Clinical Governance Facilitator | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Hillingdon Hospital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Greater London seeks a Clinical Governance Facilitator to support clinical teams in delivering high-quality patient care. This role involves managing incident reviews, ensuring compliance with governance frameworks, and training staff on quality improvement and patient safety. Strong analytical skills and prior experience in governance roles are essential. The position aims to promote continuous improvement in patient care within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical governance or patient safety roles.
• Strong analytical skills for data reporting and presentation.
• Understanding of Duty of Candour regulations.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate incidents, ensuring appropriate investigations.
• Support incident review groups and produce data analysis reports.
• Lead compliance processes for Duty of Candour regulations.
• Coordinate training for patient safety initiatives.

Skills

Patient safety

Incident management

Data analysis

Quality improvement

Clinical governance

Job description

Overview

A Clinical Governance Facilitator plays a vital role in ensuring high-quality and safe patient care by supporting clinical teams in implementing and maintaining a robust clinical governance framework. You will facilitate the effective delivery of safety, quality improvement, and clinical governance whilst working closely with staff at all levels to promote a culture of continuous improvement and learning, focusing on areas like patient safety, incident and risk management, drawing on information and learning from the various sources in and external to the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Daily review and validation of incidents including updating, assigning and assuring appropriate investigations are undertaken.
• Support the timely completing of the initial incident review form and the co-ordination of the incident review group.
• Support the different patient safety investigations being carried out.
• To support the divisional governance meetings by producing meaningful data analysis reports and presenting the information and escalating appropriately.
• Lead on and coordinate the Trusts processes for ensuring compliance with the Duty of Candour regulations.
• To provide training, support and advice on quality issues, patient safety, clinical governance and risk management to all staff.
• To co-ordinate and facilitate systems and processes across the clinical division to ensure the dissemination and implementation of lessons learnt.
• Co-ordinate the management of Patient Safety Alerts.
• Carry out regular training programmes to support the patient safety agenda, including Induction and junior doctor training, preceptorship training, student nurse training.

About the Trust

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025