Head of Risk

3 days ago

Crawley West Sussex, United Kingdom NHS Full time

Underpinned by our values - Integrity, Kindness and Courage - the South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is working to deliver our strategic aims:

  • Delivery of high-quality patient care
  • Our people enjoy working at SECAmb
  • We are a sustainable partner

Our 4,000+ workforce provides services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.

Job overview

This is an opportunity for a secondment covering the Head of Risk role for one year from March 2025. The Head of Risk has the lead responsibility for developing and maintaining a risk management strategy that embeds a culture of risk management across the Trust, to support the delivery of high-quality, safe, patient-centred services. They are responsible for ensuring that robust systems and processes are in place to manage risks from frontline to Board, providing assurance to the Executive and Board about the Trust's risk management arrangements. The post holder is responsible for leading the Trust-wide risk leads within each Directorate in order to embed risk awareness and developing and leading on the organisational risk management training.

Main duties of the job
  • Provide visible and effective leadership for the Trust-wide delivery of the Risk Strategy and the risk management framework, with a focus on developing and embedding the Trust's risk maturity.
  • Provide Senior leadership and professional responsibility and accountability for risk management, ensuring there are robust interfaces with key clinical, non-clinical, corporate, and external stakeholders throughout the process.
  • Responsible for the architecture of risk governance across the Trust, and for the effectiveness of all risk reporting across the Trust. This will include reporting to the Trust's most Senior Managers, including the Board.
  • Ensure that risks are escalated onto the Board Assurance Framework as required and support effective reporting of BAF risks to the Board.
  • Keep up to date with current corporate governance frameworks and arrangements, to ensure legal compliance and best practice in risk management.
  • Support the Board in developing and maintaining risk appetite and embedding a risk-driven culture of continuous development.
  • Design and execute Board development sessions clearly driving the maturity of the organisational approach to Risk.
  • Lead in the continuous review and implementation of the Trust's Risk Management Policy to ensure that it is patient-focused and relevant in light of operational changes, legislation, or regulatory requirements.
About us
  • Option to join NHS pension scheme
  • A minimum of 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years' service.
  • Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
  • Access to occupational health and counselling services.
  • Award-winning wellbeing hub
  • Back up buddy App
  • Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Job description Job responsibilities

Additional responsibilities include:

  • Be the lead contact for any and all audits relating to risk management. Lead on recommendations and actions included in the annual internal audit report.
  • Work alongside Executives to ensure Directorate risks are relevant and contemporaneous.
  • Provide leadership and support to the Trust's Risk Assurance Group (RAG) to ensure the group is effective in managing risks for the Trust and escalate any concerns from RAG in line with its Terms of Reference.
  • Provide expert support to the senior leadership team, executive and trust board, ensuring ongoing adherence to the principles set out in Risk Management Policy.
  • Minimise risk through working with Trust staff, including critically analysing adverse incidents, root cause analysis, and identification of trends and prepare written reports and making recommendations for action as appropriate.
  • Promote a learning culture within the Trust which acknowledges the benefits of patient safety and effective risk management to provide a safe environment and reduce risk of harm to staff, patients, carers, and visitors.
  • Attend Management Group meetings to support risk reviews.
  • Keep updated on national and local risk and patient safety developments, ensuring appropriate implementation of best practice.
  • Attend System-wide collaborations/forums to present risks requiring a risk-sharing approach, leading on multi-agency task and finish groups as required to develop meaningful risk sharing processes.

Please see attached job description for further information.

Person Specification Essential criteria on application form Essential
  • At least two years of risk management experience
Essential and desirable criteria Essential
  • Experience of presenting verbally and in writing to senior leaders
Desirable
  • Formal risk management qualification
  • Relevant healthcare, audit, compliance, or corporate governance experience
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Employer details Employer name

SECamb

Address

Nexus House

Crawley

RH10 9BG

Employer's website

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

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