Clinical Governance Lead

St Nicholas Hospice Care; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St Nicholas Hospice Care is seeking a Clinical Governance Lead to provide visible leadership across clinical teams and to drive improvements in patient and family care.

The role includes implementing the governance framework, leading audits, overseeing risk and patient safety processes, and ensuring readiness for inspections. You will also serve as the Medical Devices Safety Officer and PSIRF Lead, contributing to incident learning and policy development.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical governance and safety systems.
• Able to lead audits and drive quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible leadership across clinical teams and drive improvements in patient and family services.
• Implement and oversee the clinical governance framework, audits and quality improvement activities.
• Oversee clinical risk and patient safety processes and support readiness for Care Quality Commission inspections.
• Lead clinical complaints oversight, incident reporting and PSIRF learning responses.
• Act as Medical Devices Safety Officer and Medicines Safety Officer; PSIRF Learning & Response Lead.
• Participate in the clinical on-call rota.

Skills

Clinical governance

Audit & quality

Patient safety

Policy development

Leadership

Job description

As our Clinical Governance Lead, you will provide visible leadership across our clinical teams, supporting the continuous improvement of patient and family services and helping us to deliver high-quality, effective and responsive care., You will support the implementation of our clinical governance framework, lead audit and quality improvement activity, oversee clinical risk and patient safety processes, and help ensure our continued readiness for Care Quality Commission inspections. The role also includes responsibility for clinical complaints oversight, incident reporting, PSIRF learning responses, clinical policy development and the effective use of clinical governance data and systems.

You will act as the Hospices Medical Devices Safety Officer, Medicines Safety Officer and Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) Learning and Response Lead, and will participate in the clinical on-call rota.

St Nicholas Hospice Care is a local charity supporting nearly 2,000 people every year across West Suffolk and Thetford. We provide care in multiple settings, offering specialist clinical support, practical help, and services for families, carers, and those experiencing bereavement.