Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Governance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 357-LN-632-25-QIA1352-C
- Employer
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lincoln County Hospital
- Town
- Lincoln
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Group Clinical Governance and Risk Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
- Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
- Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
- Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
- Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
- Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
So, what is in it for you?
- Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.
Types of flexibility could include:
- Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
- Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
- Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
- Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
- Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
- NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
- Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
- Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.
In addition, there is more.
- Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
- Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
- Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
- Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
- Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.
Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
Job overview
This role is a critical senior professional management and leadership post within the Clinical Governance Directorate. The post holder will need to be an expert in the field of quality and clinical governance.
To role will provide effective leadership, co-ordination, and management of Group clinical governance functions, providing expert advice and support whilst maintaining a robust assurance seeking role.
The role will be responsible for supporting the Care Directorates with all aspects of quality and clinical governance management providing key support to the Care Directorate Leads and Clinical Governance leads on risk management, governance arrangements, and quality across the Group.
The role will provide support and guidance to clinicians and managers in all aspects of quality and clinical governance and ensure that commitment to managing risk in a coordinated, systematic, transparent, and focused way is achieved.
In conjunction with the Associate Director of Compliance, the role will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight and management of the clinical governance framework within the Care Directorates.
The role will consist of line management responsibilities for the Risk and Datix Team and will deputise for the Associate Director of Compliance as required.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert leadership and guidance to ensure an integrated clinical governance function is delivered, that can evidence high quality, in line with the CQC five key questions that determine quality.
Provide expertise in risk management, holding a suitable risk management qualification.
Ensure that the Group clinical governance framework is robust and that evidence of this is available.
Oversee and refine as necessary reporting and monitoring arrangements which ensure that clinical and quality governance are core to service delivery and professional practice.
Triangulate data and learning from all aspects of the Clinical Governance Directorate and ensure that there is a programme of learning in place across the Group.
Ensure the Group’s electronic system for managing risk, incidents and other clinical governance processes is effective.
Prepare, draft, and submit formal reports on all aspects of clinical governance to internal and external audiences.
Support and ensure active participation in the appointment and induction of Clinical Governance leads across the Group
With the support of the Associate Director of Compliance, be responsible for formulating the annual Quality Accounts across the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group.
Deputise for the Associate Director of Compliance as required.
Working for our organisation
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Act as an expert source of advice in respect of maintaining an integrated clinical governance function ensuring that the Care Directorates can demonstrate that its services are Safe, Effective, Caring, Well led and Responsive.
Ensure that the Care Directorates have in place systems and processes which ensure that all aspects of clinical risk are managed appropriately at every level. The post-holder will require a risk management qualification.
Supporting the infrastructure and culture for clinical and quality governance across the Group ensuring that there is a climate which champions accountability, openness, transparency, learning from mistakes and adoption of best practice.
Ensuring quality improvement and clinical governance techniques and tools are embedded in Group decision making, planning and performance management processes.
Ensure that there is a robust clinical governance framework in operation across the Care Directorates of the Group including standard governance agendas, governance reports and that Clinical Governance Leads are aware of their responsibilities.
Overseeing existing reporting and monitoring arrangements which ensure that clinical and quality governance are core to service delivery and professional practice.
Support for the triangulation of data and learning from all aspects of the Clinical Governance Directorate and ensure that there is a programme of learning in place across the Group.
Supported by the Associate Director of Compliance, ensure that the Group has a robust Risk Management Framework and that there are effective systems in place for Group wide identification and management of risk.
Through the Risk and Datix Manager, ensure that the Group’s electronic system for managing risk, incidents and other clinical governance processes is effective.
Communicating quality and safety initiatives in a compelling, inspiring, and interesting way using case studies and patient stories.
Prepare, draft, and submit formal reports on all aspects of clinical governance summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes, and providing progress reports for Clinical Governance and senior managers as appropriate. Highlight exceptions and risks ensuring mitigating action can be taken to keep programmes and/or projects on track.
To identify quality improvement and governance training requirements, providing training across the Group to both small and large audiences as required.
Takes an active role in the appointment and induction of Clinical Governance leads across the Group providing support and guidance throughout the term of office in relation to the roles and responsibilities of the post.
Responsible for the development and delivery of programme/project plans with agreed milestones and outcome KPI measures, to achieve sustainable service improvement in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response framework and focussed patient safety work. Organise and administer associated meetings, keeping up-to-date action logs.
Promote collaborative working with System partners in support of Patient Safety activities and co-ordinate stakeholder contributions to the programme/projects.
Manage the relationship between Business as Usual and improvement work in order to demonstrate achievement of the overall Improvement journey. Responsible for transferring sustainable programmes/projects to business as usual with up-to-date policies, procedures and standard operating procedures in place were required. Demonstrate delivery and sustainability through appropriate testing and monitoring, for example: surveys.
Maintain own personal and professional growth, keeping up to date with changes, new ways of working and future developments.
Supporting activities relating to the implementation of the National Patient Safety Strategy.
With the support of the Associate Director of Compliance, be responsible for formulating the annual Quality Accounts across the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group.
Deputise for the Associate Director of Compliance as required.
Like all other staff members, there is an expectation that the post holder adheres to the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG) policies, procedures, and guidelines.
All staff are required to advocate, champion, and demonstrate the LCHG values.
LCHG requires all staff to safeguard children, young people and adults.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Highly developed specialist knowledge to a Master level or equivalent experience in a relevant area e.g governance, change management, management
- Professional management training qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Risk Management qualification
Desirable criteria
- Project Management Qualification e.g. Prince 2 or equivalent.
- Professional registration
Skills/competencies
Essential criteria
- Effective leadership skills that motivate and involve a team.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand complex, sensitive, or contentious information.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate across a wide range of stakeholders across the Group and externally.
- Excellent organisational skills; able to work effectively under pressure and to identified and work successfully towards deadlines.
Desirable criteria
- Project management skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and demonstrable experience of working within clinical governance in the NHS or wider Public Sector service.
- Knowledge of the components of governance and assurance, national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to identifying, measuring and improving the quality of patient care.
- Understanding and knowledge of external assessment or regulation within the NHS.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Teams to present and format documents in a professional and consistent manner.
- Responsible for the development and implementation of a range of policy and guidelines in relation to the Clinical Governance framework and the Risk Management Framework across the Group- this will involve writing, implementing and overseeing how these are embedded and utilised.
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of the regulatory framework applicable to the delivery of healthcare services in an acute and community setting.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working at a senior/corporate level within the NHS.
- Experience of leading and managing a team of staff.
- Experience of managing complex projects.
- Demonstrable experience in managing and influencing teams.
- Significant experience of communicating and working with staff at all levels.
- Experience of budget and staff management.
- Experience of managing competing priorities.
- Experience of change management / service redesign.
- Experience in the use of Microsoft Office Applications and / or commercial IT systems
- Experience of producing data and information across a wide range of governance activities
- Experience of working with patients/ staff / stakeholders to improve quality of services
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using the Datix Risk Management System
Special attributes/specific requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently as well as collaboratively within The Group
- Able to write concise and grammatically correct reports and summaries, presenting information clearly and in an accessible way
- Demonstrable ability to train others in relevant areas.
- The ability to be flexible, responsive, motivated, and supportive whilst innovating a positive approach to managing issues.
- Ability to negotiate and influence across a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Self-motivated and committed to improving the quality and safety of healthcare services within the Group.
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jeremy Daws
- Job title
- Associate Director of Compliance and Risk
- Email address
- [email protected]
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