Job summary

As the Clinical Governance and Risk Business Partner, you will support the operational delivery and implementation of lnHealth's governance and risk frameworks.
Main duties of the job

Support the implementation of quality improvement activities aimed at improving patient or organisational safety.Support operational managers in evidencing compliance with applicable regulatory and professional standards.Provide a visible and accessible governance support to allocated business areas.Identify areas of non-compliance and support operational manager in the creation and implementation of appropriate remedial action plans.Support the organisation in achieving its goal of making healthcare better for our patients.
About us

About us:
InHealth Intelligence is part of the InHealth Group which is the UKs largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions. Our aim is to make healthcare better for patients by working collaboratively with the NHS to deliver a range of high-quality tests, scans, assessments and procedures. In the last year, we have supported more than 4 million people in their healthcare journeys, the majority of these are NHS patients and service users.
As a people-focused organisation, our teams are integral in how we deliver our services and our values of Trust, Passion, Care and Fresh Thinking underpin everything we do, influencing the way we interact with patients, customers, and colleagues.

Our mission is to be the preferred provider of high-quality diagnostics and healthcare solutions in hospitals and in accessible community settings, serving 5 million patients from 1,000 locations by 2025.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role: Senior Clinical Governance and Risk Business Partner (Maternity cover)

Location: Remote with travel when required to our sites and our Head Office in High Wycombe
Salary: Negotiable
The Senior Clinical Governance and Risk Business Partner is responsible for the implementation and oversight of clinical governance and risk management activities relating to screening across InHealth.

The role involves exercising strategic and operational leadership across all areas of quality, governance and risk management throughout the organisation.

Working collaboratively with senior operational leaders, the post holder supports the organisations vision to make healthcare better through designing, implementing and monitoring a range of quality improvement and effectiveness systems.

The post holder is responsible for supporting and ensuring regulatory compliance across their service area provided by InHealth.

The post will support patient and organisational safety through fulfilment of key named roles including:

• Patient Safety Specialist
• Deputy Safeguarding Lead

What you will do

• Provide support and direction to the InHealth Clinical Quality Team (CQ) ensuring focus and delivery of the organisational clinical governance framework and strategy.
• Lead the day to day management of the organisations clinical governance and risk management systems and processes in screening.
• Provide assurance to the InHealth Executive Team (ET) and Board on the quality and effectiveness of services delivered.
• Identify areas of improvement and ensure realistic and achievable action plans are designed and implemented throughout InHealth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and oversee clinical governance and risk management framework.
• Develop and implement policies for clinical governance, patient safety, and risk management.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory standards.
• Manage the Risk and Governance Committee and provide operational support for the CQ Team.
• Advise senior leaders on quality and governance activities.
• Develop and evaluate clinical governance and safeguarding systems.
• Analyze key performance data and clinical risk information; report trends and suggest solutions.
• Maintain effective information systems for NICE and safety alerts.
• Plan and organize quality strategy activities, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Manage third-party contracts related to patient safety.

Safeguarding:

• Contribute to strategic safeguarding planning and liaise with external stakeholders.
• Provide safeguarding support and advice to staff.
• Ensure supervision arrangements for staff are in place.

Complaints Management:

• Lead complaint management, promoting local resolution and organizational learning.
• Oversee and monitor action plans from complaint investigations.

Incident Management:

• Analyze incident data and make recommendations.
• Support the transition to the NHS Patient Safety Strategy.

Infection Prevention and Control:

• Ensure infection control policies are in place and regulatory guidance is implemented.
• Support staff with infection control audits.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Provide guidance and support for registered managers and senior leaders.
• Assist in writing and reviewing action plans for regulatory bodies.

Leadership:

• Lead the CQ team and provide guidance to clinical leads and operational managers.
• Deputize for the Director of Clinical Quality and Chief Nursing Officer as needed.

Training:

• Contribute to risk and governance training.
• Support the organizations training needs analysis.

Health & Safety:

• Oversee the Health and Safety Competent Person service.

Policy Management:

• Develop and review policies in clinical governance, patient safety, and risk management.
• Advise managers on service-specific policy documents.

Financial Management:

• Support the management of the clinical quality budget.

Your experience:

• Previous experience of working with healthcare and medical professional at all levels
• Experience of CQC direct monitoring and inspection preparation
• Ideally, from a governance background
• Knowledge of healthcare regulation
• A person who naturally instils confidence in everyone they work with
• Someone who thrives on and is calm in challenging situations, working well under pressure
• An ability to translate and develop strategy and policy into real-life plans that meet our corporate objectives

Job description
Job responsibilities

Role: Senior Clinical Governance and Risk Business Partner (Maternity cover)

Location: Remote with travel when required to our sites and our Head Office in High Wycombe
Salary: Negotiable
The Senior Clinical Governance and Risk Business Partner is responsible for the implementation and oversight of clinical governance and risk management activities relating to screening across InHealth.

The role involves exercising strategic and operational leadership across all areas of quality, governance and risk management throughout the organisation.

Working collaboratively with senior operational leaders, the post holder supports the organisations vision to make healthcare better through designing, implementing and monitoring a range of quality improvement and effectiveness systems.

The post holder is responsible for supporting and ensuring regulatory compliance across their service area provided by InHealth.

The post will support patient and organisational safety through fulfilment of key named roles including:

• Patient Safety Specialist
• Deputy Safeguarding Lead

What you will do

• Provide support and direction to the InHealth Clinical Quality Team (CQ) ensuring focus and delivery of the organisational clinical governance framework and strategy.
• Lead the day to day management of the organisations clinical governance and risk management systems and processes in screening.
• Provide assurance to the InHealth Executive Team (ET) and Board on the quality and effectiveness of services delivered.
• Identify areas of improvement and ensure realistic and achievable action plans are designed and implemented throughout InHealth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and oversee clinical governance and risk management framework.
• Develop and implement policies for clinical governance, patient safety, and risk management.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory standards.
• Manage the Risk and Governance Committee and provide operational support for the CQ Team.
• Advise senior leaders on quality and governance activities.
• Develop and evaluate clinical governance and safeguarding systems.
• Analyze key performance data and clinical risk information; report trends and suggest solutions.
• Maintain effective information systems for NICE and safety alerts.
• Plan and organize quality strategy activities, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Manage third-party contracts related to patient safety.

Safeguarding:

• Contribute to strategic safeguarding planning and liaise with external stakeholders.
• Provide safeguarding support and advice to staff.
• Ensure supervision arrangements for staff are in place.

Complaints Management:

• Lead complaint management, promoting local resolution and organizational learning.
• Oversee and monitor action plans from complaint investigations.

Incident Management:

• Analyze incident data and make recommendations.
• Support the transition to the NHS Patient Safety Strategy.

Infection Prevention and Control:

• Ensure infection control policies are in place and regulatory guidance is implemented.
• Support staff with infection control audits.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Provide guidance and support for registered managers and senior leaders.
• Assist in writing and reviewing action plans for regulatory bodies.

Leadership:

• Lead the CQ team and provide guidance to clinical leads and operational managers.
• Deputize for the Director of Clinical Quality and Chief Nursing Officer as needed.

Training:

• Contribute to risk and governance training.
• Support the organizations training needs analysis.

Health & Safety:

• Oversee the Health and Safety Competent Person service.

Policy Management:

• Develop and review policies in clinical governance, patient safety, and risk management.
• Advise managers on service-specific policy documents.

Financial Management:

• Support the management of the clinical quality budget.

Your experience:

• Previous experience of working with healthcare and medical professional at all levels
• Experience of CQC direct monitoring and inspection preparation
• Ideally, from a governance background
• Knowledge of healthcare regulation
• A person who naturally instils confidence in everyone they work with
• Someone who thrives on and is calm in challenging situations, working well under pressure
• An ability to translate and develop strategy and policy into real-life plans that meet our corporate objectives

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

InHealth Group
Address

Kingsmead Road

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP11 1JL

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