Clinical Quality & Governance Lead Community Services

Stockport; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Between 27-33 days of annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Stockport Credit Union

Job summary

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Clinical Quality & Governance Lead for Community Services on a permanent part‑time basis (26.25 hours per week). The role focuses on embedding robust quality governance and continuous improvement across community and home-based care, supporting patient safety, risk management and learning.

The post holder will facilitate QI projects, develop governance reports, and promote high-quality, person-centred services within a multidisciplinary team across

Qualifications

• Registered professional with current registration and capable of leading governance activities.
• Experience implementing quality improvement in community settings.
• Knowledge of PSIRF, risk management, safeguarding and inspection readiness.
• Proven ability to analyse data and drive improvement across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver, and evaluate quality improvement programmes in community services.
• Apply QI methodologies (Model for Improvement, PDSA, measurement for improvement).
• Identify improvement priorities using data from incidents, audits and feedback.
• Support spread and sustainability of improvement across neighbourhoods.
• Coordinate quality governance across community services and incident learning.

Skills

Credible and improvement-focused

Analytical skills

Organised and multi-priority

Collaborative team player

Influence and change

Travel across community sites

Education

Registered Nurse or AHP with current registration

Degree or equivalent qualification

QI/PSIRF/RCA training

Continued professional development in quality/improvement

Postgraduate qualification in quality improvement or leadership

Job description

From the exceptional opportunities we offer, to the remarkable care we provide for our patients, we think there is something special about working here.

Clinical Quality & Governance Lead Community Services

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Community Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 26.25 hours per week Job ref 362-NAM7CLIN-09-26

Site Community Service location Town Stockport Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.

Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment

As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.

Job overview

Clinical Quality & Governance Lead Community Services: Permanent (26.25 hours)

The Quality Governance & Quality Improvement Lead provides facilitation and coordination to embed robust quality governance and continuous quality improvement (QI) across community services. The post holder will ensure that systems, processes and organisational culture consistently support the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care within community and home-based settings.

The role has a dual focus: supporting delivery both Quality Governance agenda, providing facilitation/coordination in relation to patient safety, risk management, complaints, clinical audit and regulatory and policy compliance to support continuous learning and improvement.

To support community services to develop safe, high-quality models of care. Promoting Quality Improvement.

Facilitating and delivering QI programmes and projects that improve Patient outcomes, Safety and improve experience of care within community services

By building QI capability across teams and promoting a culture of improvement.

By using data, feedback and evidence to drive measurable improvements.

Main duties of the job

Support the design, delivery and evaluation of quality improvement programmes and projects across community services

Apply recognised QI methodologies (e.g. Model for Improvement, PDSA cycles, measurement for improvement)

Identify improvement priorities using data from incidents, audits, complaints, patient feedback and outcomes

Support spread and sustainability of improvement across teams and neighbourhoods

Coordinate quality governance arrangements across community services

Ensure effective systems to support timely incident reporting, learning responses, complaints, claims and risk management

Support the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) within community settings

Support the maintenance and review of community risk registers, ensuring risks are reviewed, mitigated and escalated appropriately

Prepare governance reports and information for review by senior leaders and committees.

Working for our organisation

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassign...

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Person specification

Skills & Abilities

• Credible, proactive and improvement-focused
• Resilient, reflective and values-driven
• Organised and able to manage multiple priorities and projects
• Committed to high-quality, person-centred community care
• Ability to contribute effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to negotiate and influence.
• Ability to manage and promote change
• High level analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to critically analyse and interpret data
• Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role

Knowledge & Experience

• Strong understanding of clinical governance in community settings
• Knowledge of PSIRF, risk management, complaints and safeguarding
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodology and measurement
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex quality and safety data
• Excellent communication, report-writing and presentation skills
• Understanding of neighbourhood working and place based models of care
• Experience supporting CQC inspections of community services
• Experience supporting or facilitating QI programmes at service or organisational level
• Ability to work Collaboratively, support and challenge at all organisational levels
• Experience working across integrated care systems

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or AHP with current professional registration
• Degree or equivalent professional qualification
• QI, PSIRF or RCA training
• Evidence of continuing professional development in quality, governance or improvement
• Postgraduate qualification in quality improvement, patient safety, leadership or healthcare management

Applicants are encouraged to read the documents attached to this vacancy before applying, including the job description and person specification and the information for applicants which includes useful information to assist you in completing your application.

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. Please note that all correspondence will be via your NHS Jobs account. Unfortunately we are not able to acknowledge each application. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please consider that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. Please also note that Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are unable to refund Interview expenses or re-location costs.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.

At the Trust we always adhere to the UK Visas and Immigration rules pertaining to right to work; candidates who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) citizenship are required to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to be eligible to apply for either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa which allows them to work in the UK, unless they have eligibility to work in the UK via another route.

To avoid disappointment, candidates wishing to apply for a role at the Trust who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland citizenship and who would require a CoS from an employer, should carry out a self-assessment process to identify the likelihood of obtaining CoS by visiting Work in the UK.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.