Everyturn Mental Health

Clinical Governance Partner

The closing date is 11 January 2026

Job summary

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an experienced and motivated professional to join our Quality Governance & Risk Directorate. This is a home-based role with some travel to services across the UK.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with our Clinical Director and service managers, you will lead on quality, safety, and governance, ensuring our services deliver safe, effective, and high-quality care.

This role combines strategic oversight with targeted operational support, with a focus on:

Focusing on patient safety
Safeguarding
Infection prevention
Risk management
Quality improvement
Compliance with regulatory standards.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to meaningful improvements in patient care, working collaboratively to strengthen our culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

About us

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell day
Enhanced pension
Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay
Smartclinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
Plus, many more great benefits on offer

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQI+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies.

Date posted

12 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£55,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

B0419-25-0117

Job locations

2 Esh Plaza

Sir Bobby Robson Way

Gosforth

NE13 9BA

Ransom Wood

Ransom Wood Business Park

Mansfield

NG21 0HJ

Trinity Court

Trinity Street

Peterbrough

PE1 1DA

BizSpace

35 Park Row

Nottingham

NG1 6EE

Worksop Turbine

Coach Close

Shireoaks

Worksop

Nottinghamshire

S81 8AP

Rowland Hill House

Boythorpe Rd

Chesterfield

S49 1HQ

Unit 24-28

Woodside Business Park

Birkenhead

Merseyside

CH41 1EL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as the Clinical Governance and Patient Safety lead for designated service areas.

Develop and maintain risk profiles, identifying key risks and solutions to improve safety for staff and service users.

Provide expert advice on compliance with CQC and other statutory or national standards.

Contribute to organisational strategy by advising executives and service managers on governance, quality improvement, and patient experience.

Lead and support investigations into incidents, complaints, and other safety-related events.

Oversee safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and clinical risk processes.

Develop and monitor outcome measures, KPIs, and audit programmes to ensure continuous improvement.

Coordinate and contribute to Quality Assurance visits, audits, and Journey to Outstanding initiatives.

Ensure services align with national guidelines, best practices, and quality standards.

Lead or support quality improvement and research projects across the organisation.

Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to managers and staff on safe practice, risk management, and governance processes.

Promote a culture of learning by sharing insights from incidents, audits, and feedback.

Facilitate engagement with service users and stakeholders to improve care delivery and outcomes.

Adhere to information governance, data protection, and confidentiality requirements.

Ensure safe record-keeping and information quality in line with national standards.

Contribute to staff wellbeing initiatives and promote safe working practices.

Champion equity, diversity, and inclusion within all governance and service delivery activities.