NHS Scotland
Lead Clinical Risk Coordinator - Maternity and Gynaecology
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC)
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.
The Role
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Are you passionate about improving patient safety, driving quality improvement and making a real difference to the care experience of women, babies and families? NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is looking for an experienced and motivated Lead Clinical Risk Coordinator to join our Women and Children's Directorate. This is a unique opportunity to lead on clinical risk management, support service improvement and influence positive change across maternity and gynaecology services. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will help ensure care remains safe, effective and person-centred. As part of NHSGGC, one of the largest NHS organisations in the UK, you will be supported to develop your expertise while playing a vital role in delivering high-quality services for our communities.
Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:
- Location: Any of the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Maternity Units
- Hours: Monday to Friday, flexible
- Type: Full-time, permanent
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare for local and GGC wide clinical safety meetings, where clinical risk incidents are discussed. This will include the preparation of detailed and accurate briefing notes and timelines, summarising the events to be discussed.
- Attend and contribute to weekly gynaecology and maternity AEOG (Adverse events oversight group) meetings, where Serious adverse event reviews (SAERS) and Local adverse event reviews (LAERs) are commissioned, terms of reference are agreed and recommendations from completed reviews are finalised.
- Assist in the organisation of multi-disciplinary review teams for SAER reviews and support the chair before, during and after the meeting to coordinate the writing up of the report.
- Develop timelines for maternity SAERs and LAERs and for local safety meetings.
- Ensure that the maternity teams are aware of recommendations from briefing notes, SAERs and LAERs.
- On occasion providing insight and learning sessions for the MDT about SAER outcomes and themes emerging from clinical risk reviews.
- Work with the lead midwife for quality, risk and governance and medical colleagues, to devise and deliver appropriate educational responses from clinical risk reviews.
- Contribute to national and local reporting and audits.
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Knowledge, Training, Qualifications and/or Experience Required to Do the Job:
- Educated to degree level in a relevant healthcare, nursing, midwifery, allied health, pharmacy, biomedical science or related professional discipline.
- Professional qualification in a related field such as Risk Management or equivalent specialist expertise and experience.
- Significant experience working within the NHS and an understanding of clinical governance frameworks.
- Demonstrable experience leading clinical incident investigations and delivering outcomes within agreed timescales.
- Expert knowledge of risk management, quality improvement tools and techniques and their practical application.
- Strong analytical, project management, data interpretation and report writing skills with the ability to present complex information clearly.
- Excellent leadership, communication, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to drive change across multidisciplinary teams.
What We Offer
We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.
As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:
- A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays.
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits.
- Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme.
- Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses.
- Enhanced pay for working public holidays.
- NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services.
- Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies.
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If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.
Informal enquiries to discuss the post should be directed to the Lead midwife for quality, risk and governance – Alison Anderson – Alisonjane.Anderson@nhs.scot
Details on How to Contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for Candidates
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow.
For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and are proud of the diverse workforce we employ.
By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We welcome applications from across the Armed Forces Community and recognise military skills, experience and qualifications throughout the recruitment and selection process.
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