Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Lead

3 weeks ago


North East, United Kingdom The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Lead

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Lead to join our established team. As a key member of our clinical board, you will work closely with clinical and administrative colleagues to promote quality, patient safety, and create a culture of openness and shared learning.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Promote a culture of incident reporting and support investigations into adverse events, incidents, and near misses, identifying systems issues, implementing corrective actions, and facilitating local and organizational learning.
  • Support the development of a robust patient safety and clinical governance framework within the Clinical Board to ensure the provision of safe and high-quality care.
  • Collaborate with Quality and Safety leads, Head of Nursing, and Matrons within the board and other stakeholders to champion patient safety initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
  • Facilitate learning and continual improvement in response to concerns raised, incidents, and complaints, sharing local learning within the Board and contributing to Trust-wide learning forums.
  • Assist in the development of cross-cutting policies, procedures, and guidelines that promote a culture of patient safety, risk identification, and mitigation throughout the Clinical Board.
  • Understand the highest risks facing the Clinical Board and the potential mitigating actions being put in place to address these.
  • Advise on all aspects of clinical governance, clinical risk management, and patient safety, working closely with the Head of Nursing, Medical Quality and Safety Lead, Matron, and clinical governance and audit leads for the Clinical Board.
  • Promote a positive learning environment where lessons are learnt and changes implemented to ensure a quality service, working in partnership with the Director of Operations, Clinical Board Chair, Head of Nursing, Matron, and Clinical Directors.

Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Assurance

  • Develop and implement a cross-cutting clinical effectiveness and QA programme for the Board to monitor and enhance the quality of care provided across the Board.
  • Work with services within the Board to ensure that appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure clinical effectiveness and outcomes, patient experiences, and quality and safety are used to inform a quality report for the Board.
  • Analyse data, identify areas for improvement, and implement evidence-based practices to drive quality improvement initiatives.
  • Support the Medical Quality and Safety Lead and Head of Nursing to develop and embed robust audit and assurance processes within the Clinical Board.
  • Help to promote and support an effective audit program within the Clinical Board and produce a yearly high-level audit report, in conjunction with other audit leads within the Clinical Board, to demonstrate the positive effects for patient outcomes and pathways.

Requirements:

  • Excellent communication and engagement across the trust support services, patient experience department, clinical boards, and the clinical governance and risk department.
  • Engagement with front-line staff to promote a positive learning culture and ensure openness and an environment where quality improvement and patient safety are at the forefront.

What We Offer:

  • A flexible working-friendly organisation that values work-life balance.
  • A supportive and collaborative team environment.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.

How to Apply:

Please submit your application, including your CV and a covering letter, to [insert contact information].



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