Job Description:
Director of Clinical Governance
Competitive Salary & bonus / benefits
London (x2 days a week in office)
Permanent
37.5 hours per week
We make health happen
At Bupa, our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world. As the Director of Clinical Governance, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our services are of consistently high quality, safe, and effective. You will provide leadership and strategic direction to our clinical governance agenda across both provision and insurance, ensuring that our customers receive the best possible care. This role is integral to our mission, driving customer retention and growth by maintaining high standards of clinical safety and quality.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of a Clinical Governance strategy
2. Develop and embed best-practice clinical governance frameworks
3. Act as the clinical point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
4. Manage clinical governance team to meet policy requirements.
5. Ensure compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements
6. Oversee risk processes, Integrated Management System and SAI 360.
7. Lead the clinical governance agenda
8. Manage the clinical risk register and oversee incident reporting and investigation.
9. Chair and manage the Clinical Governance Committee and prepare Board level papers.
What We’re Looking For
10. Medical Doctor with significant clinical practice & governance experience
11. Excellent healthcare regulatory requirement knowledge, experience in shaping responses to regulatory changes.
12. Professional clinical and risk qualification or relevant degree with extensive post-qualification experience.
13. Strong understanding of clinical risk, control, and regulation
14. Proven track record in clinical quality assurance and risk mitigation.
15. Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
16. Experience in people management and leading change
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
17. 30% Management Bonus eligibility
18. Car Allowance
19. Generous pension allowance (contributory)
20. Family Health Insurance
21. Life Insurance
22. 25 days annual leave (option to buy / sell 5 days a year)
23. Corporate discounts (e.g. retail, travel, gym membership)
Why Bupa
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.