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Job overview

Are you values led with a passion for governance? Are you a business or project manager,  with NHS experience,  looking for a new and exciting role that will contribute to the development and improvement of  services? 

The Countywide Directorate at Gloucestershire Health and Care is recruiting  to a new Business and Governance lead having successfully piloted the role through a Graduate Management Trainee Scheme placement.

The key objective of the role is to provide comprehensive business oversight and service improvement leadership with and to the Service Director.  Working closely with the directorate Senior Leadership Team to ensure effective monthly governance reporting, delivery of the directorate’s business plans and overseeing development projects for the directorate.

Main duties of the job

·       To provide oversight and monitoring of the directorate’s business plan, to assure delivery of the objectives, alongside the Service Director and Deputies.

·       To assist with the delivery of key directorate service developments, alongside service leads reporting to the Service Director and Deputies, which will include quality improvement and project management approaches.

·       To support the Service Director with the monthly governance cycle in terms of directorate reporting, assurance and monitoring. This will include accessing and interpreting data sets from a variety of systems, linking with corporate partners to develop more agile methodology, tracking complaints and the clinical audit programme, and actively seeking updates and assurance from service leads.

·       To be responsible for the co-ordination of the directorate development programme, including drafting agendas, organising speakers, preparing presentations, facilitating and leading discussions towards achievement of the business objectives.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.