Clinical Governance Lead

Government Recruitment Service; Ovingdean; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced leader for clinical governance to strengthen patient care standards. This role involves collaboration with internal and external teams, budget management, and monitoring casualty care statistics. Ideal candidates must possess strong communication and organizational skills to drive effective governance across the organization.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading clinical governance frameworks.
• Ability to manage budgets and forecast effectively.
• Experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Chair the Clinical Tactical Working Group and manage actions.
• Liaise with HMCG Branches and MCA Stakeholders.
• Manage clinical governance budget with robust forecasts.
• Monitor and analyze casualty care statistics.

Skills

Exceptional communication

Collaboration

Organisational skills

Risk management

Compliance management

Job description

Can you lead and coordinate clinical governance across diverse teams and partner organisations, ensuring effective risk management, operational assurance, and continuous improvement in casualty care?

Have you managed clinical governance frameworks before — chairing working groups, overseeing audits and budgets, managing contracts, and driving compliance with high clinical and corporate standards?

Do you thrive on building strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders — from medical directors and emergency services to national agencies — to deliver seamless interoperability and excellence in patient care?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.

Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.

Our vision is to be a world‑leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non‑negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work‑life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at MCA.

Are you an experienced clinical leader ready to make a national impact? We’re looking for someone with exceptional communication, collaboration and organisational skills to strengthen and advance clinical governance across HM Coastguard. Working closely with the Medical Director and key partners, you’ll champion best practice, ensure high standards of casualty care, and lead innovation and continuous improvement across our lifesaving operations and declared facilities nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Chair the Clinical Tactical Working Group and ensure agreed actions are assigned, followed through, tracked and managed.
• Liaise and collaborate with all HMCG Branches and wider MCA Stakeholders such as the MCA Chief Medical Adviser, Head of Internal Assurance, Chief People Officer, Assistant Director of Procurement and the Data Protection Manager as required to ensure an integrated approach to corporate matters in terms of advice and compliance affecting clinical governance.
• Liaise and collaborate with the RNLI, the UK SAR helicopter provider, independent declared facilities, Fire and Rescue Services, Ambulance Services and other external organisations as required to ensure effective medical interoperability and good clinical governance to provide the best casualty care and appropriate pre‑hospital trauma pathway for the casualty during multi‑agency incidents, taking into account the principles of JESIP and Joint Organisational Learning (JOL).
• Manage the clinical governance budget effectively, including monthly forecasting and accruals. Ensure estimates for future funding requirements are robust and incorporated into the budget bidding process and forward plans.
• In collaboration with Operational Assurance, review Operational Learning reports where casualty care is mentioned, or where any concerns of a clinical governance nature are identified and ensure any issues have been followed up appropriately. Significant incidents and trends shall be brought to the attention of the Clinical Governance Board.
• Monitor and analyse casualty care statistics to ensure inputs and outputs are appropriate, effective and meaningful. Identify trends and anomalies and raise significant findings with senior managers and or the Clinical Governance Board.
• Work closely with the Coastguard Technical Training Team, Clinical Tactical Lead to audit and assure the training syllabus, procedures and training delivery are fit for purpose and align with the agreed requirements of the Clinical Governance Board, COG and SOG.
• To be an ambassador and subject matter specialist for HMCG at local and national level representing on clinical governance matters as and when required.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.