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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Governance and Patient Safety Department at University Hospitals Birmingham as one of the Governance Facilitation Officer.
Working under the direction of the Governance Facilitation Lead, the candidate will support a range of governance and quality activities plus supporting the Clinical Delivery Group's (CDG) and Specialties with implementing the Governance Framework. You will be involved in the day-to-day delivery of risk management, quality assurance and other activity centred around service improvement within the department and the across the CDGs, whist ensuring that the clinical quality governance and risk management agenda is proactively managed and consistently delivered.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
The ideal candidate will have a keen drive for improvement, be a resilient team player and be confident to work autonomously as required. The role will require an ability to create strong working relationships with clinical and non-clinical colleagues at all levels, as well as an ability to frequently present to a wide and varied audience. You will be required to attend relevant committee meetings as required and actively contribute, setting standards of practice, and behaviour.
The candidate will need to have the skills to undertake analysis of complex information (qualitative, quantitative, and statistical information) to inform and measure the effectiveness of projects and work streams. You will be required to participate in the preparation for any external regulatory visit i.e. CQC as required.
We are looking for a forward-thinking dynamic individual and expect flexibility in the role and a high standard of communication skills. If you are the person for this role, please contact us for a discussion.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Degree or equivalent qualification and/or significant relevant
experience.
Desirable
Proven experience in risk management
and/or clinical audit.
Experience
Essential
Evidence of a methodical approach and effective organisational skills.
MS Office to intermediate/advanced level.
Working with departmental systems. Use of the internet.
Ability to work to tight deadlines.
Production of high quality work in written reports.
Applied knowledge of risk management and clinical audit
Knowledge and application of relevant audit and evaluation
methodologies and statistical procedures, qualitative and quantitative
Additional Criteria
Essential
Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to provide detailed audit advice to staff.
IT literate - Intermediate level MS office skills. Advanced keyboard and computer skills
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, analytical and numeric skills
Ability to manage own workload, to work under pressure with deadlines.
Ability to use own initiative to determine the most appropriate methods to achieve expected work tasks and outcomes.
Ability to build positive relations within the organisation, with health professionals and managers.
Ability to resolve problems, interpret data and report data in a format which is consistent with the needs of the audience.
Ability to produce accurate and timely work with attention to detail.
Ability to work unsupervised.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Flexible approach to tasks
Able to work to internal policy and procedure timescales.
Confident, Self-motivated, Enthusiastic and able to motivate others.
Ability to communicate with all staff groups
Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workloads and meet tight deadlines.
Excellent organisational skills and administrative ability.
Team player
May be required to work flexible hours to suit meeting requirements with clinical staff.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
