Role Overview
This is a senior interim role suited to someone who enjoys combining hands‑on delivery with strategic oversight, and who can operate credibly at executive level within a complex healthcare environment.
This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact over a short period, helping to strengthen governance foundations while supporting the organisation's longer‑term direction.
Responsibilities
* Provide senior leadership across clinical governance, quality and patient safety
* Ensure governance frameworks, processes and reporting are robust, consistent and aligned to best practice
* Support effective oversight of incidents, complaints, audit, risk and learning
* Strengthen governance assurance and reporting to support executive and board oversight
* Support readiness for regulatory and commissioner engagement
* Lead targeted improvements to governance systems and processes to support future needs
Governance Frameworks and Assurance
* Work within recognised NHS and CQC governance frameworks
* Support embedding of proportionate, effective governance arrangements across services
* Ensure policies, audit programmes and risk registers maintained and used effectively
* Promote learning from incidents, complaints and audit to drive continuous improvement
Data, Systems and Technology
* Support improved use of data and digital systems to strengthen quality, safety and compliance
* Enhance visibility, tracking and assurance through effective dashboards and reporting
* Help reduce manual processes and improve consistency through smarter system use
Key Relationships
* Executive and senior leadership team
* Clinical leaders and specialty teams
* Governance, quality and patient safety colleagues
* External stakeholders as required
Qualifications
* Senior experience in clinical governance or quality leadership within healthcare
* Strong understanding of NHS clinical governance and assurance frameworks
* Experience developing and embedding governance processes across organisations or services
* Credibility operating at executive level
* Pragmatic, delivery‑focused approach
Desirable
* Clinical background (e.g. nurse, doctor, AHP)
* Experience across NHS‑facing and independent sector services
* Experience supporting organisations through change or growth
* Strong interest in using technology and data to support quality and regulatory compliance
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