B7 Governance Facilitation Lead - Clinical Governance / Patient Safety

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS healthcare provider in Birmingham seeks a Governance Facilitation Lead within the Governance and Patient Safety Department. Candidates should be educated to degree level and possess substantial experience in risk management. The role offers an opportunity to enhance leadership skills while ensuring clinical governance and risk management are effectively coordinated. The ideal candidate will work autonomously and develop strong relationships within the Trust. This position is essential for supporting governance frameworks and quality improvement initiatives.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Significant experience in risk management processes.
• Knowledge of national policies, procedures, and initiatives within risk management.
• Excellent working knowledge of governance, investigations, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of Trust-wide clinical governance initiatives.
• Ensure appropriate clinical governance frameworks are in place.
• Provide leadership and day-to-day management of the Governance Facilitation Team.

Skills

Ability to source, research and collate information/data

Methodical approach and effective organisational skills

Ability to implement change

Education

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Further evidence of post graduate knowledge training or experience

Tools

Governance information systems

Job description

B7 Governance Facilitation Lead- Clinical Governance/Patient Safety

The closing date is 20 February 2026.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Governance and Patient Safety Department at University Hospitals Birmingham as one of the Governance Facilitation Leads.

Working under the direction of the Clinical Risk Lead and Head of Clinical Governance & Patient Safety, the post holder will be required to coordinate the Trust's clinical quality governance and risk management function for the Trust. Working alongside the Hospital Leadership Team, you will be involved in the day-to-day delivery and development of the governance programme across Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, alongside another Governance Facilitation Lead, to ensure that the clinical quality governance and risk management agenda is proactively managed and consistently delivered.

The ideal candidate will be looking for an opportunity to enhance their leadership experience, have a keen drive for improvement, be a resilient team player and be confident to work autonomously as required and be able to offer leadership to your team and colleagues.

The role will require an ability to create strong working relationships with clinical and non-clinical colleagues at all levels within the Hospital site and the wider organisation, as well as an ability to frequently present to a wide and varied audience.

Main duties of the job

• To lead the implementation of a range of Trust-wide clinical governance initiatives and programmes to support the strategic development of the Trust\'s clinical governance, safety and compliance agenda, including continuous development in line with the changing national agenda.
• To ensure that all Hospital, Clinical Delivery Groups and Specialties have appropriate clinical governance frameworks and clinical quality improvement programmes in place.
• Provide leadership and day to day line management and development of their Governance Facilitation Team.
• Undertake analysis of complex information (qualitative, quantitative and statistical information) to inform and measure the effectiveness of projects and work streams.
• To develop and oversee the implementation of action plans to deliver improvements to internal governance systems and processes and to escalate challenges to delivery to the senior management team.
• To lead the development and implementation of comprehensive clinical governance training programmes across the Trust which includes providing specialist training for clinical and non-clinical staff.
• To participate in the preparation for any external regulatory visit by CQC as required.
• Attend relevant committee and management meetings across the Trust as required.
• Actively contribute to the senior management team within the Clinical Governance & Patient Safety team, setting standards of practice, behaviour and leadership.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Further evidence of post graduate knowledge training or experience.
• Experience of working in risk management and managing incidents and risks.

Experience

• Ability to source, research and collate information/data.
• Evidence of a methodical approach and effective organisational skills.
• Experience at band 6 or equivalent as a minimum.
• Significant experience in risk management processes.
• Ability to implement change.
• Knowledge of national policies, procedures and initiatives within risk management and current issues facing the NHS. Excellent working knowledge of governance, investigations and risk management.
• Excellent working knowledge of governance information systems, analysis and process-redesign.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust