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    Deputy Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Assurance

    An opportunity has arisen within the quality and assurance team at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust for a Deputy Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Assurance.

    We are proud to offer the opportunity to work in a progressive environment where we are committed to an ambitious transformation of our cancer services.

    You will also have an in-depth knowledge of governance and assurance mechanisms and will lead on monitoring standards of a range of clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and patient safety activity, in liaison with other multidisciplinary professionals and speciality leads within the Trust.

    We are a dynamic and fast-paced environment, that is always evolving, improving and encourages innovation. We are committed to your career development and offer a supportive, flexible and collaborative working environment.

    The post holder will have a leadership role, reporting to the directly to the Chief Nurse and working closely with senior leaders, clinicians and managers across the Trust to ensure that services are safe and effective.

    They will create an environment, which promotes and supports patient safety and high quality care.

    The role is responsible for the management of quality, risk and patient safety across the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

    This encompasses clinical effectiveness, risk and incident management, learning from incidents and compliance.

    The Deputy Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Assurance will provide strategic direction to the Trusts patient safety team providing expert advice and guidance throughout the Trust.

    The post holder will lead and deliver on a range of patient safety & quality projects and contributing to the wider Trust Quality Strategy, Risk Strategy and compliance with the Care Quality Commissions standards.

    Advise the Trust Board of any risk, patient safety concerns which would have the potential to impact on CQC compliance requirements.

    The role has direct management responsibilities of the Quality and Risk team consisting of Patient Safety, Risk, Complaints, PALS and Bereavement, Patient Information, Clinical Audit & Effectiveness, Quality Improvement, Accreditations & Compliance, Patient Experience, EPRR, Health & Safety, Document Control.

    The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre.

    Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer.

    We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services.

    We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

    At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team.

    We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways.

    There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance.

    Take a key role in shaping the on-going direction/strategy patient safety in the Trust. Including the roll out of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).

    Develop systems to ensure that strategic risks are identified and reports to the Board through the assurance framework; Lead the continual development of the clinical governance strategy, ensuring that each division continues to advance their clinical governance and risk management development plans and develop systems for monitoring progress through divisional boards; In conjunction with and on behalf of the Chief Nurse and Medical Director, be responsible for the formulation and implementation of the Trusts strategic plans for quality, patient safety, clinical effectiveness, risk, and health & safety; including implementing NHSi/NHSEs 2019/2020 National Patient Safety Strategy.

    Provide support, expert advice and overseeing the delivery of the clinical governance work programme, implementing governance and quality objectives at Trust and divisional level; Ensure the quality, consistency and timeliness of clinical governance information provided to the clinical divisions, executive management team and the Trust Board is developed and improved; Be responsible for development of the Trusts Risk Management Strategy, ensuring that it aligns to best practice and fosters and develops a culture of risk maturity within the Trust; Ensure there is appropriate training and development in place with regard to risk management for Board, senior managers and frontline staff;
    Take a key role in shaping the on-going direction/strategy patient safety in the Trust. Including the roll out of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).

    Develop systems to ensure that strategic risks are identified and reports to the Board through the assurance framework; Lead the continual development of the clinical governance strategy, ensuring that each division continues to advance their clinical governance and risk management development plans and develop systems for monitoring progress through divisional boards; In conjunction with and on behalf of the Chief Nurse and Medical Director, be responsible for the formulation and implementation of the Trusts strategic plans for quality, patient safety, clinical effectiveness, risk, and health & safety; including implementing NHSi/NHSEs 2019/2020 National Patient Safety Strategy.

    Provide support, expert advice and overseeing the delivery of the clinical governance work programme, implementing governance and quality objectives at Trust and divisional level; Ensure the quality, consistency and timeliness of clinical governance information provided to the clinical divisions, executive management team and the Trust Board is developed and improved; Be responsible for development of the Trusts Risk Management Strategy, ensuring that it aligns to best practice and fosters and develops a culture of risk maturity within the Trust; Ensure there is appropriate training and development in place with regard to risk management for Board, senior managers and frontline staff;
    Educated to Master's degree or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in risk and assurance
    Evidence of further professional, academic, business or management study to support delivery of senior role
    Hold valid professional qualification and active registration with the NMC, GMC or HCPC
    Patient Safety specialist course or willingness to work towards
    Experience of managing high-level, Trust-wide complex regulatory functions.
    Experience of managing high-level, Trust wide clinical risk and clinical audit.
    Experience of medical legal processes.
    Extensive knowledge of key portfolio areas which must include quality improvement, risk management and assurance
    Understanding of PSIRF and Trust implementation
    Extensive knowledge of clinical quality and safety strategies and implementation
    Evidence of developing and implementing systems to improve clinical and corporate performance and efficiency
    Knowledge of key statutory and legislative requirements, for example, complaints regulations, Duty of Candour etc.
    Capability to understand and analyse complex issues, drawing on the breadth of data that needs to inform decision making
    Ability to maintain a high level of performance, even when faced with opposition of when working under stressful conditions
    Ability to act to improve and deliver performance and establish high levels of quality and to hold others to account for delivery
    Evidence of change/project management role

    Evidence of line management experience of groups/teams of staff
    The ability to question information and explanations supplied by other, who may be experts in their field
    Educated to Master's degree or equivalent level of experience working at a senior level in risk and assurance
    Evidence of further professional, academic, business or management study to support delivery of senior role
    Hold valid professional qualification and active registration with the NMC, GMC or HCPC
    Patient Safety specialist course or willingness to work towards
    Experience of managing high-level, Trust-wide complex regulatory functions.
    Experience of managing high-level, Trust wide clinical risk and clinical audit.
    Experience of medical legal processes.
    Extensive knowledge of key portfolio areas which must include quality improvement, risk management and assurance
    Understanding of PSIRF and Trust implementation
    Extensive knowledge of clinical quality and safety strategies and implementation
    Evidence of developing and implementing systems to improve clinical and corporate performance and efficiency
    Knowledge of key statutory and legislative requirements, for example, complaints regulations, Duty of Candour etc.
    Capability to understand and analyse complex issues, drawing on the breadth of data that needs to inform decision making
    Ability to maintain a high level of performance, even when faced with opposition of when working under stressful conditions
    Ability to act to improve and deliver performance and establish high levels of quality and to hold others to account for delivery
    Evidence of change/project management role

    Evidence of line management experience of groups/teams of staff
    The ability to question information and explanations supplied by other, who may be experts in their field
    The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
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