Clinical Governance Director

CJPI have been exclusively retained by our client, EMED Group, who is a large independent healthcare provider with national footprint within the UK, for their new Clinical Governance Director Role.

Following the merger of ERS Medicaland E-zec Medical, the organisation will now be known as EMED Group and will supply specific care services to communities across the country.

EMED’s mission is support those in our communities who need their specialist help, whether it is transporting patients to vital hospital appointments, supporting patient flow within Acute hospitals or facilitating the transfer of pathology samples.

The Role

The Clinical Governance Director will be remote / home based, with national travel to sites as and when required. They will provide specialist advice to the Medical/Clinical Director and the Chief Executive Officer on all matters related to clinical governance and assurance and meeting the legal and statutory duties and responsibilities of the Group.

They will also have a leadership role in the Company, working closely with the Medical/Clinical Director and the Chief Executive to maintain a culture throughout the Company which promotes and supports safety for the patients and service users the Company interacts with, the continuous improvement of the quality of the services provided based in part on feedback from patients and service users, and the proactive involvement of patients, managers and staff working throughout the Company in clinical governance activities.

They will be responsible for, and lead on, identifying and managing the implementation of quality improvement priorities in the Company and ensuring that staff working throughout the Company are competent to implement best practice in their roles, patient and service user concerns or issues are responded to quickly and effectively, and risks and issues are identified quickly and managed effectively.

The Clinical Governance Director will ensure that all clinical governance-related systems, policies, practices, and procedures implemented throughout the Company are consistent with current best practice. To direct and oversee the work of staff working in the Company in clinical governance, quality, and compliance-related roles.

They will be accountable to the Board of Directors on all matters related to clinical governance through the Medical/Clinical Director, providing timely and informative reports on all aspects of clinical governance and assurance.

The Candidate

As the ideal candidate, you have extensive experience as a hands-on leader, with a particular emphasis on working closely with senior leaders at CEO and Medical Director level. Your background in health and/or social care leadership, as well as your strong understanding of the regulatory environment will serve you well as you play a vital role taking the business to the next stage.

Detailed and analytical in your approach, you have a proven track record in developing exceptionally strong mutually beneficial relationships and partnerships across a variety of key stakeholders. A strong communicator and collaborator, you possess a high level of diplomacy, tact and judgment both internally, and when working with clients, regulators, service users and other stakeholders.

Experience

• You will have 5 years or more experience in a senior managerial role, preferably involving accountability for clinical governance functions of a healthcare (or related) organisation, ideally within the NHS or within a provider organisation.
• You will have a high degree of expert knowledge of clinical audit, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, patient experience, risk management and patient safety (including incident reporting and analysis).
• You will have significant experience in leadership and management.
• Ideally, you may have experience in regulatory inspections undertaken by a regulator such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC) or an accreditation body.
• You will have experience in gathering, analysing, interpreting, and presenting data about performance in a healthcare setting. You will also have experience in preparing reports for senior teams about your findings.
• You will be experienced in conducting investigations and/or analysis of serious incidents or complaints and preparing a report for senior management, service users and/or stakeholder.
• You will have some experience in working with or managing budgets.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

You will have…

• The ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of people at various levels in an organisation with the ability to motivate and inspire staff and instil confidence in the work being undertaken.
• Excellent communication skills, including writing reports for senior management and Board, as well as delivering presentations to staff relating to clinical governance responsibilities and activities.
• The ability to think and plan at a strategic level.
• The ability to manage change in an organisation, including measuring the effectiveness of actions implemented to achieve the change within your portfolio.
• The skills to set appropriate priorities for work tasks and respond flexibly to changing priorities.
• The ability to create, support and maintain teamwork among groups of staff.
• Extensive knowledge about regulations and standards that apply to the Group.
• Awareness of, and work to the principles of, equality and diversity.
• Proven ability to work to deadlines and meet agreed timescales.
• The ability to travel to sites as required.

The Package

• £80,000 basic
• Eligible for 10% SLT bonus
• 33 Days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Pension
• Car allowance £550/month
• Private healthcare & death in service

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Performance bonus

Experience:

• Clinical Governance (required)

Work Location: Remote