Head of Clinical Quality & Governance

OFG Education; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Your Wellbeing Matters program

Family Growth Support

Health benefits

Job summary

OFG Education is seeking a Head of Clinical Quality & Governance to provide senior clinical assurance and professional oversight across its services. The role focuses on governance, quality improvement, and escalation with accountability for safeguarding and compliance, while Heads of Service handle day-to-day delivery.

The postholder will chair the Clinical Governance & Quality Meeting, deliver assurance reporting to senior leadership, and lead risk-based audits and improvement programmes

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration clinical experience.
• Experience in governance, audits, risk management and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the clinical governance and quality framework across services.
• Oversee clinical risk register, incidents, complaints and learning.
• Provide regular governance supervision and escalation to Heads of Service.
• Lead annual clinical audit and quality improvement programme.
• Monitor KPIs and drive improvement actions.
• Participate in policy development and tender readiness where applicable.

Skills

Clinical governance

Quality assurance

Audit & risk management

Supervision

Assurance reporting

Strategic leadership

Education

Clinical qualification with UK regulator registration

Job description

The Head of Clinical Quality & Governance will provide senior clinical assurance and professional oversight across Momenta's multidisciplinary clinical services. The postholder will provide professional governance supervision, constructive challenge and assurance in relation to Heads of Service, while Heads of Service retain responsibility for day-to-day clinical delivery and discipline-specific leadership. Formal line-management arrangements will be confirmed by the Operations Director. The role is focused on assurance, quality and professional challenge to ensure Momenta has a clear senior clinical voice across therapy, diagnostics, education, SEND, neurodevelopmental and wider commissioned services., Clinical Governance & Assurance

• Lead and develop Momenta's clinical governance and quality framework across all services.
• Ensure effective systems for clinical audit, record keeping, outcome measurement, policy compliance and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the clinical risk register, significant incidents, complaints and associated learning.
• Provide clear assurance reports to senior leadership, highlighting risks, performance and required actions.
• Oversight of Heads of Service
• Provide regular clinical governance supervision, professional support and challenge to Heads of Service.
• Hold Heads of Service accountable for clinical standards, supervision, caseload risk and quality improvement.
• Provide senior advice on complex clinical issues and ensure clear escalation arrangements.
• Clinical Quality, Audit & Improvement
• Lead an annual, risk-based clinical audit and quality improvement programme.
• Monitor clinical KPIs, identify trends and ensure improvement actions are implemented.
• Promote organisational learning from audits, incidents, safeguarding, complaints and feedback.
• New Services, Tenders & Mobilisation
• Provide senior clinical oversight of tenders, service models and mobilisation plans.
• Ensure new services have safe clinical pathways, competent workforces, appropriate supervision and measurable outcomes.
• Lead or oversee clinical readiness reviews before services commence.
• Safeguarding, Incidents & Clinical Risk
• Provide senior clinical oversight of safeguarding assurance, working alongside the designated operational safeguarding function.
• Support the review and escalation of serious clinical and safeguarding concerns.
• Ensure learning informs changes to practice, policy, training and supervision.
• Workforce Competency & Professional Standards
• Establish organisation-wide expectations for clinical induction, supervision, CPD, competency and scope of practice.
• Work with Heads of Service and Recruitment to define clinical competencies and ensure appropriate professional supervision.
• Oversee clinical policies and procedures, ensuring they remain current and compliant with relevant standards.
• Clinical Governance Leadership
• Chair the Clinical Governance & Quality Meeting and ensure actions are monitored and completed.
• Represent clinical governance and quality internally and externally.
• Provide a clear escalation route for senior clinical concerns without duplicating operational management.
• Participate in the annual performance review process.
• Comply with OFG Group policies, procedures and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and comply with health and safety requirements.
• Promote and uphold the safeguarding and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Undertake other reasonable duties as required.

Measures of Success

• Delivery of the annual clinical audit and quality improvement programme.
• Timely identification, escalation and closure of clinical risks, incidents, complaints and improvement actions.
• Quality and timeliness of clinical governance assurance reporting.
• Compliance with clinical supervision, competency and professional standards.

Why join OFG Education?

Our vision is to Empower every Student to Succeed through Truly Personalised Education. Across OFG Education, we're guided by four values that enable us to achieve our vision

• Know Every Student
• Personalise With Purpose
• Ambition for All
• Lead with Understanding

Relevant clinical qualification and current registration with an appropriate UK regulator.

• Significant post-registration experience, ideally within children's, young people's, SEND, education, neurodevelopmental or related services.
• Substantial experience in clinical governance, quality assurance, audit and risk management.
• Experience supporting, supervising or providing oversight to senior clinicians or clinical leaders.
• Experience reviewing clinical incidents, complaints, risks and improvement plans.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and its relationship with clinical risk and service governance.
• Ability to interpret professional and regulatory standards and translate them into organisational practice.
• Confidence to challenge senior colleagues and elevate concerns where safety or standards are compromised.
• Strong analytical, communication and report-writing skills, including senior-level assurance reporting.
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience developing or mobilising commissioned clinical services.
• Experience contributing clinical content to tenders, bids or service specifications.
• Knowledge of NHS, local authority, independent healthcare, SEND or specialist education services.
• Relevant training or qualifications in clinical governance, quality improvement, leadership, audit or patient safety.
• Additional qualification in supervision or reflective practice.

At OFG Education, we believe every student deserves an education designed around who they are. Through high expectations, deep expertise and truly personalised education, we help students realise their potential and prepare for successful futures.

Building on more than 20 years of experience, we are bringing our approach to more students and communities around the world. Across the UK, Iberia and the Gulf, our schools combine the strength, expertise and high standards of an international education group with the individuality of each school and the communities they serve. Whatever your role, joining OFG education means contributing to our shared ambition: empowering every student to success through truly personalised education. We are proud to be a part of OFG Education who in 2025 were officially certified as a 'Great Place to Work' for the sixth year running.

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.