Risk and Governance Officer

Job summary

This is a great opportunity to join the Corporate Governance Directorate in a new role supporting the Risk Manager.

The Corporate Governance Directorate provides corporate governance support to the Trust Board and oversees a range of corporate compliance functions for the Trust, which covers mental health, physical health and learning disabilities across Gloucestershire which a workforce of c5000 over 100 sites.

Main duties of the job

The prime purpose of this role is to work closely with the Risk Manager as part of the Corporate Governance Directorate, to ensure compliance and delivery of the Trust's Risk Management Framework, ensuring robust governance arrangements are in place.

A key part of the role is the on-going accuracy of Datix risk module records which are used to support these arrangements is maintained by each Directorate.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for assisting in auditing corporate risk registers, ensuring that strategic risks feed into the Board Assurance Framework (BAF) and work closely with corporate and clinical directorates to ensure a proactive approach to risk.

To support the Director of Governance at quarterly directorate executive risk review meetings or similar. The post holder will have prepared the detailed risk reports from Datix and be on hand to respond to challenges around data or process used to produce the report. In addition. actions arising from these meetings will be noted and then followed up with Directorate Risk Leads through to their completion.

The post holder will be part of an integrated corporate governance compliance team providing cross cover to support colleagues as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated Degree Level or equivalent experience Intermediate knowledge of IT Microsoft Office Qualifications or work-based experience in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Expert administrator with skills and knowledge to address and resolve complex issues across the function with a range of Directors Experience of organising and writing reports Experience of data analysis and interpretation and working with data reporting systemsEssentialApplication and Interview Expert administration skills with advanced experience of working to resolve and address issues Experience of working with confidential matters.

Desirable

Risk management knowledge and experience Experience of working with Committees / management groups Experience of working in the NHS or similar organisation

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