Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement Manager
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £51,974.00 to £61,021.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £51974.00 - £61021.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | N0067-24-0007 |
Summary
Lead and act as a subject expert for clinical governance and quality improvement, representing this area of expertise at university and external meetings Support the Schools services compliance with QSI, School/Kings and NHS Trust requirements, ensuring service leads and clinical staff maintain records in line with the Schools document control policy. Work closely with service leads and clinical staff to implement the clinical governance and quality improvement programme across the School to optimise the clinical care and patient experience, responding to a changing context and aligning objectives with QSI, School and NHS Trust decisions. Provide advanced expertise and management of diverse teams and resources, supporting service areas to set the School standards and put in place procedures that meet the QSI standards, based on a thorough understanding of the principles and developments in the field. Engage in continuing professional development and training initiatives to maintain and develop skills and knowledge. Work independently based on an agreed work plan, setting own priorities and standards and those of the service teams, working cooperatively to achieve the service objectives linked to clinical governance and quality improvement. Take decisions both independently and collaboratively that last for over a year with potentially long-lasting implications. Research and analyse quantitative and qualitative information from multiple sources to direct service improvement and inform procedures and interventions, conveying the detail and rationale in a clear way. Represent the Schools imaging services at local and national forums, including with the NHS, community and other partners, promoting achievements in care and regularly deputise for line manager(s), working with colleagues and networking within and beyond Kings. Forge relationships with colleagues within Kings, GSTT and externally, to disseminate and get information, coordinate and deliver the required service, involving the pubic and users to assess service quality and improvements. Liaise with multi-disciplinary services teams and patient groups to support them in the refinement of the service. Provide highly specialist advice and training on clinical governance and quality improvement. Communicate clearly and effectively, orally and in writing, and use well-developed listening and influencing skills to work effectively across teams. Assist the Schools service leads to compile and present regular reports at School and CLIMP meetings. Contribute to the development of the strategic and operational objectives of the School and its services, supporting clinical and service leads in implementing improvements and delivering targets Collaborate with the Schools service leads to develop, maintain, revise and enact the incident response plan, risk registers and business continuity plans for their services, advising on clinical audits and service evaluations recording service improvements on the Clinical Audit Database, and putting in place a resilient and effective complaints procedure and database. Use critical evaluation and problem-solving skills to respond to changing priorities to make improvements to services and protocols. Lead and encourage innovation in the quality improvement and clinical governance and their use in the Schools services. Identify, plan and support changes in clinical practice resulting from local and cross-Directorate clinical governance work plans in collaboration with the clinical multidisciplinary teams. Provide highly specialist advice and training on clinical governance and quality improvement, supporting service leads to monitor staff training and development needs to ensure full compliance with GSTT and Kings training requirements. Facilitate an inclusive culture and ethos when working with patients, relatives/carers and visitors along with colleagues in and external to Kings. The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.