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SalaryClinical Governance Lead
Working across two sites Taunton Nuffield Hospital and Exeter Nuffield Hospital | Clinical Management | Permanent contract | Full time
Up to £54,000 dependent on experience
37.5 hours per week
As Clinical Governance Lead at our Exeter and Taunton Hospital, you will provide strong leadership and support in maintaining safe & high-quality care delivery to our patients and beneficiaries. You will work closely with the hospital Director of Clinical Services, senior clinical leaders, and key regional & national stakeholders across the organization to facilitate clinical excellence, evidence-based care, and fulfilment of Nuffield Health's charitable purpose.
You will be a registered healthcare professional with a proven history in the clinical environment and be educated up to degree/post graduate level in a clinical discipline. Qualifications in organizational governance e.g. ISO9001 auditor or equivalent is valuable but not essential. We are looking for someone who can develop productive relationships with strong teams, identify improvement opportunities, influence change, and get results. Experience in Clinical Governance and quality assurance is essential. You will have excellent communication skills with strong attention to detail and be able to work proactively and efficiently.
As our Clinical Governance Lead, you will:
- Champion the organization's brand values.
- Drive the continuous improvement of our hospital's clinical services by
- Appraising audit data and outcomes with a focus on meaningful change
- Analyzing incidents & complaints with a focus on 'closing the loop'
- Developing & embedding the Hospital Quality Improvement Plan
- Listening to our patients and key service users to inform the way we care
- Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports that highlight successes and opportunities for improvement and development
- Engage with the hospital senior leadership team to inform management of risk and opportunities. Ensure the hospital is aligned with regulatory expectation and patient safety initiatives
- Manage a contemporaneous hospital risk register with a focus on risk reduction
- Inform and develop local & national policy
- Provide advice, guidance and subject matter expertise on governance processes to all those involved in the leadership of clinical care
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Expect a range of fantastic lifestyle and wellbeing rewards, like our gym membership, private healthcare and more. At Nuffield Health, we'll take care of what's important to you.
Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital
The Exeter Nuffield hospital is based next to the RD&E hospital in Wonford, Exeter. The hospital has 2 theatres, as well as a hybrid cardiac catheter laboratory/theatre and an Endoscopy suite. There are two ward areas: an inpatient area with 21 beds and a day-case ward with 12 beds. We also have a busy outpatient department, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and radiology department including an MRI scanner. We specialise in elective orthopaedic and spinal surgery, cardiology including invasive procedures, general surgery, plastics and cosmetic surgery, ENT, and gynaecology. The Hospital has a MAKO robot that undertakes some of the joint replacement surgery which we have become well known for in this field of surgery.
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital
Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital is one of the leading providers of private healthcare in the South West. We've built a reputation for clinical excellence and outstanding patient care over the last 40 years. We are constantly investing in our modern hospital. With three new state of the art Ultra Clean Air operating theatres and an endoscopy suite we are proud of the wide range of surgical services and treatments available. The hospital has 41 private en-suite bedrooms split over 2 wards and 11 consulting rooms within our Outpatients Department.
Our areas of specialty include orthopedics and spinal surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, bariatric treatments and diagnostic imaging. Our most recent CQC inspection was undertaken in July 2016 and we were enormously proud to be rated overall as Good, with Outstanding for Well Led.
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