Clinical Governance Lead

Thendon Resourcing Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A national care provider is seeking a National Clinical Quality / Governance Lead to improve clinical governance across its services. The ideal candidate is a registered nurse with a strong background in clinical leadership and governance. This home-based role involves national travel and offers a salary between £53,755 and £56,454 along with an excellent benefits package including generous leave and pension.

Benefits

25+8 days annual leave

Pension

Employee assistance and well-being programme

Life assurance

Occupational sick pay

Mileage allowance of 45p per mile

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified nurse with an active NMC pin.
• Experience in clinical leadership or governance roles is preferable.
• Ability to travel across the UK for meetings and overnight stays.

Responsibilities

• Develop and embed clinical governance processes across services.
• Identify areas for clinical improvements and develop policies.
• Lead clinical audits and quality improvement plans.

Skills

Clinical governance

Nursing

Clinical leadership

Policy development

Auditing

Education

Registered Nurse with active NMC pin

Job description

Overview

National Clinical Quality / Governance Lead - Care Provider with care homes and supported living. Home-based with regular national travel - 35 hours contract - Excellent benefits package - Working for a charity.

Are you an experienced Clinical Quality Lead or Clinical Governance Manager with a background in social care? This Clinical Quality Lead role aims to lead, support and improve the clinical governance across the services. You will need to be a Registered Nurse with an NMC pin and have clinical leadership or management experience.

On offer is a salary of £53,755 - £56,454 dependent on experience, a great benefits package including 25+8 days annual leave, pension, employee assistance and well-being programme, life assurance, occupational sick pay and 45p a mile. The employer is described as mindful and supportive with a senior management team.

Responsibilities

• As the lead of clinical governance and quality, develop, support and embed clinical governance processes across the organisation's care and nursing based services.
• Scope out and identify areas for clinical improvements within the organisation and develop existing or new policies and procedures that are effective in supporting this.
• Lead, oversee, evaluate and develop clinical practice across the organisation.
• Lead on clinical audits and clinical quality improvement plans and ensure that NICE and other clinical guidance alerts are distributed across the organisation.
• Deliver training as required and source external training providers.
• Work closely with the operational and quality teams within the organisation.
• Develop the clinical audit programme across the organisation to understand the effectiveness of services and identify areas for improvement and development.

What we're looking for

• It's ESSENTIAL that you are a qualified nurse with an active NMC pin. RGN / RMN / RNLD / RSCN.
• Experience in a strategic role, working across multiple sites within an organisation.
• Experience working on policies, developing frameworks for clinical audits, and the ability to utilise current research/findings.
• Experience in a clinical leadership or management role. Prior roles such as Clinical Lead, Clinical Quality Manager, or Clinical Governance Manager are desirable but not essential.
• Experience in social care would be desirable but not essential.
• Clear and demonstrable experience of developing systems.
• Driver's licence and own vehicle with the ability to travel across the UK for meetings and visiting services, including overnight stays where needed. (Locations cluster regionally; discussions can occur during initial call).
• Ability to participate in the senior management on-call rota.

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