Head of Governance - London, United Kingdom - HCA Healthcare UK

HCA Healthcare UK

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London, United Kingdom

5 days ago

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Head of Governance

The London Bridge Hospital

Full time

Competitive salary + Benefits (pension, private health cover, flexible benefits and excellent career development)
We have an exciting newly created role for a
Head of Governance provides to join our
London Bridge Hospital.

In this role you will ensure a patient focused clinical governance agenda is defined and reported to the executive board.

You will be responsible for ensuring that risk management is embedded throughout the hospital by providing support, advice and guidance on all aspects and leading the development and implementation of the Risk Management Strategy, and as such will advocate and sponsor risk control and prevention strategies that integrate risk management consideration into everyday management.

Main duties and responsibilities include

Act as a lead for ensuring all services are legally registered within the statutory and regulatory frameworks and are meeting the CQC essential standards and outcomes and all future regulatory assessment/investigation approach
Providing expert advice and support to the Executive Directors and Senior Managers on matters relating to such areas as risk and incident management.
Liaise with the Patient experience lead to support the process of monitoring patient experience
Lead on the implementation, ongoing assessment and development of the CQC standards, working closely with teams, professional leads and managers to ensure broad understanding and ownership and liaising with external monitoring/regulatory bodies.
Lead on monitoring HCA Healthcare wide activities to ensure compliance with the Care Quality Commission and other requirements as directed.
Review, summarise and advise about national guidance and legislation; national and local clinical quality indicators/standards; information and guidance in order to support service development and deliver
Ensuring that the executive team are advised in a timely manner of high risk incidents, complaints or cases that might have a substantial impact on patient care or reputation of the HCA International
Lead, develop and ensure effective mechanisms are in place for learning from serious incidents, complaints, and to encourage a patient focussed learning culture. Working in partnership with the Director of Clinical Services and other key individuals

Skills and experience

Prior experience within a Hospital Governance, Risk or Quality position is essential
Postgraduate qualification/Masters or equivalent indepth training and/or significant experience in risk, governance or compliance
Clinical/ Nursing experience would be desirable but not essential
Experience of implementing Quality, regulatory compliance, Governance and risk management frameworks

HCA Healthcare UK - The World's largest private healthcare group; providing award winning primary, acute and complex care.

Rated as 'outstanding' by the CQC, the
London Bridge Hospital campus in South East London encompasses an outpatients and diagnostic centre in The Shard; the large world-class hospital based at the Tooley Street site; Private Care at Guys, which is on the top four floors of Guys Hospital Cancer Centre; and outpatient and diagnostic centres across the City, Canary Wharf and Kent.

With 160 beds, 22 ICU beds and 10 operating theatres we offer our patients exceptional treatment across a multitude of acute and complex care and have use of the latest technologies and healthcare innovations.

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