Job summary
- Main area
- Governance
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-LD&F-8981
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 3 Bowlers Green
- Town
- Radlett
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata+ 5% of basic salary (min £1,192 max £2,011)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Practice Governance Facilitator
6
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
An exciting job opportunity has arisen for a Practice Governance facilitator to support learning disability inpatient and community teams based in Hertfordshire that are provided by HPFT.
This role gives you the opportunity to work creatively across a variety of different teams and professions and with service users and carers to shape practice and care delivery. Forging close links with clinical staff and operational managers, you will be at the forefront of further shaping and building our positive learning culture.
Main duties of the job
You will have interest and skills in audit, analysis, Continuous Quality Improvement and will use these skills as a catalyst and enabler to embed new practices and improve clinical safety and effectiveness. You will work within a dedicated Practice Governance Team covering Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Buckinghamshire HPFT services for Learning Disabilities, Forensics and Rehabilitation.
The post will be based at 3 Bowlers Green, Kingsley Green in Hertfordshire but you will be expected to travel the short distance to the inpatient units on a regular basis .There will be occasions where you will be required to visit other sites across Norfolk, Buckinghamshire and Essex to share good practice and learn from other clinical teams.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just fivemental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Essex, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on…
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE:
To facilitate and manage integrated governance systems and processes in
Hertfordshire’s learning disability, forensic inpatient and community services, managed by Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT).
To support service planning and development in Forensic and Learning Disabilities services managed by HPFT.
SCOPE:
Within Hertfordshire, we have two secure learning disability inpatient units, one assessment and treatment unit for people with learning disabilities, one secure mental health inpatient unit, forensic community services and the Liaison and Diversionservice. Alongside other Practice Governance colleagues, your role will be tosupport these teams to develop and manage integrated practice governance and quality improvement systems and processes.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS:
Service Line Lead, Service Managers, Practice Governance Lead, Team Leaders, Charge Nurses, Clinicians, service users, carers. Key meeting
relationships will include Patient Safety, Quality and Risk, and Making Services Better.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Provide direction on all matters across relevant services relating to practice governance.
· Support managers in setting clinical standards and improving clinical performance of individuals and teams.
· Support teams to manage and review existing risks and help them to identify emerging risks.
· Work in conjunction with teams to monitor and review incident reports and act on trends / learning points.
· Produce governance reports including contributing to quarterly contractual reports.
· Support the teams in preparing for Care Quality Commission and Mental Health Act visits and any responses that may be required because of these visits.
· Contribute to the Division Quality and Risk Management meeting.
· Work with services, service users, carers and their representatives to develop and implement mechanisms for obtaining service user feedback.
· Support teams to act on the feedback they receive in order to develop and improve services.
· Promote best clinical practice by undertaking benchmarking exercises and supporting teams to work in accordance with NICE guidance.
· Identify audit priorities for services and facilitate the audit programme.
· Help identify staff training requirements and priorities.
· Work in partnership with teams to enable them to identify improvement opportunities through analysis of data and information, curious reflection, and critical thinking.
· Support in the dissemination, implementation, and monitoring of Trust policies.
· Contribute to policy development as required by the Practice Governance Lead.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Project Management / Quality / Process Improvement training or qualification.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Two years’ experience working within a health & social care setting.
- Experience of undertaking audits.
- Experience of analysing data and writing reports.
- Experience of translating policy into practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively, supporting services to make changes or improvements.
SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE / ABILITY
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of inpatient and community mental health or learning disability services.
- Knowledge of current policy and legislation in relation to Mental Health and Learning Disability.
- Knowledge and understanding of risk assessment and management, clinical effectiveness, and quality improvement within clinical services.
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding adults and children policies and procedures.
- Good time management skills, working to deadlines and prioritising work under own initiative.
- Confident to facilitate discussions with services and chair meetings, utilising strong communication skills.
- Confident in use of Office applications and other electronic systems.
- Willing to challenge assumptions and test new ways of working.
Desirable criteria
- Participation in professional / LD networks.
OTHER CRITERIA
Essential criteria
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving).
- Willingness to occasionally travel disparate distances.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kate Baker
- Job title
- Practice Governance Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0773 8922672
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