Clinical Governance Lead

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital; Brighton; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital is seeking a Clinical Governance Lead to provide strong leadership and drive high-quality care across the hospital. You will work with Clinical Directors and regional stakeholders to advance governance, evidence-based practice and safety initiatives.

The role requires a registered healthcare professional (NMC) with experience in clinical governance and quality assurance, plus degrees at clinical level.

Qualifications

• Leadership and people management in clinical settings.
• Strong clinical governance and quality assurance experience.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to drive change and improve patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Champion the hospital brand values and clinical governance standards.
• Lead the continuous improvement of clinical services and outcomes.
• Analyze incidents and audit data to close the loop on improvements.
• Prepare regular reports and inform senior leadership on risk and opportunities.

Job description

Clinical Governance Lead Brighton Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time | Up to £53,000 per annum depending on experience 37.5 hours per week

As Clinical Governance Lead at our Brighton Hospital you will provide strong leadership and support in maintaining safe & high-quality care delivery to our patients and beneficiaries. You will work closely with the hospital Clinical Directors, senior clinical leaders, and key regional & national stakeholders across the organization to facilitate clinical excellence, evidence-based care, and fulfilment of Nuffield Health’s charitable purpose. You will be a registered healthcare professional (NMC) with a proven history in the clinical environment and be educated up to degree/post graduate level in a clinical discipline. Qualifications in organizational governance e.g. ISO9001 auditor or equivalent is valuable but not essential. We are looking for someone who can develop productive relationships with strong teams, identify improvement opportunities, influence change, and get results. Experience in clinical governance and quality assurance is essential. You will have excellent communication skills with strong attention to detail and be able to work proactively and efficiently.

As our Clinical Governance Lead, you will:

• Champion the organization's brand values.
• Drive the continuous improvement of our hospital’s clinical services by.
• Appraising audit data and outcomes with a focus on meaningful change.
• Analyzing incidents & complaints with a focus on ‘closing the loop’ Driving & embedding the Hospital Quality Improvement Plan.
• Listening to our patients and key service users to inform the way we care.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports that highlight successes and opportunities for improvement and development.
• Engage with the hospital senior leadership team to inform management of risk and opportunities.
• Ensure the hospital is aligned with regulatory expectation and patient safety initiatives.
• Manage a contemporaneous hospital risk register with a focus on risk reduction.
• Inform and develop local & national policy.
• Provide advice, guidance and subject matter expertise on governance processes to all those involved in the leadership of clinical care.
• Drive & maintain contribution to PROMs, NJR, UKHSA surveillance.
• Provide infection prevention leadership and guidance or work effectively with the existing hospital lead.
• Provide health & safety leadership and guidance or work effectively with the existing hospital lead Support the achievement & maintenance local & organizational accreditation e.g. ISO9001.

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Nuffield Health Hospital Brighton At Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital

At Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, we work with leading medical Consultants to provide first-class treatments and high standards of care for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of medical and surgical conditions using the latest facilities and technology. We take pride in delivering high standards of patient care to both private patients and the NHS. Our facilities include 44 purpose built en-suite rooms, three operating theatres and an endoscopy theatre. Other facilities include physiotherapy, health screening, diagnostics and a dental suite. We are located in Woodingdean, on the east side of Brighton with easy access by rail and road, including free parking.

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Nuffield Health, is the UK’s largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we’ve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit. We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services. As a charity, we reinvest all our income into our services, into pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly into our social impact programmes, which are designed to support people who would not normally be able to afford or access our services. Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.