Governance Series: Module 5 - Clinical Governance & Risk Oversight for Directors

Content
21 modules
Difficulty
Advanced
Rating
Course length
90 mins
Instructor
Jon Arthur
Released
12 May 2025
Price
$295.00 AUD

Description

Module 5 in the Governance series but available as a standalone course.

  • Directors
  • Executives / Clinical Governance Committee Members
  • Quality Managers

This course helps aged care board directors understand their strategic responsibilities in clinical governance. Learn how to identify care risks, use dashboards effectively, oversee committee structures, and ensure your organisation meets its duty under the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards (2025). 

As part of your learning journey you follow the Brokenwood Case Study of new director, Alex’s journey into governance from uncertainty to confident clinical oversight — and learn how to govern care without crossing into operations.

Through engaging scenarios and structured tools, this course equips directors with practical knowledge on:

  • Clinical risk oversight
  • Use of dashboards and indicators
  • Committee roles and reporting
  • The line between governance and operations
  • Strategic use of complaints and care data

It aligns with the PHI Governance Framework, AICD standards, and the 2025 Aged Care Quality Standards.

Objectives

By the end of this course, board directors will be able to:

  1. Define the board’s role in clinical governance and distinguish it from operational management responsibilities.

  2. Identify when clinical issues require board-level attention using the “Three Tests” (Strategic Impact, Systemic Risk, Reputational Risk).

  3. Interpret and interrogate clinical governance dashboards, indicators, and trends, including NQIs, SIRS reports, and restrictive practice data.

  4. Assess the effectiveness of your Clinical Governance Committee, including its terms of reference, membership, escalation protocols, and reporting flow.

  5. Evaluate whether the Clinical Governance Framework is current, strategic, and guiding decisions, not just sitting on a shelf.

  6. Apply structured oversight tools such as risk escalation pathways, reporting flowcharts, and committee composition guides.

  7. Integrate clinical governance insights into board-level strategy and planning — ensuring risk, capacity, and care quality are factored into service decisions.

  8. Exercise appropriate oversight without crossing into operational interference — asking the right questions at the right level.

Certificate

By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Clinical Governance & Risk Oversight for Directors certificate

Learning credits

ESDS
1.5
1.
Lesson 0: Welcome & Orientation
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Lesson 1A: The Strategic Goal of Clinical Governance
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Case Study 1B: Brokenwood
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Lesson 2A: Governance vs Operations – Framing & Boundaries
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Lesson 2B: Grey Areas, Brokenwood, and Escalation
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Knowledge Check: 2C – Governance or Operations
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Lesson 2D: Introducing theClinical Governance Framework
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Lesson 3A: How the Clinical Governance Framework Works in Practice
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Lesson 3B: Oversight Tools, Dashboards, and Board Signals
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Lesson 4: Governing Clinical Risk
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Lesson 5: Reading Risk in Colour
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Part 1 Complete – From Structure to Strategy
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Sharpening the Lens - Part 1: Seeing the Risk
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Sharpening the Lens - Part 1: Interpreting the Risk
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Lesson 6A: Oversight Without Overreach.
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Lesson 7: Clinical Governance Committees and the Role of the Board
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Lesson 8A: Integrating Clinical Governance Into Strategic Oversight
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Lesson 8B: Strategic Application – From Complaints to Capital
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Lesson 9: Final Reflection – Are We Governing Care or Just Receiving Reports?
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Final Knowledge Check
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toolkit - Module 5
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