Head of quality and governance - primary care

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Head of Quality and Governance - Primary Care

The closing date is 28 June 2026

We are seeking an inspirational Head of Quality and Governance to provide visible, credible and compassionate clinical leadership across our Primary Care sub‑division. This is a senior leadership role for an experienced registered dental professional who is passionate about quality, safety and governance, and who thrives on working at both strategic and frontline levels. You will play a pivotal role in shaping high quality, recovery‑focused and person‑centred services, ensuring the very best outcomes for the people who use our services and for our staff.

You will be: A registered nurse, educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.

• An accomplished senior clinical leader with a strong track record in quality, governance and service improvement.
• Confident working across organisational boundaries and influencing at senior levels.
• Experienced in managing clinical risk, regulatory frameworks and complex operational pressures.
• Passionate about staff development, patient experience and inclusive leadership.

For queries regarding this role: contact Sharon McCann, Director of Quality and Professions, sharon.mccann9@nhs.net.

Main duties of the job

• Lead on clinical quality, governance and professional standards across Primary Care services.
• Provide hands‑on clinical leadership, supervision and expert support in complex cases.
• Champion learning from incidents, complaints and patient feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Embed national, regulatory and best‑practice standards, including CQC and safeguarding requirements.
• Work collaboratively across the Trust, Primary Care Networks, ICBs and local authorities.
• Support and develop the Primary Care workforce, including education, career pathways and professional registration.
• Promote a culture of openness, compassion, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to strategic planning, service transformation, research and innovation.
• Deputise for the Director of Quality and Professions as required.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone – if, as a potential candidate, you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability, please initially contact the Trust’s Recruitment team – detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk about Flexible Working – all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications

• Registered Professional with HCPC, NMC, Social Work England or Master’s qualification or equivalent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust