Perinatal Clinical Governance Lead (Neonates/Maternity)

at  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A fantastic and unique opportunity has arisen to grow your career within the Neonatal Senior Governance Team.
We are looking for a highly motivated, hard-working, innovative and dynamic leader to further develop our Neonatal and Maternity governance team. You do not need to be an expert in the field to apply but must have the drive and aspiration for governance and patient safety.
We are looking for applicants who would enjoy the autonomy of leading and developing a governance team and embrace cross divisional working. To improve standards of care for babies and mothers.
We would advice any applicant to have an informal visit to the Neonatal Unit.
o Work with the Head of Midwifery and the Obstetric and Neonatal Leads for Governance to strategically develop the full governance agenda and ensure the understanding of the team to deliver this.
o Develop Risk Management initiatives and strategies by ensuring that all clinical incidents are reported by the appropriate staff in a timely manner and that lessons are learnt.
o To be responsible for all aspects of the clinical governance and risk portfolio (this includes the management and investigation of incidents, management of risk specific registers, quality improvement, clinical effectiveness, audit, patient experience and NHS Resolution.
o Support the Neonatal and Midwifery teams in the investigation of complaints as appropriate.
o Assist with the Directorate Plan to fulfil our obligation in relation to CQC standards and the effective delivery of Patient Care Improvement Plans, thereby supporting an improvement in the organisational CQC rating by identifying and managing associated risks and issues as they arise.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .
The post holder will work directly with the Senior Neonatal and Maternity team in leading the clinical governance agenda within the Childrens Directorate to enable across Division governance process with Maternity services. They are responsible for the coordination of clinical governance procedures and frameworks and for ensuring that the quality of care in the departments, patient experience, patient and staff safety and clinical effectiveness are of the highest standard, meeting shared national and local maternity and neonatal outcomes. The post holder will co-manage the perinatal clinical governance team in the further development of robust systems and processes throughout the Directorate, the NOTSSCaN Division and across Maternity in relation to clinical governance and quality, which underpins safe clinical practice and patient and staff safety.
The role encompasses patient safety, risk management, oversight of complaints, quality improvement, bereavement processes, clinical effectiveness programmes and the triangulation of learning.
The post holder will provide leadership, guidance, and expertise within the wider multi-professional team for both the Childrens Directorate and Maternity Directorate for clinical governance and risk management. This will include putting in place strategies and frameworks that ensure the Neonatal and Maternity service meets the Trust and NHSLA/BAPM standards for clinical governance. The post holder will report regularly and liaise with the appropriate Senior Leadership Teams on developments within the department and organisation, learning from incidents, risk management, audit, and in-service education.

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