Primary Care Careers

Quality and Governance Manager

The closing date is 06 March 2026

Job summary

The De Parys Group is looking to appoint an experienced Quality and Governance Manager to lead our organisationon a full-time basis, working 37.5 hours per week, on site.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide governance support for meetings, including forward planning, advice on delegated decision-making authority and conflicts management, agenda and paper development, and drafting of accurate minutes and actions to ensure effective decision making within the established governance framework.
  • Provide information, support, advice and guidance to staff in relation to the planning and drafting of papers, corporate policies and the completion of impact assessments.
  • Manage the development, review and implementation of governance and compliance policies including, management of interest, corporate complaints, gifts and hospitality, including the drafting and presenting of papers.
  • Manage the learning event process and review meeting (i.e. SE/SI process)
  • Overall responsibility for developing, updating, co-ordinating reviews and overseeing the implementation of agreed Information Governance policies, guidelines and procedures.
  • Ensure Teamnet is the portal for compliancy and ensure an organisational sign-up and assurance
  • Clinical Governance policy, protocols and processes embedded in organisation
  • Overall responsibility for complaints, personal responsibility for managing complex and/or clinical complaints
  • Act as a subject matter expert and support operational staff for serious incidents that involve IG issues.
  • Corporate responsibility for advising the organisation on how to meet information governance policy requirements and additionally when working with external organisations.

About us

The De Parys Groups priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 48,000 patients registered with the practice. We aim to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and support organisations, to enable more patients to be treated in a primary care setting, closer to home. We embrace a continuous improvement ethos and strive to ensure that we are available to patients when they need a consultation. We have a strong training ethos within the practice with a team of medical and non-medical educators as well as opportunities for non-clinical staff to develop and progress.

TDPG is fortunate to have its own dispensaries at our De Parys and Bromham sites. In addition to our routine GMS services, we offer a comprehensive range of services including minor surgery, LARC provision and anticoagulation clinics.

We have high QOF achievement and excellent KPIs within the group.

Benefits include:

  • NHS pension scheme.
  • Proper pay andLiving Wage Foundation accredited.
  • Eye-care vouchers.
  • Annual leave: minimum 28 days FTE, with enhancements for long service.
  • Paid breaks

Details

Date posted

13 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - negotiable DOE/skills

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

29388

Job locations

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Staff management, staff development
  • Significant demonstrable experience dealing with very senior people both internally and externally within and outside of NHS organisations
  • Relevant qualifications in IG, records management, data protection, cyber security
  • Information Security or applicable relevant experience
  • Formal managerial qualifications evidence of training / or equivalent experience
  • Established Practice Manager or Operations Manager with 3-5 years experience
  • Considerable governance knowledge and experience of advising at Senior/Board level
  • Experience of drafting and presenting policies and reports
  • Experience of working in a health care environment with multi professional healthcare teams
  • Detailed knowledge of Information Governance and Data Protection legislation, duties and responsibilities
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Staff management, staff development
  • Significant demonstrable experience dealing with very senior people both internally and externally within and outside of NHS organisations
  • Relevant qualifications in IG, records management, data protection, cyber security
  • Information Security or applicable relevant experience
  • Formal managerial qualifications evidence of training / or equivalent experience
  • Established Practice Manager or Operations Manager with 3-5 years experience
  • Considerable governance knowledge and experience of advising at Senior/Board level
  • Experience of drafting and presenting policies and reports
  • Experience of working in a health care environment with multi professional healthcare teams
  • Detailed knowledge of Information Governance and Data Protection legislation, duties and responsibilities

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

The De Parys Group

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

13 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - negotiable DOE/skills

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

29388

Job locations

23 De Parys Avenue

Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK40 2TX


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