Governance Administrator FTC

Governance Administrator | Fixed Term contract | Private hospital | Full-time hours | Southampton

Spire Southampton Hospital has a rare opportunity for a Governance Administrator to join our integrated quality governance team on a full-time fixed term contact for 12 months.

Spire Southampton Hospital offers world-class care, attracting patients from across the South of England and internationally. We deliver some of the best cardiac surgery results in the country. Our Critical Care department and multidisciplinary team offer you peace of mind for our wide range of treatments.

The overall purpose of the role is to support the integrated quality governance team function, through provision of administrative support. 

The role purpose will be achieved in the following ways: 

• Working under the direction of the Clinical Governance & Risk Manager and in collaboration with other members of the integrated quality governance team. 
• Demonstrating and exemplifying behaviours and attitudes that will support the development of positive and professional working relationships with the hospital managers and colleagues in all hospital teams. 
• Creating and maintaining links with relevant national leads and networks. 
• Managing own workload effectively to meet time and quality expectations. 
• Ensuring own credibility, currency and effectiveness in the role by managing own professional learning and development, in discussion with the Clinical Governance & Risk Manager, as well as undertaking appropriate in-service training when required to do so. 
• Developing a thorough working knowledge of all relevant data collection processes and systems (including DCIQ incident and complaint modules, My Clinical Outcomes, National Joint Registry, British Spinal Registry, British Cosmetic & Implant Registry etc.) 
• Always supporting fully the business aims and objectives and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and organisational standards and policies.

Person requirements: 

• A good standard of general education to A-level (or equivalent).
• Previous administrative roles with exclusive responsibilities.
• IT literacy and a competent user of the MS Office suite of products.
• A proactive and resourceful inclination. 
• A problem-solving and decision-making aptitude.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to maintain a complex array of working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• An ability to manage own workload in the face of competing priorities, and an ability to manage multiple workstreams. 
• High personal standards and quality of work output with outstanding organisational and time-management abilities.
• A strong work ethic, reliability and an ability to be discreet.
• An ability to demonstrate our purpose, vision and values.
• A team player with a flexible approach to work, and acceptance that exact role responsibilities may be adjusted over time in response to business need
• Previous hospital experience

Contract: Fixed Term 12 months

Hours: Full-time 37.5, Monday-Friday office hours, with some flexibility around start and end times

Benefits

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on charlotte.oliver@spirehealthcare.com

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

About Us 

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. 

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards