Band 8a - Governance Lead for Medicine & Emergency Medicine
| Posting date: | 14 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £57,888 - £64,880 pa inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 August 2025 |
| Location: | Watford, WD18 0HB |
| Company: | West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7344918/360-A-10244-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are looking to appoint a Governance Lead for Medicine/ Emergency Medicine.
If you are someone who would describe themselves as self-sufficient, reliable, and pro-active then this role is perfect for you!
You should be highly motivated individual with excellent leadership , organised and efficient skills
This role will support with the delivery and implementation of the Trust quality and risk management strategies within the Medicine and emergency medicine division. As part of this role you will develop and maintain relationships inter-divisionally and with the wider Quality and Governance Team. You will also be required to design, implement and maintain quality and governance dashboards, data collection tools, reporting and escalation methods. The successful candidate would be required to have previous experience within quality and governance work also a background of working with complaints and clinical and non-clinical incidents and also writing reports
You will be required to work Monday – Friday 7.5 hours per day. We do offer flexibility in working arrangements
The post holder is required to lead the medicine and emergency medicine governance team. Working with the Trust’s Governance team and other Divisional leads to oversee the implementation and monitoring of clinical governance within the Divisions.
The post holder has specific responsibility to implement, monitor and co-ordinate the management of risk within the Division. These services are provided over three sites. To support the development in risk awareness and risk management practices as an individual staff responsibility.
To maintain information systems which identify exposure to risks in all aspects of clinical activity.
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.
www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact westherts.recruitment@nhs.net
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Provide leadership and expert advice on matters relating to risk, assessment and clinical governance, and to advise on strategies and methods of reducing risk.
Manage all staff, systems and processes in medicine clinical governance department.
To provide practical support, expertise and facilitation to the clinical Division across a wide range of patient safety and quality improvement activities. This will include supporting the Divisions governance arrangements in accordance with patient safety, quality improvement programmes, complaints, patient and public involvement/ engagement, clinical audit and other relevant quality governance requirements
This advert closes on Monday 28 Jul 2025
We are looking to appoint a Governance Lead for Medicine/ Emergency Medicine.
If you are someone who would describe themselves as self-sufficient, reliable, and pro-active then this role is perfect for you!
You should be highly motivated individual with excellent leadership , organised and efficient skills
This role will support with the delivery and implementation of the Trust quality and risk management strategies within the Medicine and emergency medicine division. As part of this role you will develop and maintain relationships inter-divisionally and with the wider Quality and Governance Team. You will also be required to design, implement and maintain quality and governance dashboards, data collection tools, reporting and escalation methods. The successful candidate would be required to have previous experience within quality and governance work also a background of working with complaints and clinical and non-clinical incidents and also writing reports
You will be required to work Monday – Friday 7.5 hours per day. We do offer flexibility in working arrangements
The post holder is required to lead the medicine and emergency medicine governance team. Working with the Trust’s Governance team and other Divisional leads to oversee the implementation and monitoring of clinical governance within the Divisions.
The post holder has specific responsibility to implement, monitor and co-ordinate the management of risk within the Division. These services are provided over three sites. To support the development in risk awareness and risk management practices as an individual staff responsibility.
To maintain information systems which identify exposure to risks in all aspects of clinical activity.
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.
www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking
If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact westherts.recruitment@nhs.net
If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Provide leadership and expert advice on matters relating to risk, assessment and clinical governance, and to advise on strategies and methods of reducing risk.
Manage all staff, systems and processes in medicine clinical governance department.
To provide practical support, expertise and facilitation to the clinical Division across a wide range of patient safety and quality improvement activities. This will include supporting the Divisions governance arrangements in accordance with patient safety, quality improvement programmes, complaints, patient and public involvement/ engagement, clinical audit and other relevant quality governance requirements
This advert closes on Monday 28 Jul 2025