and Compliance Team


The post holder will work closely with all care groups and in particular the Chief Medical Officer's team.


The post holder will be responsible for Developing, managing and leading the implementation of a coordinated approach to clinical audit, effectiveness including NICE guidance, GIRFT and mortality.


Produce and analyse regular reports to the Trust Board's subcommittees and sub-groups and within the Governance System, on clinical effectiveness and compliance.


Provide expert guidance on existing and new legislation pertaining to clinical effectiveness and compliance requirements.


Provide robust intelligence and triangulation which enables continuous review of clinical effectiveness and compliance


Regularly undertake and facilitate audit and clinical effectiveness projects and to develop services from research and best practice guidance.


Manage and continue to develop, and implement the policies and protocols that sit in the Clinical Effectiveness and Compliance portfolios.


Maintain the oversight of the Trust's statement of purpose in relation to the CQC, maintaining the Trust's registration.


The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.


The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.


Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:


Work health assessments
Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. oDemonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development

oExperience of regulatory assurance management with the CQC and other national bodies
oExperience of working and influencing at a senior level and leading a team or service and developing staff and teams
oDemonstrable evidence of assessing safety, effectiveness and compliance, analysis and synthesis of numerous data sources including highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information
oDemonstrate ability to interpret and analyse highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious data and adapt national and local policy from several sources into Trust standards
oAbility to initiate, undertake and facilitate audit and clinical effectiveness projects and to develop services from research and best practice guidance
oProlonged periods of concentration required for report writing and the analysis of highly complex, sensitive and contentious information
oEvidence of achieving quality/performance achievements at a team level