DHF Annual Report 2009 - NT Health Digital Library - Northern ...

FrameworkCorporate Governance and clear accountability and responsibility.The Executive Leadership Group plays a central role inmaintaining the accountability and responsibility within theorganisation through diligent monitoring and responsiblerisk management. Accountability, responsibility,effective leadership and capable management hasbeen supported by the continued provision of extensivemanagement training for supervisory and middle levelmanagers across the organisation.Collaboration with stakeholders and accessing abroad range of specialist advice are essential inputs substantially from the contributions made by the Familyand Children, Mental Health, Senior Territorians,Disability Services, Youth Justice, Youth Round Tableand Health Advisory Councils and Committees someof which contain both community and Departmentalrepresentatives and report to the respective Ministers. terms of reference and senior membership: theseare the Executive Leadership Group, the ResourceManagement Committee, the Occupational Health andSafety Steering Committee, the Department of Healthand Families and Unions Consultative Committee, theStrategic Information Management Committee, theStrategic Workforce Committee, the Principal Safetyand Quality Committee and the Audit Committee.Details of the groups are available at Appendix 4.Clinical GovernanceClinical governance provides a framework whichensures the highest possible safety and qualityof clinical care and is an especially importantcomponent of the Department’s overall governance.Clinical care is delivered by frontline staff with astrong sense of professional responsibility. Executiveand senior management accept that they have a keyresponsibility for the quality of services delivered bythe Department and that they share accountabilitywith clinicians and other professionals providingservices. Where possible, services should be basedon locally applicable evidence of effectiveness andsafety. The Executive and managers at all levels(including senior clinicians and other professionalswith management responsibilities) ensure that:an environment promoting evidence based practiceand fostering safety, quality and continuouscritical incidents are monitored, effective responsesare developed, and regular reports on quality are the Department works collaboratively with staff andall stakeholders, including consumers, to improvesafety and quality across the organisation.A Principal Medical Advisor, Principal Nursing Advisor,Principal Aboriginal Health Worker and Principal AlliedHealth Advisor provide high level advice. These groupsand individuals complete a comprehensive governancedirection of health and community services.80Department Health and Families