Clinical Governance Lead

Clinical Governance Lead

The Clinical Governance Lead is responsible for maintaining oversight of ACCESS's governance and risk profile. This entails overseeing compliance with governance protocols, facilitating communication between internal and external stakeholders, and promoting a culture of accountability and risk management. The Clinical Governance Lead is a leadership position that requires expertise in governance with an ability to develop and implement robust governance frameworks, policies and SOPs.

By providing guidance, support, and oversight, you will contribute to the overall effectiveness and quality of the ACCESS operating system.

• Design and implement a robust clinical governance framework for ACCESS, ratified by the Operational Leadership Board, Partnership Board and Barts Health NHS Trust.
• Oversee preparation and reporting of monthly ACCESS Governance reports, including summaries of key service governance indices such as Death within 72‑hours of transfer, Datix reports, Serious Incidents (SI's), complaints and Failure Log for ACCESS Governance (FLAGs).
• Collaborate with the Risk Lead to maintain ACCESS Risk register.
• Organise and chair the monthly ACCESS Governance meeting (ACCESS LONDON).
• Ensure distribution of monthly ACCESS Governance report to the ACCESS Operational Leadership Team and the ACCESS Strategic Board.
• Ensure distribution of the monthly ACCESS Governance report to internal and external stakeholders, including NHS London, London Ambulance Service, London ODNs, and St Bartholomew's Clinical Support Services Directorate.
• Attend ACCESS Operational Leadership Team meetings and provide a governance update as a standing order.
• Investigate ACCESS Datix submissions and provide reports for St Bartholomew's Governance team to review.
• Review Deaths within 72‑hours of transfer, and FLAGs.
• Review all taskings highlighted for governance review and feedback outcomes.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.

It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.