Quality & Governance Lead: Patient Safety & Improvement

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Quality Governance Manager (Band 6/7) to strengthen clinical governance across the division. The role will support concerns and complaints, oversee investigations, and drive improvements in patient safety and care quality.

You will work with patients, families and clinical teams to translate learning into meaningful service improvements, using Datix for incident management and risk oversight, and contributing to hospital-wide governance processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical governance and safety
• Proven ability to lead investigations and implement learning
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements (CQC/NICE) and policy review
• Strong reporting with dashboards to senior teams

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day governance advice to divisional leadership
• Oversee incident management and action plans under PSIRF
• Maintain oversight of divisional/hospital risk registers
• Coordinate regulatory readiness and policy reviews
• Produce timely reports and governance dashboards for executive committees
• Lead learning initiatives and supervise governance team members

Skills

Governance

Datix experience

Incident management

PSIRF knowledge

Leadership

Reporting and analytics

Education

Degree in health sciences or related field

Tools

Datix

Dashboard software

Job description

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Quality Governance Manager (Band 6/7) to strengthen clinical governance across the division. The role will support concerns and complaints, oversee investigations, and drive improvements in patient safety and care quality.

You will work with patients, families and clinical teams to translate learning into meaningful service improvements, using Datix for incident management and risk oversight, and contributing to hospital-wide governance processes.