Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Locality Governance Lead

The closing date is 19 June 2025

Job summary

We are looking for candidate to fill our locality governance lead who will display innovative, dynamic, highly motivated, highly competent, and resilient characteristics. The ideal candidates will be passionate about improving and maintaining high standards of care.

We have 1 full time position for West Locality - King's Lynn.

You will have confidence and experience in systems and processes which provide assurance of patient safety and quality of care; be a strong and experienced leader and have a proven track record of delivering against objectives. You will exercise sound judgement, providing advice that is routed in robust evidence and experience and will build strong relationships across their locality and become a trusted member of the team.

Postholders will work as an integral part of the locality leadership and management team, supporting the development and implementation of corporate and clinical governance systems and processes from 'floor to Board'.

Main duties of the job

If successful, you will be joining us at an exciting time as we implement our "place-based" leadership model which will reduce unwarranted clinical variation and deliver consistent, service user-centred care across systems of care and support our organisation's future development as a specialist mental health provider.

The post holder will have a key locality leadership role across the following areas: -

Leading at locality level on the implementation of the clinical governance agenda

Ensuring governance meetings are being held appropriately ward/team, service and network level across the locality.

Work with the locality leadership to ensure the locality is compliant with trust-wide requirements for quality and key legislative requirements.

Promoting a safety culture and helping to implement safety alerts/guidance/best practice/lessons from incidents within the locality.

Providing advice and guidance to clinical teams in conducting investigations.

Ensuring risks have been assessed, identified and are being addressed appropriately, captured on risk registers.

Ensure learning from incidents, complaints, audit etc. is being shared and implemented.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Details

Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year gross per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Fixed term

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR6778623-C

Job locations

King's Lynn

King's Lynn

NR8 5BE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master's degree level education or equivalent relevant experience in governance
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Clinical qualification and current registration

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a governance role within Health and Social Care
  • Experience of successfully working with external regulators including NHSI, CQC and other stakeholders

Desirable

  • Experience of working successfully with clinical and managerial leads
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master's degree level education or equivalent relevant experience in governance
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Clinical qualification and current registration

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a governance role within Health and Social Care
  • Experience of successfully working with external regulators including NHSI, CQC and other stakeholders

Desirable

  • Experience of working successfully with clinical and managerial leads

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

King's Lynn

King's Lynn

NR8 5BE


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

King's Lynn

King's Lynn

NR8 5BE


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director for Quality

Michael Lozano

michael.lozano@nsft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year gross per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Fixed term

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-COR6778623-C

Job locations

King's Lynn

King's Lynn

NR8 5BE


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