Are you a dynamic leader with a wealth of experience in Clinical Governance, looking for an opportunity to work with a fantastic team?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead and manage our Quality Governance Team at a pivotal time in our organisational journey. We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking individual to drive performance excellence in clinical quality, patient safety, and risk management across the Trust.

Working closely with the Associate Director of Quality you will play a key leadership role in embedding the Trust’s strategies for quality, patient safety, governance, and assurance. You will ensure that delivering high-quality, safe care is recognised as the responsibility of every member of staff, supporting our ambition to become an outstanding provider of healthcare.

This role is focused on achieving measurable improvement outcomes through strong leadership, data-driven insights, and continuous learning. You will lead the Trust’s approach to quality governance, ensuring robust, effective arrangements that meet the requirements of regulatory bodies and commissioners, while driving a culture that goes beyond compliance to continuous improvement.

In taking this role forward, you will:

• Support and further develop a culture that empowers staff to continuously improve care and outcomes;
• Build on existing structures to enhance and sustain high-quality care across the organisation;
• Align quality governance systems with corporate governance to ensure consistency, efficiency, and impact;
• Provide visible, credible leadership across the Trust on quality, risk, and patient safety;
• Translate learning from patient safety incidents, clinical negligence claims, and other sources into meaningful and sustainable improvements.

As part of the Quality Team, you will provide expert governance leadership within an acute hospital setting and contribute to the Trust-wide on-call rota. You will act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, championing a proactive, high-performing culture where innovation and accountability thrive.

The role involves overseeing the Trust’s governance and patient safety systems, leading incident response processes, and ensuring learning from incidents, claims, and inquests is embedded across services. The post holder works closely with clinical teams and senior stakeholders to improve quality, manage risks, and drive compliance with national standards. They also lead the Quality Governance Team, deliver reporting to the Board, and support staff development through training, engagement, and improvement programmes.

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