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Job summary

Main area
MSK
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-0825-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/09/2025 23:59
Interview date
22/09/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

MSK Healthcare Governance Matron/Governance Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the senior MSK team and shape our future service, we have an exciting opportunity to recruit to the Healthcare Governance Matron/Governance Lead role.

The post holder will provide co ordination and leadership to support various governance functions such as quality monitoring and complaints and risk management. The postholder will work across professional boundaries and will work closely with the Medical Governance leads to ensure the provision of quality care and patient safety.  The post holder will also manage the MSK Education Team. Please note, nursing applicants will be asked to contribute to the Duty Matron rota.

The MSK care group is made up of the following specialities: Inpatient and outpatient Orthopaedic, spinal and trauma services, Sheffield Hand Centre, Metabolic Bone and Osteoporosis Centre, Rheumatology, Chronic Pain Services, Podiatric Surgery, Inpatient and Outpatient hospital based MSK Therapy services, Physio work community service, Staff physiotherapy service. 

 

Main duties of the job

To be the first point of contact for directorate/department staff, corporate specialists, central governance departments, and Trust-wide specialist committees for governance communications.

To ensure that healthcare governance communication is locally disseminated to relevant staff, and that they are consulted about changes to governance systems and documents.

To ensure that serious directorate or department issues are rapidly brought to the attention of the relevant Clinical, Operations and Nurse Director, Head of Service and Matrons; corporate lead/central department, and to any relevant colleagues in other directorates, departments or committees.

To receive guidance from corporate specialists and central governance departments about legislation and national standards, consider how processes could be changed to improve compliance and quality, and recommend changes to systems, policies and protocols.

To ensure that agreed changes to governance systems, policies and protocols are implemented across the directorate/department and any issues are fed back.

To participate in surveys, audits and inspections to test local governance processes and provide evidence of compliance with standards when required.

To ensure that local systems are in place to review and update clinical guidelines and governance protocols produced by the directorate/department.

 

Working for our organisation

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Healthcare Professional e.g. NMC, HPC
  • Masters degree, or equivalent experience
  • 1st level degree or evidence of equivalent study
Desirable criteria
  • Patient, occupational safety or risk management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience working within an acute hospital.
  • Significant healthcare governance and risk management experience.
  • Significant experience of complaints management, meeting with patients and complaints resolution.
  • Experience of effectively chairing meetings and meeting deadlines.
  • Experience of leading on investigations and report writing.
  • Proven clinical operational experience with advanced problem solving.
  • Experience of HR management; and leading a team.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous budgetary responsibility

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Evidence of multidisciplinary working.
  • Proven leadership skills.
  • Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal.
  • Good presentation skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines.
  • Ability to negotiate and influence.
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills, computer literacy and advanced keyboard skills.
  • Computer literacy and advanced keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
  • Recognised computer qualification.

Values and Behaviours (PROUD)

Essential criteria
  • Patients first, Respectful, Ownership, Unity, Delivery

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Esme Blyth
Job title
Nurse Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01142269336
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