Clinical Governance Lead: Quality, Risk & Patient Safety

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

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