1. Can you describe your experience in clinical governance and how it has prepared you for the role of Matron for Clinical Governance? Can you describe your experience in clinical governance and how it has prepared you for the role of Matron for Clinical Governance?
2. How do you approach providing clinical and professional leadership to teams? Can you give an example of a time when you effectively managed a team during a challenging situation? How do you approach providing clinical and professional leadership to teams? Can you give an example of a time when you effectively managed a team during a challenging situation?
3. Could you share an example of a successful quality improvement initiative you have led in a maternity setting? What was the outcome? Could you share an example of a successful quality improvement initiative you have led in a maternity setting? What was the outcome?
4. How do you foster collaboration between different teams and departments within a healthcare setting to ensure safe and effective patient care? How do you foster collaboration between different teams and departments within a healthcare setting to ensure safe and effective patient care?
5. What methods do you employ to monitor compliance with clinical governance standards, and how do you ensure that these standards are maintained across multiple sites? What methods do you employ to monitor compliance with clinical governance standards, and how do you ensure that these standards are maintained across multiple sites?
6. Can you discuss a time when you had to implement a change in practice within a clinical governance framework? What strategies did you use to engage staff in this change? Can you discuss a time when you had to implement a change in practice within a clinical governance framework? What strategies did you use to engage staff in this change?
7. How do you approach the investigation and management of clinical incidents? Can you provide an example of a significant incident you dealt with and the lessons learned from it? How do you approach the investigation and management of clinical incidents? Can you provide an example of a significant incident you dealt with and the lessons learned from it?
8. As the Matron will be part of the senior midwifery on-call rota, how do you prepare yourself to support clinical teams during out-of-hours situations? As the Matron will be part of the senior midwifery on-call rota, how do you prepare yourself to support clinical teams during out-of-hours situations?
9. What do you consider to be the key professional standards in maternity care, and how would you work to uphold these as Matron for Clinical Governance? What do you consider to be the key professional standards in maternity care, and how would you work to uphold these as Matron for Clinical Governance?
10. How do you engage with stakeholders, including patients and their families, to ensure that their needs are being met within the Clinical Governance framework? How do you engage with stakeholders, including patients and their families, to ensure that their needs are being met within the Clinical Governance framework?
11. Given MFT’s commitment to equality and diversity, how do you ensure that your governance practices reflect and support the diverse needs of the population served by the maternity services? Given MFT’s commitment to equality and diversity, how do you ensure that your governance practices reflect and support the diverse needs of the population served by the maternity services?
12. What is your vision for the Matron for Clinical Governance role within the Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service, and how do you plan to achieve it? What is your vision for the Matron for Clinical Governance role within the Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service, and how do you plan to achieve it?
13. How do you gather and respond to feedback from staff and patients regarding clinical governance performance, and how does this influence your practice? How do you gather and respond to feedback from staff and patients regarding clinical governance performance, and how does this influence your practice?
14. Describe a time when you had to manage a conflict within your team. What was the situation, and how did you resolve it? Describe a time when you had to manage a conflict within your team. What was the situation, and how did you resolve it?
You can answer as many of these questions as you want.
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