Overview
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the senior MSK team and shape our future service, we have an exciting opportunity to recruit to the Healthcare Governance Matron/Governance Lead role. The post holder will provide co ordination and leadership to support various governance functions such as quality monitoring and complaints and risk management. The postholder will work across professional boundaries and will work closely with the Medical Governance leads to ensure the provision of quality care and patient safety. The post holder will also manage the MSK Education Team. Please note, nursing applicants will be asked to contribute to the Duty Matron rota. The MSK care group is made up of the following specialities: Inpatient and outpatient Orthopaedic, spinal and trauma services, Sheffield Hand Centre, Metabolic Bone and Osteoporosis Centre, Rheumatology, Chronic Pain Services, Podiatric Surgery, Inpatient and Outpatient hospital based MSK Therapy services, Physio work community service, Staff physiotherapy service.
Main duties
* To be the first point of contact for directorate/department staff, corporate specialists, central governance departments, and Trust-wide specialist committees for governance communications.
* To ensure that healthcare governance communication is locally disseminated to relevant staff, and that they are consulted about changes to governance systems and documents.
* To ensure that serious directorate or department issues are rapidly brought to the attention of the relevant Clinical, Operations and Nurse Director, Head of Service and Matrons; corporate lead/central department, and to any relevant colleagues in other directorates, departments or committees.
* To receive guidance from corporate specialists and central governance departments about legislation and national standards, consider how processes could be changed to improve compliance and quality, and recommend changes to systems, policies and protocols.
* To ensure that agreed changes to governance systems, policies and protocols are implemented across the directorate/department and any issues are fed back.
* To participate in surveys, audits and inspections to test local governance processes and provide evidence of compliance with standards when required.
* To ensure that local systems are in place to review and update clinical guidelines and governance protocols produced by the directorate/department.
About us
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Details
Date posted: 04 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum pro rata for part time staff
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 190-0825-DIR
Job locations: Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Healthcare Professional e.g. NMC, HPC
* Masters degree, or equivalent experience
* 1st level degree or evidence of equivalent study
Desirable qualifications
* Patient, occupational safety or risk management qualification
Experience
* Significant experience working within an acute hospital.
* Significant healthcare governance and risk management experience.
* Significant experience of complaints management, meeting with patients and complaints resolution.
* Experience of effectively chairing meetings and meeting deadlines.
* Experience of leading on investigations and report writing.
* Proven clinical operational experience with advanced problem solving.
* Experience of HR management; and leading a team.
* Previous budgetary responsibility
Skills and Knowledge
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Evidence of multidisciplinary working.
* Proven leadership skills.
* Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal.
* Good presentation skills.
* Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Ability to work to tight deadlines.
* Ability to negotiate and influence.
* Excellent planning and organisational skills, computer literacy and advanced keyboard skills.
* Recognised computer qualification.
Values and Behaviours (PROUD)
* PATIENTS FIRST, RESPECTFUL, OWNERSHIP, UNITY, DELIVERY
Additional Qualifications
* Registered Healthcare Professional e.g. NMC, HPC
* Masters degree, or equivalent experience
* 1st level degree or evidence of equivalent study
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU
Employer's website: https://www.sth.nhs.uk
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