Compliance & Governance Lead - Permanent

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bournemouth is seeking a Compliance & Governance Lead to oversee compliance for bank and agency workers, ensuring adherence to national and local requirements. The role involves providing expert guidance on right-to-work checks and enhancing data collection processes. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and operational skills and be passionate about improving systems in a fast-paced environment. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to service governance within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Experience in governance and compliance roles.
• Strong understanding of recruitment checks and training compliance.
• Ability to analyse compliance data and reporting trends.

Responsibilities

• Oversee compliance for bank and agency workers.
• Provide expert guidance on right-to-work and DBS checks.
• Drive improvements in compliance data collection.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Operational expertise

Problem-solving

Job description

We are looking for an experienced, confident and highly organised Compliance & Governance Lead to join our Temporary Staffing Services (TSS) team at University Hospitals Dorset.

You’ll play a central role in keeping our temporary workforce safe, compliant and ready to work, bringing together operational expertise with strong analytical thinking. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys improving systems, solving problems and leading on service governance in a fast‑moving environment.

Your work will directly support safe staffing across the Trust and strengthen the quality, accuracy and reliability of our compliance processes and data.

As the TSS Compliance & Governance Lead, you will take responsibility for the oversight and day‑to‑day management of compliance for all bank and agency workers. You’ll provide expert guidance on right‑to‑work, DBS, recruitment checks, training compliance and agency framework standards, ensuring everything we do meets national and local requirements.

You’ll lead on escalation management, support TSS coordinators with complex queries, drive improvements in how we collect and use compliance data, and contribute to a more consistent and robust governance framework within TSS. You will also play a key role in analysing compliance information and reporting trends, helping the service make informed decisions.

UHD is investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service‑specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

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