Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Family Health Board as our Clinical Governance and Patient Safety lead. The Family Health Board provides Hospital and Community Services for Women and Children at Newcastle Hospitals.
The Clinical Governance and Patient Safety lead will work with all services within the clinical board whilst collaborating with all Quality and Safety leads to promote and create a culture of openness, transparency and learning through participating in and embedding the PSIRF framework across the clinical board.
As an integral part of the Family Health Board Quality Oversight Group, the Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Lead will facilitate, develop and co-ordinate clinical risk management within the board, fostering a just culture and learning environment. Promoting a positive learning environment, providing advise on all aspects of clinical governance, clinical risk management and patient safety and assisting in the development of policies, procedures and guidelines will be integral to this role.
The postholder will support the Medical Quality and Safety Lead and Head of Nursing to develop and embed robust audit and assurance processes within the Family Health Board, developing this program with other audit leads to demonstrate the positive effects for patient outcomes and pathways.
- Interview Date Tuesday 26 August 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- Provide leadership, guidance and support across the Family Health Board on patient safety and clinical governance issues.
- Actively promote and implement local and national policy.
- Liaise with departments and clinical teams to facilitate developments in patient safety and clinical governance.
- Assist in the development of the boards quality and safety priorities.
- Support investigations into patient safety events, incidents and near misses, facilitating and local and organizational learning.
- Participate in and support the embedding of PSIRF.
- Support the development of a robust patients safety and clinical governance framework within the family health board.
- Promote a positive learning environment whilst raising the profile of clinical governance and risk management.
About us
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospital
o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
o Newcastle Dental Hospital
o Newcastle Fertility Centre
o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
o Northern Genetics Service
o Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient Safety
- Work with all services within the Clinical Board to promote and create a culture of openness, transparency and collaboration, including ensuring compliance with duty of candour and being open.
- Promote a culture of incident reporting and support investigations into adverse events, incidents, and near misses, identifying systems issues, implementing corrective actions, and facilitating local and organizational learning.
- Participate in and support the embedding of PSIRF within and across the Clinical Board.
- In conjunction with and on behalf of the Medical Quality and Safety Lead, Head of Nursing and CGARD Clinical Board representatives, support the development of a robust patient safety and clinical governance framework within the Board to ensure the provision of safe and high-quality care.
- Collaborate with Quality and Safety leads, Head of Nursing and Matrons within the board and other stakeholders to champion patient safety initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
- As a key member of the Quality Oversight Group (QOG) for the Clinical Board, facilitate learning and continual improvement in response to concerns raised, incidents and complaints. Sharing local learning within the Board and contributing to Trust wide learning forums e.g. Patient Safety Briefings.
- Assist in the development of cross cutting policies, procedures, and guidelines that promote a culture of patient safety, risk identification and mitigation throughout the Clinical Board.
- Understand the highest risks facing the Clinical Board and the potential mitigating actions being put in place to address these.
- In conjunction with the Head of Nursing, Medical Quality and Safety Lead, Matron, clinical governance and audit leads for the Clinical Board advise on all aspects of clinical governance, clinical risk management and patient safety.
- As an integral part of the Clinical Board QOG , facilitate, develop and co-ordinate clinical risk management within the Board. Foster a just culture in line with the corporate objectives, resulting in the delivery of a high-quality, cost-effective service.
- Promote a positive learning environment where lessons are learnt and changes implemented to ensure a quality service working in partnership with the Director of Operations, Clinical Board Chair Head of Nursing, Matron and Clinical Directors.
- To work closely with colleagues to raise the profile of clinical governance and risk management, highlighting in practice the relationship between patient safety and the management and everyday clinical practice and the effects on the patient to identify areas of good practice and highlight areas that can be improved.
Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Assurance
- In conjunction with the Medical Lead for Quality and Safety and Head of Nursing, develop and implement a cross cutting clinical effectiveness and QA programme for the Board to monitor and enhance the quality of care provided across the Board.
- Work with services within the Board to ensure that appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure clinical effectiveness and outcomes, patient experiences and quality and safety are used to inform a quality report for the Board.
- Analyse data, identify areas for improvement, and implement evidence-based practices to drive quality improvement initiatives.
- Support the Medical Quality and Safety Lead and Head of Nursing to develop and embed robust audit and assurance processes within the Clinical Board.
- Help to promote and support an effective audit program within the Clinical Board and produce a yearly high level audit report, in conjunction with other audit leads within the Clinical Board, to demonstrate the positive effects for patient outcomes and pathways.
- Support development of an effective system to review and act upon recommendations from any external agency visits, accreditations etc. including improvement plan implementation.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient Safety
- Work with all services within the Clinical Board to promote and create a culture of openness, transparency and collaboration, including ensuring compliance with duty of candour and being open.
- Promote a culture of incident reporting and support investigations into adverse events, incidents, and near misses, identifying systems issues, implementing corrective actions, and facilitating local and organizational learning.
- Participate in and support the embedding of PSIRF within and across the Clinical Board.
- In conjunction with and on behalf of the Medical Quality and Safety Lead, Head of Nursing and CGARD Clinical Board representatives, support the development of a robust patient safety and clinical governance framework within the Board to ensure the provision of safe and high-quality care.
- Collaborate with Quality and Safety leads, Head of Nursing and Matrons within the board and other stakeholders to champion patient safety initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
- As a key member of the Quality Oversight Group (QOG) for the Clinical Board, facilitate learning and continual improvement in response to concerns raised, incidents and complaints. Sharing local learning within the Board and contributing to Trust wide learning forums e.g. Patient Safety Briefings.
- Assist in the development of cross cutting policies, procedures, and guidelines that promote a culture of patient safety, risk identification and mitigation throughout the Clinical Board.
- Understand the highest risks facing the Clinical Board and the potential mitigating actions being put in place to address these.
- In conjunction with the Head of Nursing, Medical Quality and Safety Lead, Matron, clinical governance and audit leads for the Clinical Board advise on all aspects of clinical governance, clinical risk management and patient safety.
- As an integral part of the Clinical Board QOG , facilitate, develop and co-ordinate clinical risk management within the Board. Foster a just culture in line with the corporate objectives, resulting in the delivery of a high-quality, cost-effective service.
- Promote a positive learning environment where lessons are learnt and changes implemented to ensure a quality service working in partnership with the Director of Operations, Clinical Board Chair Head of Nursing, Matron and Clinical Directors.
- To work closely with colleagues to raise the profile of clinical governance and risk management, highlighting in practice the relationship between patient safety and the management and everyday clinical practice and the effects on the patient to identify areas of good practice and highlight areas that can be improved.
Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Assurance
- In conjunction with the Medical Lead for Quality and Safety and Head of Nursing, develop and implement a cross cutting clinical effectiveness and QA programme for the Board to monitor and enhance the quality of care provided across the Board.
- Work with services within the Board to ensure that appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure clinical effectiveness and outcomes, patient experiences and quality and safety are used to inform a quality report for the Board.
- Analyse data, identify areas for improvement, and implement evidence-based practices to drive quality improvement initiatives.
- Support the Medical Quality and Safety Lead and Head of Nursing to develop and embed robust audit and assurance processes within the Clinical Board.
- Help to promote and support an effective audit program within the Clinical Board and produce a yearly high level audit report, in conjunction with other audit leads within the Clinical Board, to demonstrate the positive effects for patient outcomes and pathways.
- Support development of an effective system to review and act upon recommendations from any external agency visits, accreditations etc. including improvement plan implementation.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oDegree level qualification and evidence of CPD
- oPost-graduate qualification to Masters level or significant experience in clinical practice, involvement in developing practice, clinical risk management and/or clinical audit/QI
Desirable
- oQualification or CPD relevant to patient safety/clinical governance/quality improvement
- oMasters level qualification in a related topic
- oManagement qualification or experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oProven experience in a clinical leadership role including involvement in incident reporting and investigation
- oIn depth knowledge of clinical governance frameworks, QI methodologies and patient safety principles
- oEvidence of continuous professional and personal development
- oProject leadership
- oProduction of written work to a high standard within tight deadlines
Desirable
- oEvidence of leading programme/programmes of education and/or training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills in person and written
- oAnalytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and lead data driven improvement initiatives
- oPresentation skills, computer use including word processing, Excel and database
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oDegree level qualification and evidence of CPD
- oPost-graduate qualification to Masters level or significant experience in clinical practice, involvement in developing practice, clinical risk management and/or clinical audit/QI
Desirable
- oQualification or CPD relevant to patient safety/clinical governance/quality improvement
- oMasters level qualification in a related topic
- oManagement qualification or experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oProven experience in a clinical leadership role including involvement in incident reporting and investigation
- oIn depth knowledge of clinical governance frameworks, QI methodologies and patient safety principles
- oEvidence of continuous professional and personal development
- oProject leadership
- oProduction of written work to a high standard within tight deadlines
Desirable
- oEvidence of leading programme/programmes of education and/or training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills in person and written
- oAnalytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and lead data driven improvement initiatives
- oPresentation skills, computer use including word processing, Excel and database
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.
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.
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).
