Clinical Governance Lead

Anaesthetics, Pre-operative Assessment and Pain Services underpin the Trust's elective, emergency and peri-operative pathways, playing a central role in patient safety, theatre productivity, peri-operative optimisation and recovery. The Clinical Governance role provides oversight of anaesthetic policies and guidelines, responds to incidents and complaints and facilitates shared learning throughout the department Job purpose The Clinical Governance Lead provides clinical leadership for governance, quality and patient safety within Anaesthetics, supporting the investigation of incidents, management of complaints, oversight of policies and guidelines, and the promotion of continuous learning and improvement. The post holder will:

• Investigate reported incidents related to anaesthetics
• Co-ordinate response to complaints in conjunction with senior clinical anaesthetic leadership and management team
• Co-ordinate review and renewal of anaesthetic policies and guidelines
• Chair monthly anaesthetic governance meeting (1 hour)
• Facilitate sharing of guidelines and learning from incidents
• Provide governance updates and assurance reports to specialty and divisional governance forums as required, Clinical Governance Leadership
• Leadership and decision making on routine clinical governance matters
• Contribute to departmental decision making as part of the senior clinical leadership group
Quality, Safety and Improvement
• Provide senior clinical leadership for governance and patient safety
• Support audit, learning from incidents, morbidity review and service evaluation
• Use clinical insight and data to identify opportunities for service improvement
Risk oversight Support review and management of specialty risks and contribute to risk register discussions where appropriate Information governance and shared learning
• Ensure ready access to up-to-date local policies and guidelines for permanent staff and trainees
• Deliver regular mortality and morbidity review in anaesthetics
• Ensure regular sharing of learning (from incidents, changes in practice, and local excellence)
• Maintain oversight of outstanding governance actions and support timely completion.
• Support compliance with Trust governance requirements and reporting processes., Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is crucial to ensuring fairness, celebrating differences and creating environments where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.
To deliver the highest standard of care at Gloucestershire Hospitals, we foster an environment that promotes inclusivity, ensuring that both our staff can thrive and our patients receive services tailored to their needs., Anaesthetics, Pre-operative Assessment and Pain Services underpin the Trusts elective, emergency and perioperative pathways, playing a central role in patient safety, theatre productivity, perioperative optimisation and recovery. The Clinical Governance role provides oversight of anaesthetic policies and guidelines, responds to incidents and complaints and facilitates shared learning throughout the department Job purpose The Clinical Governance Lead provides clinical leadership for governance, quality and patient safety within Anaesthetics, supporting the investigation of incidents, management of complaints, oversight of policies and guidelines, and the promotion of continuous learning and improvement. The post holder will:
• Investigate reported incidents related to anaesthetics
• Co-ordinate response to complaints in conjunction with senior clinical anaesthetic leadership and management team
• Co-ordinate review and renewal of anaesthetic policies and guidelines
• Chair monthly anaesthetic governance meeting (1 hour)
• Facilitate sharing of guidelines and learning from incidents
• Provide governance updates and assurance reports to specialty and divisional governance forums as required, Clinical Governance Leadership
• Leadership and decision making on routine clinical governance matters
• Contribute to departmental decision making as part of the senior clinical leadership group
Quality, Safety and Improvement
• Provide senior clinical leadership for governance and patient safety
• Support audit, learning from incidents, morbidity review and service evaluation
• Use clinical insight and data to identify opportunities for service improvement
Risk oversight Support review and management of specialty risks and contribute to risk register discussions where appropriate Key Result Areas Information governance and shared learning
• Ensure ready access to up-to-date local policies and guidelines for permanent staff and trainees
• Deliver regular mortality and morbidity review in anaesthetics
• Ensure regular sharing of learning (from incidents, changes in practice, and local excellence)
• Maintain oversight of outstanding governance actions and support timely completion.
• Support compliance with Trust governance requirements and reporting processes.
  
  Strong understanding of clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety
• Evidence of effective communication and collaborative working, Demonstrable clinical leadership experience within anaesthetic or peri operative services
• Experience in a clinical leadership role
• Involvement in Trust wide or system level clinical groups
  
  We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the Southwest region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one or both of our innovative hospitals.

As well as generous annual leave allowance, you will have access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.