Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Quality Governance Administrator

The closing date is 14 August 2025

Job summary

We're looking for a detail-oriented individual to provide confidential and comprehensive administrative support to our Governance Service. This role is key to ensuring our operations meet Service Line, Trust, and National standards. You'll communicate effectively across teams, helping to drive operational excellence through accurate and timely clerical support.

Main duties of the job

Provide a high standard of secretarial and administrative support including Microsoft Office proficiency, diary management, and meeting arrangements via Outlook and Teams. Handle calls and emails promptly, maintaining an efficient communication flow. Prepare and submit agendas, minutes, action logs, and other papers for Quality meetings. Organise and attend meetings as delegated by the Governance Lead, including minute-taking and supporting follow-up actions.

Manage documents within the Quality Management System and shared drives. Support updates to Patient Safety folders, posters, and learning boards. Assist in preparing slide decks, reports, and sharing meeting documents. Undertake project work such as data collation, input, and monitoring to support Governance and operational reporting. Maintain accuracy in databases like complaints records and training matrices.

Ensure complaints/PALS concerns are appropriately escalated and managed. Communicate effectively with staff, patients, and external stakeholders. Prioritise and reorganise workload as needed to meet deadlines. Attend mandatory training and use Trust IT systems to input patient data accurately. Ensure adequate cover during absences and support colleagues when necessary. Perform other duties within the remit of a Band 3 Quality Governance Administrator for Maternity.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

Details

Date posted

01 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,973 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

418-OBSGYN6373-EH

Job locations

Bedfordshire Hospitals

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for full outline of the role requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for full outline of the role requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education, including English and Maths GCSE

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
  • Experience of maintaining spreadsheets and databases
  • Experience of administering meetings
  • Experience of providing a customer focused service
  • Experience of working in a team

Desirable

  • Previous experience or awareness of Risk Management, Governance and Patient Safety

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of working with Microsoft Office i.e Outlook, Word, Powerpoint and Excel
  • Excellent understanding of general office working procedures
  • Good understanding of confidentiality
  • Knowledge and understanding of Information Governance
  • Knowledge and understanding of the Data Protection Act

Desirable

  • Awareness of current issues within the NHS
  • Excellent understanding of people management

Skills

Essential

  • Professional and polite telephone manner
  • Approachable friendly manner
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Aptitude to learn new systems
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good standard of general education, including English and Maths GCSE

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
  • Experience of maintaining spreadsheets and databases
  • Experience of administering meetings
  • Experience of providing a customer focused service
  • Experience of working in a team

Desirable

  • Previous experience or awareness of Risk Management, Governance and Patient Safety

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of working with Microsoft Office i.e Outlook, Word, Powerpoint and Excel
  • Excellent understanding of general office working procedures
  • Good understanding of confidentiality
  • Knowledge and understanding of Information Governance
  • Knowledge and understanding of the Data Protection Act

Desirable

  • Awareness of current issues within the NHS
  • Excellent understanding of people management

Skills

Essential

  • Professional and polite telephone manner
  • Approachable friendly manner
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Aptitude to learn new systems

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

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bedfordshire Hospitals

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ


Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bedfordshire Hospitals

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ


Employer's website

https://www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/working-here/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Governance and Quality Improvement

Claire Prew

claire.prew@bedsft.nhs.uk

07920076504

Details

Date posted

01 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,973 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

418-OBSGYN6373-EH

Job locations

Bedfordshire Hospitals

Lewsey Road

Luton

LU4 0DZ


Supporting documents

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