Governance and Quality Manager

The post holder will lead and develop a system of clinical governance management as part of an integrated organisational governance framework and promote a patient-centred, learning and safety culture across all services provided by the Division of Clinical Support Services.The post-holder will support the management of risk at all levels across the Division and be a key member of the Divisional Quality Group.The post-holder will provide specialist advice to support the Divisional Managers to meet quality standards, risk, and incident management standards appropriate to their speciality. The post holder will support with incident management and investigation in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework in line with organisational plans.The post-holder will work within a larger Integrated Governance Team including other Divisional Governance and Quality Managers, with the aim of shared learning. The post-holder will also support the central risk and safety teams to ensure compliance with regard to key metrics is met.Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line managerWork independently; Implementing clinical governance procedures (including but not limited to Patient Safety Incident Investigation (PSII) reporting and investigation, and incident reporting) ensuring these meet NHS and Trust requirements (e.g. Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, PSIRF) and are efficient in capturing, recording and securing information and effective in identifying learning outcomes, action planning and identifying changes to services and service delivery.Develop a ‘quality culture’ by providing advice, support and education on quality, governance and risk management issues to all staff at all levels across the Division. This includes supporting the transition of the Division from SI Framework (2015) to the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.Promote team working across the Division, ensuring clinical and non-clinical teams adopt a multidisciplinary team approach to complaint and incident resolution and work effectively to identify and minimise risk.We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.Benefits We Offer To YouBetween 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidaysNHS pension scheme membershipSalary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go furtherNHS Staff discountsCycle to work schemeSalary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debtStockport Credit Union– for local financial adviceFor further details / informal visits contact: Name: Waseem Munir Job title: Deputy Director of Quality Governance Email address: Waseem.munir@stockport.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 419 4315