Clinical Governance Co-ordinator Band 4

Job summary

The Family and Specialist Services Division Quality and Patient Safety Team are seeking a self-directed and motivated person who has a questioning and enquiring mind and good attention to detail.

If this describes you, we want to hear from you. The role is interesting and varied and would mean you were part of driving improvements in patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness.

Responsibilities of this role include:

1. Working alongside and supporting the Perinatal Quality and Patient Safety Team with the day-to-day management of patient safety incidents.
2. Being responsible for the organising and co-ordination of receiving and storing maternity records for audit and incident investigation purposes and maintaining the tracking database related to this process. This includes the management and tracking of all subject access requests.
3. Organise and distribute papers in time for key meetings e.g. Governance, Risk, CQC, Monitoring and Audit, Clinical Effectiveness Forum etc.
4. A broad experience of IT and good communication and organisational skills are essential for this role.

Our Quality and Patient Safety Team is looking for the right individual for this enjoyable and interesting role. Between us we will train and support the successful candidate.

Please contact Sarah Goodwin, Neonatal Governance Lead or Laura Price, Patient Safety Midwife on 01225 825499/ 824432 for an informal discussion.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Date posted: 15 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 4

Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 427-7100776

Job locations

Royal United Hospital Bath, Combe Park, Bath, BA13NG

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

• GCSE Grade C or above in English and Maths (or equivalent).
• Experience within the NHS or similar health care setting.
• Considerable experience in administration.
• Educated to A-Level (or equivalent) or equivalent experience.
• IT and good communication and organisational skills.

Desirable

• IT skills qualification.
• Experience of conducting appraisals and annual reviews.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Experience of speaking to the public and resolving issues.
• Experience of managing own workload and working under own initiative to prioritise tasks.
• Maintaining a tracking database.
• Experience of organising papers for key meetings.

Desirable

• Experience of electronic patient administration system.
• Previous experience of working with a quality or patient safety team.

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.

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.

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.

Employer details

Employer name: Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Royal United Hospital Bath, Combe Park, Bath, BA13NG

Employer's website: https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/