Associate Director Of Governance in London

Job overview

We require a highly inspirational, influential, and strong leader to take on the role of associate director of governance for Newham Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity for an inspiring leader looking to develop into a senior hospital leadership role, to work within four triumvirates to provide leadership to the teams and to work in collaboration at all levels across the hospital to deliver our Patient Safety Incident Response Framework and our hospital strategy.

You will be expected to demonstrate an ability to maintain morale and resilience within our multidisciplinary team but also to continue to drive, sustain and deliver further improvements.

Newham Hospital takes pride in teamwork and inclusivity. Therefore, we would like this post-holder to demonstrate that they can work across boundaries to give and receive support that enables improved efficiency of patient pathways and patient experience.

Main duties of the job

This role is the lead professional for clinical governance, risk, and safety at the hospital. Following negotiations, you will also be expected to be the hospital lead for a corporate subject which will also include representing the hospital on that subject across Barts Health NHS Trust.

We're looking for an individual who can contribute to the on-going implementation of both National and Bart Health NHS Trust strategy, ensuring achievement of its objectives and proactively modernising the delivery of hospital governance. You will also proactively support the division to meet its over-arching aims around quality and safety, recovery, performance, efficiency, and financial stability.

Working for our organisation

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.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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