Clinical Risk and Safeguarding Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Deliver expert clinical risk and safeguarding assistance to operational teams and clients.

• Enhance understanding of clinical risk, safeguarding duties, and clinical governance throughout service areas.

• Facilitate training and communication initiatives.

• Perform clinical impact evaluations following incidents, safeguarding issues, change requests, and transformation efforts.

• Identify suitable solutions that reduce clinical and service-user repercussions.

• Participate in clinical risk management, safeguarding, and incident management protocols, strategies, and ongoing enhancement.

• Keep clinical risk registers, safeguarding documentation, clinical incident records, and preventive and corrective action plans up to date.

• Oversee and manage professional body and registration obligations for healthcare practitioners.

• Provide assurance that team members comply with professional body standards.

• Ensure adherence to contractual penalties, waivers, and escalation procedures.

• Act as a representative for Clinical Governance in meetings, forums, and initiatives.

• Make independent judgments within established guidelines and escalate issues as necessary.

• Assist in clinical governance strategic and routine activities centered on clinical risk, safeguarding, incident learning, and continuous improvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Qualified UK registered healthcare professional.

• At least two years of post-registration experience.

• Current, unrestricted professional registration with the GMC, NMC, or HCPC.

• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the seven pillars.

• Completed Level 4 Child and/or Adult Safeguarding training, or equivalent demonstrable safeguarding proficiency.

• Comprehensive knowledge or proven understanding of clinical assessment, healthcare service delivery, safeguarding, clinical risk management, or regulated service processes.

• Profound understanding of clinical, operational, social, and cultural factors impacting health assessment, support services, and service-user experiences.

• Experience in making challenging decisions under pressure.

• Evidence of ongoing professional development and continuous professional registration.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Capacity to foster effective relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• £46,000 annual salary.

• 25 days of holiday, increasing to 27 days.

• Option to purchase additional leave.

• Paid day off for volunteering activities.

• Automatic enrollment in the company pension scheme.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Cycle2work program.

• 15 weeks of fully paid maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.

• Two weeks of paid paternity leave.

• Voluntary benefits including discounts on retail, socializing, health & wellbeing, travel, and technology.

• Employee Network Groups.

• Opportunities for career development.

• Chances to acquire new skills and advance your career.

• Recruitment adjustments and support for candidates with disabilities.