Maternity Clinical Governance Lead - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Oxford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will manage the clinical governance team in the further development of robust systems and processes, throughout the Directorate in relation to clinical governance and quality, which underpins safe clinical practice.

The role encompasses risk management, clinical audit and clinical effectiveness programmes.

The post holder will provide clinical governance and risk management leadership, guidance and expertise to the wider multi-professional Maternity team.

This will include implementing strategies and frameworks that ensure the Maternity service meets the Trust and NHSLA standards for clinical governance.

This is a senior role within the maternity directorate and the post holder is responsible for ensuring governance and risk systems are in place across the Directorate.

To work closely with the Director of Midwifery, Clinical Lead and Midwifery Leadership Team to ensure effective communication systems are in place.

The post holder will work closely with area Matrons to ensure excellent standards of care, a safe environment, robust infection control practices, high standards of cleanliness are in place throughout and compliant with national and local standards.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel

The overall focus of the post is the continuing development of a seamless clinical governance and risk management strategy which fosters multidisciplinary working across the directorate.

To act as a specialist in the field of risk within the maternity and ensure the national recommendations from MBRRACE-UK Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquires across the UK (MBRRACE), National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and NHS England guidance.

To oversee the completion of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool.

The post holder will support staff within the directorate to deliver high quality services to women and their families.