Quality Governance Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative and skilled Quality Governance Lead to join the Corporate Nursing and Integrated Governance Unit. The role involves ensuring corporate and divisional compliance with national requirements and standards set by various regulators. The post holder will provide Quality Governance support with a focus on quality improvement, safety, compliance, and assurance. Excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills are essential for working with diverse colleagues.
Essential criteria
- Degree or degree level educational qualification
- Postgraduate level qualification / training or equivalent work experience in a risk management and governance environment
Desirable criteria
- Masters level education
- Prince 2 qualification
- Registered Health Care Professional with a current professional registration
- Extensive experience in a senior management role within a governance compliance or assurance environment preferably in a social care or health organisation.
- Experience of multi professional and agency working to deliver improvement programmes/agendas across services.
- Experience of developing and implementing systems to enable monitoring and collating evidence of assurances.
- Experience of delivering and coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience in teaching small and large groups and delivery of presentations with confidence to a range of audiences.
- Proven track record of delivering change.
- Previous experience of working in patient safety or in a clinical or social care environment.
- Root cause analysis/ Human factors training.
- Experience of participating in clinical or process audits.
- Skills and Knowledge
- Extensive working knowledge of governance processes in clinical services and the interface with quality of care and assurance mechanisms.
- In depth knowledge of patient safety / risk management and governance within a Health or Social care organisation
- Working knowledge of NHS regulatory programmes of work and the relationship with / to risk management strategy and policy
- Knowledge of the wider NHS governance programmes of work and national agenda
- Developed analytical skills with the ability to assess, synthesize, interpret, act and report upon complex qualitative and quantitative data from a variety of sources
- Understanding of audit and improvement methodology
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of Safeguard Ulysses software system or similar risk management system
- Degree or degree level educational qualification
- Postgraduate level qualification / training or equivalent work experience in a risk management and governance environment
- Masters level education
- Prince 2 qualification
- Registered Health Care Professional with a current professional registration
- Extensive experience in a senior management role within a governance compliance or assurance environment preferably in a social care or health organisation.
- Experience of multi professional and agency working to deliver improvement programmes/agendas across services.
- Experience of developing and implementing systems to enable monitoring and collating evidence of assurances.
- Experience of delivering and coordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience in teaching small and large groups and delivery of presentations with confidence to a range of audiences.
- Proven track record of delivering change.
- Previous experience of working in patient safety or in a clinical or social care environment.
- Root cause analysis/ Human factors training.
- Experience of participating in clinical or process audits.
- Skills and Knowledge
- Extensive working knowledge of governance processes in clinical services and the interface with quality of care and assurance mechanisms.
- In depth knowledge of patient safety / risk management and governance within a Health or Social care organisation
- Working knowledge of NHS regulatory programmes of work and the relationship with / to risk management strategy and policy
- Knowledge of the wider NHS governance programmes of work and national agenda
- Developed analytical skills with the ability to assess, synthesize, interpret, act and report upon complex qualitative and quantitative data from a variety of sources
- Understanding of audit and improvement methodology
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of Safeguard Ulysses software system or similar risk management system
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 11d
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Job summary
Quality Governance Lead - 12 months fixed term
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Corporate Nursing and Integrated Governance Unit for an innovative and skilled Quality Governance Lead.
You will require commitment, passion and motivation in order to fulfil the requirements of this role, in enabling corporate and divisional compliancewith the national requirements and standards set by commissioners, Care quality commission, NHS England and other regulators. The post holder will provide Quality Governance support across the organisation, with a quality improvement, safety, compliance and assurance focus.
You will need excellent organisational skills, as well as communication and interpersonal skills to enable you to work with varying levels of managers, clinicians and administrative colleagues. If you believe you have the skills, enthusiasm and ambition to join our team, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be one of the team of senior staff and leaders in the Nursing and Integrated Governance Team who will collectively have theresponsibility for enabling corporate and divisional compliance with the national requirements and standards set by the Commissioners, CareQuality Commission, NHS England/Improvement and other regulators. The post holder will provide Quality Governance support across theorganisatio
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