Clinical Governance Advisor | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

The Clinical Governance Advisor plays a key role in supporting and promoting patient safety, clinical governance, and risk management across the Surgical Services Division. Working autonomously and in collaboration with clinical and managerial teams, the post holder will provide expert advice, guidance, and operational support to ensure high standards of safe, effective, and patient-centred care. The role involves supporting incident management and investigation, risk assessment and mitigation, audit activity, and compliance with national and local patient safety requirements. The Clinical Governance Advisor will analyse patient safety data, identify trends, and help implement improvements in practice, while fostering a positive culture of learning, openness, and continuous improvement. The post holder will also support staff involved in incidents, complaints, and Coroner's processes, contribute to training and education, and represent the Division at relevant governance forums. This position requires strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills, alongside the ability to manage a varied workload and engage effectively with staff at all levels. As a Clinical Governance Advisor, you will:

• Promote and support patient safety and clinical governance activity across the Division.
• Lead and support the management of incidents, investigations, and action plans.
• Support the development, maintenance, and review of risk registers and risk assessments.
• Analyse incident and safety data, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Provide expert advice and support to staff at all levels on governance, risk, and patient safety.
• Contribute to audits, quality improvement initiatives, and divisional governance meetings.
• Support staff involved in incidents, complaints, and Coroner's inquests.
• Deliver and support training in risk management and patient safety.
• Deputise for the Clinical Governance Facilitator as required.
• Support business units with all patient safety management activities.
• Monitor incidents and risks.
• Implement and evaluate changes in practice to improve patient safety and patient and staff experience.
• Production of high quality, formal written reports with a high level of detail and accuracy.
• Facilitation of meetings and ability to influence people at all levels within the Trust
• Receipt and communication of sensitive and complex information following an incident and investigation that may involve patients/relatives and or staff and may prove detrimental to them.
• Networking.
• Representation of division at Trust wide meetings.
• Provide training for staff with regard to risk management and patient safety
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

This is a varied and rewarding role requiring autonomy, strong communication skills, and the ability to influence and support positive change. The role involves exposure to sensitive and occasionally distressing situations and requires a high level of professionalism, empathy, and resilience.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.