Governance and Assurance Lead

The post holder will be responsible for supporting effective governance and risk systems across maternity, neonatal and gynaecology services. They will work with leaders within the women's and neonatal services to ensure effective communication systems are in place and to ensure excellent standards of care and compliance with national and local standards., The post holder will support the patient safety and the quality improvement agenda, support completion of the Duty of Candour requirements and provide feedback to families following review of clinical incidents. Take a leading role in auditing practice, analysis of results and preparing reports for presentation. They will support quality improvement initiatives including identifying areas for improvement / themes arising from clinical incidents and support the process for developing and updating clinical guidelines. The post holder will provide support with risk management to other areas as service need requires and may be required to provide clinical care to women and their families if required. The post holder will have a key leadership role within the Governance Team and will provide specialist skills and knowledge to support the division's quality and safety agenda.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.