Head of Safety & Compliance | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 28 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £62,215 - £72,293 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | Eastbourne East Sussex, BN21 2UD |
| Company: | ESHT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7234553/374-LVB0525 |
Summary
Join us as Head of Safety & Compliance
Are you a passionate leader with a deep understanding of Clinical Governance, Health & Safety and Compliance in healthcare? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your expertise can drive real change? If so, we want to hear from you.
About the role
We are seeking a Head of Safety & Compliance to lead and shape the Trust’s approach to patient safety, clinical effectiveness, health & safety, and regulatory compliance. This is a pivotal role within our Clinical Governance function, where you will be the subject matter expert, ensuring our services are safe, effective, and responsive.
You will oversee our specialist patient safety, clinical effectiveness and health & safety teams, and ensure full compliance with CQC standards. Your work will directly impact the quality of care we provide, helping us to continuously improve and innovate.
Main duties are;
• To support the Associate Director of Clinical Governance with delivering core Clinical Governance functions to the Trust.
• To manage and lead teams to deliver the functions, in alignment with the Trust objectives, using and analytical, research and innovative approach using effective management/leadership skills to deliver through the Clinical Governance teams.
• To be the expert in the specialist area for Patient safety, Health & Safety and Regulatory compliance within the Trust and tooversee the delivery of all aspects of safety and compliance, through specialist teams within the Clinical Governance function within the Trust.
• To use systems available to identify, monitor and improve the Trusts in meeting regulatory requirements. Where possible, aligning and triangulating functions for efficiency and effectiveness.
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Jun 2025
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