Divisional Governance Lead Maternity and Neonatal

Please see Job description and person specification for details of the role role and responsibilities. Risk management will form a key part of the role, with responsibility for maintaining and scrutinizing the relevant aspects of the divisional risk register, validating new risks, ensuring controls and assurances are documented, and escalating significant risks to senior leadership. The role also includes ensuring regulatory compliance, acting as the divisional lead for Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements, maintaining inspection readiness, coordinating responses to enquiries, and monitoring action plans. The Divisional Governance Lead for Maternity and Neonatal services will provide oversight of audit and clinical effectiveness processes, ensuring NICE guidance responses and audit findings are tracked and reported through governance structures. Safeguarding responsibilities include monitoring incidents, collaborating with the Safeguarding Team, participating in Section 42 reviews, and providing assurance to governance forums. In addition, the postholder will act as a trusted advisor for workforce investigations and managing allegations, ensuring fair and transparent processes, supporting managers, and contributing to lessons learned reviews. They will also coordinate divisional responses to clinical claims, disseminate learning, and oversee safety alerts to ensure timely review, dissemination, and action tracking. Finally, the role includes leadership and management of the Maternity and Neonatal governance team, encompassing recruitment, on boarding, appraisals, training compliance, and performance management, while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement Job description Job responsibilities Please see Job description and person specification for details of the role role and responsibilities. Risk management will form a key part of the role, with responsibility for maintaining and scrutinizing the relevant aspects of the divisional risk register, validating new risks, ensuring controls and assurances are documented, and escalating significant risks to senior leadership. The role also includes ensuring regulatory compliance, acting as the divisional lead for Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements, maintaining inspection readiness, coordinating responses to enquiries, and monitoring action plans. The Divisional Governance Lead for Maternity and Neonatal services will provide oversight of audit and clinical effectiveness processes, ensuring NICE guidance responses and audit findings are tracked and reported through governance structures. Safeguarding responsibilities include monitoring incidents, collaborating with the Safeguarding Team, participating in Section 42 reviews, and providing assurance to governance forums. In addition, the postholder will act as a trusted advisor for workforce investigations and managing allegations, ensuring fair and transparent processes, supporting managers, and contributing to lessons learned reviews. They will also coordinate divisional responses to clinical claims, disseminate learning, and oversee safety alerts to ensure timely review, dissemination, and action tracking. Finally, the role includes leadership and management of the Maternity and Neonatal governance team, encompassing recruitment, on boarding, appraisals, training compliance, and performance management, while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement