Head of Maternity/Neonatal Clinical Governance

We are currently supporting a large NHS organisation in the appointment of a senior Clinical Governance professional with a key focus on Maternity and Neonatal Services. Due to the nature of this position, the candidate must hold a current registration with the NMC as a Registered Midwife.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing, implementing and monitoring an effective and compliant system of working to ensure robust divisional governance which is in line with national best practice and aligns across divisions.
• Assuming divisional responsibility for managing the governance staff dealing with all activities relating to patient safety, risk, compliance and audit and patient experience and act as the divisional lead and central point of contact for all divisional governance activities.
• Acting as a pre-emptive, self-relating practitioner who horizon scans to ensure the divisional governance activities remain in line with current best practice.
• Developing a culture of informed questioning, challenge, trend analysis triangulation, challenge and assurance to ensure lessons are learned and the division changes practice in a way which has a positive effect on patient, outcomes, patient outcomes, patient experience and reduces harm.
• The post holder will work closely with the quality governance, operational and corporate management teams and staff at all levels in the organisation.

Person Specification:

• Registered midwife with senior level midwifery experience
• Knowledge of the components of quality governance, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care
• Demonstrable enthusiasm and commitment to Improvement focused patient safety and quality initiatives, research and its application to practice.

If you would like further information on this role, please contact Donna Larder on (phone number removed) or apply directly via the advert.