Compliance Officer, Healthcare

We have an exciting opportunity within our Perinatal Services team, supporting compliance across the Directorate.

Working closely with the Perinatal Services Governance team to collate compliance for internal and external bodies.

To interpret standards and develop measures for quality monitoring and assurance. Provide reports on these measures to trust level committees/working groups using new and existing data available. To work with colleagues across the trust to support the embedding of standards/legislation (e.g. CQC, NICE, Trust Policy etc.) and become a point of contact for advice/guidance.

To develop and maintain monitoring processes in relation to the identified quality assurance framework.

To develop and deliver education and training for staff in relation to standards and assurance.

To proactively review current data/information flows to strengthen data quality, identify further assurance mechanisms and maintain consistency.

To support the Corporate Directorates and Estates & Facilities Division in relation to delivery of operational governance (i.e. as per Trust Policy, Risk Management Assurance Strategy) providing guidance, facilitation and monitoring of compliance with trust processes.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards;
The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

To assist in interpretation of standards and how quality can be measured within the Trust; and act as the point of contact for provision of expert advice in relation to national standards issues in particular with:
Policy leads, CQC leads, corporate directorates, Operational governance.

To provide support to corporate directorates in relation to operational governance and implementation of OP10/Risk Management Assurance strategy, i.e. risk management, incident reporting, attend corporate directorate governance meetings as and when required.

To work effectively with Policy/Trust clinical leads to provide expert guidance, support to ensure implementation and monitoring of regulatory standards are included in Trust policy/processes.

To implement data quality validation checks against data used for assurance purposes in relation to compliance with regulatory standards (in particular CQC, NICE, National Guidance, Strategies and Key Policies)

To assist development and use of key systems and processes in place within the Trust used to provide assurance of compliance with regulatory standards (in particular; Health Assure) for CQC, etc.

To assist in development, implementation and monitoring of process to ensure regular and timely information is available for reports to Trust Governance Committees, particularly in relation to NICE, Confidential Enquiries, Care Quality Commission Registration.

To support the identification, development and implementation of key information flows and ensure they are integrated into the Trust reporting system and mapped against National compliance standards. (e.g. Clinical Audit, Creating Best Practice, Nursing Metrics etc.)

To assist in co-ordination of the review and implementation of new national guidance such as NICE, PMRT, NSFs or Confidential Enquiries. This will include ad hoc guidance issued by Department of Health Committees.

To assist in development and delivery of education of trust staff at all levels around all areas of responsibility (in particular; Quality Assurance and Compliance, Datix, PMRT Trust Induction, compliance system)

To develop and implement effective use of key Trust systems to provide assurance against regulatory standards (Compliance System, Datix etc.)

To use the data identified to produce effective intelligence to support the assurance process and be able to highlight areas of concern using agreed triggers.

To produce a newsletter for the Trust to focus on sharing lessons across the Trust.

To actively share knowledge/lessons learnt across the trust for purposes of assurance.

To produce reports to working groups/committees on a regular/ad hoc basis.

ORGANISATIONAL AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

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