Position Overview
As an organisation that spends public money to provide healthcare services, it is important that we have excellent governance systems in place. These aim to make sure that we meet national regulations to ensure that we provide high quality care, use public funds effectively and look after our staff and patients.
We have a small corporate governance team that drives this work and the apprentice role will be an entry into this team. The role will support colleagues to run an effective corporate governance system and enable timely access to legal services and other specialist advice.
Governance Apprentice Programme
* Stakeholders and governance in practice
* Organisational data and information
* Law, finance and accounting for governance professionals
* Governance reporting
* Systems and processes
Key Responsibilities
* Undertake research and collate information and reports as requested by colleagues.
* Foster and manage positive and effective working relationships with colleagues and partner organisations.
* Diary support and administer calendars for Board and Committee meetings.
* Arrange and take minutes for meetings and prepare meeting papers as required.
* Provide Board and Committee meeting support – including meeting room bookings, catering arrangements, reminder of deadlines, assistance in preparation of reports or collation of relevant documentation, and collate committee information and membership information.
* For in‑person meetings, assist with preparing the meeting room, setting up equipment and greeting attendees.
* Maintain logs of actions arising from meetings.
* Administer documentation and respond to correspondence or information requests, including Freedom of Information requests.
* Deal with queries sent to generic Foundation Trust and Membership email accounts and phone lines and signpost as appropriate.
Additional Support Duties
* Support financial processes within the team, including raising purchase orders.
* Assist the Governance Team to process documents for signing and sealing.
* Develop and maintain information systems relevant to the responsibilities of the team, including electronically held databases and ensuring smooth filing and retrieval of information.
* Maintain the risk register and signpost legal queries and claims administration.
* Maintain the database of actions from internal audits and ensure timely follow‑up.
* Maintain the trust policy governance process by updating the policy database.
* Provide policy and procedure guidance for activities undertaken in the team and suggest improvements.
* Update information on the trust intranet and website as necessary.
* Undertake additional duties appropriate to the role and/or grade.
Company Overview
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Values
* We’re Kind
* We’re Fair
* We Listen
* We Care
Application Deadline
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Oct 2025.
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