Clinical Governance Lead

St Nicholas Hospice; Bury St Edmunds; Remote; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave increasing to 29

Enhanced Occupational sick pay

Group pension plan

Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing

Free onsite parking

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

St Nicholas Hospice Care is recruiting a Clinical Governance Lead to provide visible leadership across clinical teams, drive governance, audit, and quality improvement, and ensure readiness for CQC inspections. The role collaborates with the Corporate Governance Lead to align governance across the organisation and enhance patient safety and service quality.

You will oversee risk management, incident reporting, policy development and PSIRF learning, acting as Medicine and Medical Devices Safety

Qualifications

• Degree or professional healthcare qualification with registration
• Experience leading clinical governance and quality improvement in regulated healthcare
• Strong knowledge of health and social care regulation and CQC inspections
• Experience developing clinical policies and staff training
• Excellent communication and ability to translate data into action
• Organised and able to manage multiple priorities under deadlines

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical governance across the hospice and support a joined-up governance approach
• Oversee audit, quality improvement activity and incident reporting
• Manage clinical risk and patient safety processes and PSIRF learning responses
• Develop and review clinical policies and staff education programmes
• Coordinate with the Corporate Governance Lead to ensure proportionate governance reporting
• Participate in the on-call rota and act as a patient safety lead

Skills

Clinical governance

Audit & quality improvement

Regulatory knowledge

Policy development

Communication

Project management

Education

Healthcare degree or equivalent

Job description

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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.

We are recruiting a Clinical Governance Lead to 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.

Working collaboratively with our Corporate Governance Lead, you will help ensure a joined-up and proportionate approach to governance, assurance and risk management across the Hospice. Together, you will ensure that clinical and corporate governance arrangements are aligned, clearly reported and used to drive learning and continuous improvement across the organisation.

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. You will also oversee 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 Hospice’s Medical Devices Safety Officer, Medicines Safety Officer and Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) Learning and Response Lead, and participate in the clinical on-call rota.

About you

The successful candidate will:

• hold a degree or equivalent healthcare professional qualification or experience, with registration with an appropriate professional body
• have experience of leading clinical governance, audit and quality improvement within a regulated healthcare environment
• have extensive knowledge of health and social care regulation and experience of contributing to a CQC inspection
• understand PSIRF and the key risks associated with clinical care
• have experience of developing clinical policies and delivering audit, quality improvement and staff education programmes
• be an effective communicator who can influence others and translate complex information into practical action and meaningful reports
• be organised, adaptable and confident managing a varied portfolio of work within tight deadlines.

Experience of working within a regulated healthcare or charity environment, working with Boards or governance committees, or leading organisational change or cross-functional projects would be advantageous.

What we offer

• 25 days annual leave increasing to 29 with service
• Enhanced Occupational sick pay scheme
• Access to a group pension plan
• A Health Cash Plan & Wellbeing programme
• Free onsite parking
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme with a range of discounts

For further information please see the full Job Descriptions below:

These roles are subject to a DBS check. Appointment will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory DBS clearance.

We look forward to hearing from you

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