Location: Exeter, EX2 5AF
Salary: £46148.00 to £52809.00
Date posted: 12th June 2025
Closing date: 27th June 2025
Governance Manager
Job Description:
To be the Lead expert and contact within the Directorate for any Governance advice and queries i.e., risks, incidents, complaints, audit/Quality Improvement; providing direction as required.
To work closely with the Directorate Practice Leads and wider management team to ensure that the Governance framework is monitored, measured and adhered to.
To lead the preparation and formulation of the monthly Directorate Governance Boards, in conjunction with the Senior Management Team.
To liaise and work with the wider Trust Risk Management and Quality Improvement team, ensuring that the Directorate is on track with related projects/pieces of work, and also shares best practice and learning across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
To ensure that staff within the Directorate are aware of their Governance responsibilities and have appropriate access and training to support the timely reporting of incidents.
To provide expert advice, support and guidance to Directorate staff in the investigation and resolution of incidents, ensuring mandatory time frames are adhered to, action plans are formulated, presented and ratified through the Directorate Governance Board.
To be an active member of the Team governance/business meetings, supporting the delivery and adherence to the Directorates Governance framework.
To ensure all risks within the Directorate are risk assessed at the time the risk is identified.
To be responsible for the Directorate Risk Register ensuring risks are uploaded in a timely manner, and are reviewed by the nominated risk manager in line with the Trusts Risk Management Strategy.
To ensure that mitigating actions are undertaken and achieved within the agreed timeframe, and to escalate to the Directorate Governance Board (DGB) where risks are not on target.
To support the Directorates compliance with essential learning and PDRs by identifying / monitoring staff who are out of date and flagging this with the appropriate line manager for action motivating staff to comply with policy.
Represent the Directorate where appropriate, at Trust wide Governance & Risk-related meetings, presenting themes and lessons learnt with recommendations for consideration / change to Trust wide policy and process.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Contact information:
Performance and Information Manager
Emma Baker
07815656550
