Governance Lead

NHS

  • Grimsby, Lincolnshire
  • £47,810-54,710 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 12 days ago
Working within the Family Services Care Group leadership team aided by their Professional background and professional insight the post holder will provide expertise for clinical governance across the division and the specialties within it. Reporting to the Matron for Gynaecology, andworking closely with the Director of Nursing, the post holder will support the Care Group management team to ensure robust governance and the delivery of high-quality safe patient care.This role encompasses incident management, risk management, clinical audit and clinical effectiveness programs, actively leading and delivering an effective, high-quality governance and risk management program across the Care Group.The post holder will coordinate harm reviews, multidisciplinary team meetings and after-action reviews and facilitate reports. The postholder will support colleagues within the division to drivethe clinical governance agenda. The post holder will have a key role in ensuring that actions from incident reviews, multidisciplinary team meetings and after-action reviews are completed withinthe division and that trend analysis of incidents and learning is shared across the organisation where appropriate. The post holder will also provide support to ensure that external inspections have appropriate action plan and that corrective actions are completed with follow up audit as required.The post holder will work closely with the corporate Governance team.Main duties of the jobgovernance processesQuality and AuditsHealth and SafetyIncidents and Never EventsMorbidity and MortalityLeadershipStaff Development and trainingAbout usThe Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.DetailsDate posted22 August 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 7Salary£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rataContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number208-55B530-25-1Job locationsnorthern lincolnshire and goole nhs foundation trustGrimsby NE LincsDN33 2BAJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.Person Specificationeducation qualificationsEssential
  • oIntermediate qualification or demonstrable experience in the use of Microsoft Office Applications
  • oExperience of working in the NHS
  • oExperience of Governance, Risk Management and/or Health and Safety, which includes the ability to evaluate current local position against national and local standards within the NHS.
  • oExperience of evaluating 'evidence' against prescribed standards for a range of assessments Educated to Masters Level (or willing to work towards) or equivalent level of experience
Desirable
  • Training in PSIRF, Root Cause Analysis or experience in undertaking investigations
  • Registered Health Care Professional (NMC/ HCPC)
Knowledge Training and ExperienceEssential
  • oKnowledge of Governance and risk management systems
  • oUnderstanding of the quality standards applicable to the NHS
  • oKnowledge of legislation and standards relating to health and safety, security, complaints, claims and incidents.
  • oProvides learning and development to colleagues within area of responsibility/division
Desirable
  • Experience and knowledge of current approaches to serious incident management, evidence and awareness of safeguarding, Quality Improvement, infection control, pressure ulcer review
Person Specificationeducation qualificationsEssential
  • oIntermediate qualification or demonstrable experience in the use of Microsoft Office Applications
  • oExperience of working in the NHS
  • oExperience of Governance, Risk Management and/or Health and Safety, which includes the ability to evaluate current local position against national and local standards within the NHS.
  • oExperience of evaluating 'evidence' against prescribed standards for a range of assessments Educated to Masters Level (or willing to work towards) or equivalent level of experience
Desirable
  • Training in PSIRF, Root Cause Analysis or experience in undertaking investigations
  • Registered Health Care Professional (NMC/ HCPC)
Knowledge Training and ExperienceEssential
  • oKnowledge of Governance and risk management systems
  • oUnderstanding of the quality standards applicable to the NHS
  • oKnowledge of legislation and standards relating to health and safety, security, complaints, claims and incidents.
  • oProvides learning and development to colleagues within area of responsibility/division
Desirable
  • Experience and knowledge of current approaches to serious incident management, evidence and awareness of safeguarding, Quality Improvement, infection control, pressure ulcer review

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