Quality and Governance lead AA

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Hospital; Presencial; GBP 45.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An exciting six-month secondment opportunity as a Clinical Governance and Quality Lead within the Acute Nursing Directorate. This role involves managing incidents and complaints, supporting high standards of care and governance, and requires excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Servicios

Support for flexible working

Family-friendly policies

Commitment to accommodate disabled candidates

Formación

• Experience in Clinical Governance.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic.

Responsabilidades

• Support Head of Nursing with incident resolution.
• Collect and report data for governance meetings.
• Ensure high standards of care and effective governance.

Conocimientos

Communication

Relationship-building

Incident management

Descripción del empleo

Internal NHS Fife Applicants only - you must be currently employed by NHS Fife to be eligible to apply for this post

We have an exciting opportunity for a six-month secondment to the Acute Nursing Directorate for a Clinical Governance and Quality Lead.

Are you a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual with the creativity, experience, skills, energy, and commitment to play a key role in the Clinical Governance and Quality work of the Surgical Directorate? This position is for a six-month secondment initially. Applicants should discuss this with their line manager before expressing interest.

The postholder will support the Head of Nursing, Surgical Directorate, in managing incidents and complaints, taking a lead role in resolution and follow-up actions. They will also be responsible for collecting and reporting data to the Directorate and Divisional Clinical Governance meetings and Performance Reviews. This role is vital in ensuring high standards of care, incident management, and effective governance within the Surgical Directorate.

The ideal candidate should have excellent communication and relationship-building skills and be able to communicate effectively with patients, their families, and staff at all levels of seniority.

To apply for this secondment, please submit an expression of interest via email to [e-mail] by no later than Friday 11th July 2025. Interviews will be held during late July/early August.

For informal enquiries, contact Gill Ogden, Head of Nursing, at [e-mail] or Tel [phone] - Ext 28144.

Please note that the salary for this post is pro-rata for part-time hours if applicable.

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all employees are legally entitled to work in the UK. Non-UK or Irish nationals must confirm their right to work in their application.

We support flexible working, family-friendly policies, and are committed to accommodating disabled candidates and those with long-term conditions or neurodivergence through reasonable adjustments.

Existing NHS employees interested in this secondment should discuss it with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here. External applicants with continuous NHS service must have a secondment agreement from their current board to apply.

NHS Scotland is dedicated to promoting equality and diversity and eliminating discrimination. We welcome applications from all sections of society.