Job description

Job responsibilities

Additional responsibilities include:

• Be the lead contact for any and all audits relating to risk management. Lead on recommendations and actions included in the annual internal audit report.
• Work alongside Executives to ensure Directorate risks are relevant and contemporaneous.
• Provide leadership and support to the Trusts Risk Assurance Group (RAG) to ensure the group is effective in managing risks for the Trust and escalate any concerns from RAG in line with its Terms of Reference.
• Provide expert support to the senior leadership team, executive and trust board, ensuring ongoing adherence to the principles set out in Risk Management Policy.
• Minimise risk through working with Trust staff, including critically analysing adverse incidents, root cause analysis and identification of trends and prepare written reports and making recommendations for action as appropriate.
• Promote a learning culture within the Trust which acknowledges the benefits of patient safety and effective risk management to provide a safe environment and reducing risk of harm to staff, patients, carers and visitors.
• Attend Management Group meetings to support risk reviews.
• Keep updated on national and local risk and patient safety developments, ensuring appropriate implementation of best practice.
• Attend System-wide collaborations/forums to present risks requiring a risk-sharing approach, leading on multi-agency task and finish groups as required to develop meaningful risk sharing processes

Please see attached job description for further information.

Job responsibilities

Additional responsibilities include:

• Be the lead contact for any and all audits relating to risk management. Lead on recommendations and actions included in the annual internal audit report.
• Work alongside Executives to ensure Directorate risks are relevant and contemporaneous.
• Provide leadership and support to the Trusts Risk Assurance Group (RAG) to ensure the group is effective in managing risks for the Trust and escalate any concerns from RAG in line with its Terms of Reference.
• Provide expert support to the senior leadership team, executive and trust board, ensuring ongoing adherence to the principles set out in Risk Management Policy.
• Minimise risk through working with Trust staff, including critically analysing adverse incidents, root cause analysis and identification of trends and prepare written reports and making recommendations for action as appropriate.
• Promote a learning culture within the Trust which acknowledges the benefits of patient safety and effective risk management to provide a safe environment and reducing risk of harm to staff, patients, carers and visitors.
• Attend Management Group meetings to support risk reviews.
• Keep updated on national and local risk and patient safety developments, ensuring appropriate implementation of best practice.
• Attend System-wide collaborations/forums to present risks requiring a risk-sharing approach, leading on multi-agency task and finish groups as required to develop meaningful risk sharing processes

Please see attached job description for further information.

Person Specification

Essential criteria on application form

Essential

• At least two years risk management experience

Essential and desirable criteria

Essential

• Experience of presenting verbally and in writing to senior leaders

Desirable

• Formal risk management qualification
• Relevant healthcare, audit, compliance or corporate governance experience

Essential criteria on application form

Essential

• At least two years risk management experience

Essential and desirable criteria

Essential

• Experience of presenting verbally and in writing to senior leaders

Desirable

• Formal risk management qualification
• Relevant healthcare, audit, compliance or corporate governance experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

Nexus House

Crawley

RH10 9BG

Employer's website

https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)