Clinical Governance Lead

Nuffield Health; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 59,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Wellbeing rewards

Job summary

Nuffield Health is seeking a Clinical Governance Lead for Shrewsbury Hospital on a part-time basis. The role focuses on clinical leadership, governance scrutiny, and quality improvement to support patient safety and regulatory compliance.

You will work with senior clinical leaders to drive data quality, policy development, and accreditation efforts while delivering tangible improvements in clinical care delivery and governance processes.

Qualifications

• Registered clinician (NMC, HCPC or GPC) with degree/postgraduate clinical qualification.
• Experience in clinical governance and quality assurance in healthcare.
• Excellent communication, attention to detail, and proactive work style.

Responsibilities

• Champion the organisation’s brand values.
• Drive data quality, data analysis capabilities, and reporting processes.
• Lead quality assurance and improvement activities alongside senior leaders.
• Oversee clinical policies and SOPs and maintain policy catalogue.
• Provide governance guidance on complaints and governance processes.
• Support accreditation efforts (e.g., ISO9001) and quality improvement plan.
• Lead clinical projects and strategic negotiations related to governance.

Skills

Clinical governance

Leadership

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Proactive work style

Education

Degree or postgraduate clinical qualification

ISO9001 Auditor

Job description

Clinical Governance Lead Shrewsbury Hospital | Clinical Management | Permanent | Part Time | Up to £53,250 pro rata, depending on experience 30 hours per week At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Your passion, your warmth, your drive to make a difference. Whether it’s driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want – we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.

As our Clinical Governance Lead at our Shrewsbury Hospital you will provide strong clinical leadership and scrutiny of all matters relating to the Quality of all clinical care delivery. This role will work alongside Senior Clinical Leaders and key stakeholders across the organisation to facilitate clinical excellence, impact and fulfilment of Nuffield Health’s charitable purpose. You will be a registered Clinician (NMC, HCPC or GPC) and be educated up to degree/post graduate level in a clinical discipline. You will also have the relevant qualifications in organisational governance e.g. ISO9001 Auditor or equivalent. In addition, we are looking for someone who can demonstrate senior leadership within the healthcare sector, with significant experience in clinical governance and quality assurance. You will have excellent communication skills with strong attention to detail and be able to work proactively and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Champion the organisation’s brand values.
• Drive the continuous improvement of our: Data quality and data analysis capabilities Reporting and escalation processes i.e. Board and Incident Reporting; in order to guide our Quality learning and decision-making.
• Work alongside other Senior Clinical and Medical Leaders, lead the delivery of Quality Assurance and improvement activity, including delivery of systems which support clinical effectiveness, patient safety, regulatory compliance, customer feedback and professional development.
• Lead on the continued development, review and oversight of Clinical Policies and SOPs, ensuring that the clinical policy catalogue is effectively managed.
• Provide advice, guidance and subject matter expertise on governance processes to all those involved in the leadership of clinical care, including dealing with complaints.
• Support the maintenance and achievement of clinical and/or organisational accreditation e.g. ISO9001, contributing to, and facilitating successful certification.
• Support the delivery and achievement of Nuffield Health’s Quality Improvement Plan, leading on clinical projects and workstreams within remit.
• As a subject matter expert, contribute towards strategic negotiations on all matters relating relation to clinical governance and Quality assurance supporting the achievement of commercial objectives.

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Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.

Nuffield Health Shrewsbury Hospital Shrewsbury hospital, ranked as 'Good' in the last CQC inspection, is purpose built and well equipped with 30 en-suite bedrooms, 3 operating theatres, an endoscopy suite, an Ambulatory Care Unit, and a busy outpatients department which includes physiotherapy and diagnostic imaging. Our diagnostic provision includes X-ray, Ultrasound, MRI and CT facilities. We offer the most up to date surgical treatments combined with a warm welcome and a professional and caring service from our matron-led nursing team. We specialise in the areas of orthopaedics, ophthalmology, cosmetic surgery, and women's health, but also undertake general surgery, urology, and interventions for chronic pain management.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

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.