Clinical Governance Manager

Nuffield Health Brentwood; Brighton; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

At Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, the Clinical Governance Lead provides strong leadership to uphold safe, high-quality patient care. You will work with Clinical Directors and regional stakeholders to drive clinical excellence and regulatory compliance.

The role requires an NMC-registered professional with governance and QA experience, capable of influencing change and delivering measurable improvements. Strong communication and proactive leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional (NMC) with proven history in the clinical environment.
• Educated up to degree/postgraduate level in a clinical discipline.
• Governance qualifications (e.g. ISO9001 auditor) are valuable but not essential.
• Excellent communication with strong attention to detail and proactive work style.

Responsibilities

• Champion the organization's brand values.
• Drive continuous improvement of hospital clinical services by leading initiatives.
• Appraise audit data and outcomes to drive meaningful change.
• Analyse incidents and complaints with a focus on closing the loop.
• Drive and embed the Hospital Quality Improvement Plan.
• Listen to patients and service users to inform care approaches.
• Produce monthly, quarterly and annual improvement reports.
• Engage with hospital senior leadership on risk and opportunities.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory expectations and patient safety initiatives.
• Manage a risk register with focus on reduction and mitigation.
• Inform and develop local and national policy.
• Provide governance guidance to leadership of clinical care.
• Drive and maintain contributions to PROMs, NJR, UKHSA surveillance.
• Provide infection prevention leadership or coordinate with the hospital lead.
• Provide health and safety leadership or coordinate with the hospital lead.
• Support accreditation efforts (e.g., ISO9001).

Skills

NMC registered

Governance experience

Quality assurance

Communication skills

Education

Degree or higher in clinical discipline

Job description

Clinical Governance Lead

Brighton Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time |

Up to £53,000 per annum depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

As Clinical Governance Lead at our Brighton Hospital you will provide strong leadership and support in maintaining safe & high-quality care delivery to our patients and beneficiaries. You will work closely with the hospital Clinical Directors, senior clinical leaders, and key regional & national stakeholders across the organization to facilitate clinical excellence, evidence-based care, and fulfilment of Nuffield Health's charitable purpose.

You will be a registered healthcare professional (NMC) with a proven history in the clinical environment and be educated up to degree/post graduate level in a clinical discipline. Qualifications in organizational governance e.g. ISO9001 auditor or equivalent is valuable but not essential. We are looking for someone who can develop productive relationships with strong teams, identify improvement opportunities, influence change, and get results. Experience in clinical governance and quality assurance is essential. You will have excellent communication skills with strong attention to detail and be able to work proactively and efficiently.

As our Clinical Governance Lead, you will:

• Champion the organization's brand values.
• Drive the continuous improvement of our hospital's clinical services by.
• Appraising audit data and outcomes with a focus on meaningful change.
• Analyzing incidents & complaints with a focus on 'closing the loop'
• Driving & embedding the Hospital Quality Improvement Plan.
• Listening to our patients and key service users to inform the way we care.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports that highlight successes and opportunities for improvement and development.
• Engage with the hospital senior leadership team to inform management of risk and opportunities.
• Ensure the hospital is aligned with regulatory expectation and patient safety initiatives.
• Manage a contemporaneous hospital risk register with a focus on risk reduction.
• Inform and develop local & national policy.
• Provide advice, guidance and subject matter expertise on governance processes to all those involved in the leadership of clinical care.
• Drive & maintain contribution to PROMs, NJR, UKHSA surveillance.
• Provide infection prevention leadership and guidance or work effectively with the existing hospital lead.
• Provide health & safety leadership and guidance or work effectively with the existing hospital lead
• Support the achievement & maintenance local & organizational accreditation e.g. ISO9001

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. 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. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Nuffield Health Hospital Brighton

At Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, we work with leading medical Consultants to provide first-class treatments and high standards of care for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of medical and surgical conditions using the latest facilities and technology. We take pride in delivering high standards of patient care to both private patients and the NHS. Our facilities include 44 purpose built en-suite rooms, three operating theatres and an endoscopy theatre. Other facilities include physiotherapy, health screening, diagnostics and a dental suite. We are located in Woodingdean, on the east side of Brighton with easy access by rail and road, including free parking.

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