Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead

Penrose Health; London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in London is seeking a Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead to build and oversee the new GRC function. This role involves ensuring compliance across various regulations while supporting a team-focused environment. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, good judgment, and a structured mindset. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Professional development

Birthday day off

Cycle + tech schemes

Company pension

Company sick pay

Regular team socials

Summer surprises + festive extras

Mission-driven work

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or other regulated environments is helpful.
• Familiarity with key frameworks (CQC, GDPR, H&S) is a strong bonus.

Responsibilities

• Design systems with structure, clarity, and foresight.
• Build resilience through smart risk management.
• Support teams with clear guidance and training.
• Choose tools to make compliance visible and usable.
• Act as a trusted partner to leadership.

Skills

Good judgment

Clarity of thought

Structured mindset

Strong communicator

Credibility

Job description

Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead

Department: Compliance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London Bridge

Reporting To: Karan Kalucha (Operations Director)

Description

We\'re creating a new Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) function and looking for our first hire to lead it.

With 200+ staff across 9 locations and a patient population of ~80,000, we need someone who can reduce organisational risk while enabling our teams to do their best work. This means ensuring we meet all legal and regulatory obligations - but in a way that is proportionate, smart, and genuinely adds value to the business.

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What you\'ll do

Working with stakeholders and leadership across the business, you\'ll bring governance, risk, and compliance together under one umbrella. You\'ll design systems with structure, clarity, and foresight - credible under scrutiny, reliable in practice, and supportive of great patient care.

In practice, that means:

• Keeping us safe and compliant across CQC, GDPR/DSPT, health & safety, and other obligations.
• Building resilience through smart risk management and practical business continuity planning.
• Supporting teams with simple SOPs, clear guidance, and training.
• Choosing the right tools and systems to make compliance visible, usable, and scalable.
• Acting as a partner to leadership and staff - trusted, credible, and practical.

We\'re not looking for a box-ticking enforcer or compliance lone ranger. We already have good people doing good work. Your role is to assess where we are honestly and practically, close any gaps and build simple, scalable systems that keep us safe, audit-ready, and resilient under pressure.

What you\'ll bring

We\'re looking for someone smart, practical, and enabling: a person who can assess risks thoughtfully, design processes that people actually use, and balance compliance with business reality.

You might be a good fit if you bring:

• Good judgment - you know how to balance safety, compliance, and business needs.
• Clarity of thought - you can simplify complex rules into guidance people actually follow.
• Structured mindset - you enjoy building systems and documentation where none exist.
• Strong communicator - you make compliance simple and credible for staff, patients, and leaders.
• Credibility - you\'re confident with regulators and stakeholders.
• Experience in healthcare or other regulated environments is helpful, but not essential if you have the right mindset. Familiarity with key frameworks (CQC, GDPR, H&S) is a strong bonus but again not essential.

Benefits

Penrose Health is building the future of primary care.

We run a group of GP surgeries serving over 75,000 patients across 9 sites, with a team of 200+ clinicians and operators. But we\'re not just a standard NHS provider. We\'re here to raise the bar - on care, on outcomes, and on how a modern healthcare organisation should run.

That means proper systems. High standards. Real accountability. And a culture that values pace, clarity, and getting the right things done. You\'ll be joining a team that\'s scrappy, smart, and serious about change - with leadership that backs ambition and rewards delivery.

We expect a lot - but we also invest in our people. You\'ll get:

• Competitive salary - built to reward performance, not just tenure
• Professional development - we\'ll back your growth with funding and support
• Birthday day off - because cake > email
• Cycle + tech schemes - stay active and get the gear you need
• Company pension - competitive NOW pension arrangement
• Company sick pay - peace of mind built in
• Regular team socials - from low-key hangs to all-company events
• Summer surprises + festive extras - because small things matter
• A real mission - not just perks: your work here helps fix the system

This isn\'t just a job. It\'s a chance to help transform primary care - and have some fun along the way.