Clinical Governance Lead - ASCR | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum, pro rata for part time roles. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 December 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | North Bristol NHS |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7571236/339-ASCR1236-RUH |
Summary
The division of Anaesthesia, surgery, critical care and renal is fuelled by a passion for what we do; with breadth and depth of expertise, working towards the same goal and putting the patient at the start and heart of our care.
As a Clinical Governance Lead for the division you will use your healthcare knowledge, skills and experience to promote, oversee and be influential in ensuring the consistency of high standards regarding the investigation and management of incidents and the identification and articulation of risks.
With your experience of dealing with patient safety, quality improvement and governance you will be responsible for supporting and leading complex patient safety incident investigations to include duty candour, drafting reports and the collation of statements and service level data.
• Provide high quality leadership, role modelling and develop skills to act as an expert resource to clinical and operational teams in relation to all aspects of divisional clinical quality and governance.
• Support the chair of the monthly Clinical Governance meetings with accountability for high quality agenda papers and meeting outputs.
• Support/ lead complex Patient Safety Incident Investigations.
• Provide cross cover and support as needed for other members of the team as necessary.
• Undertake other such duties commensurate with the seniority and experience of the post.
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
See attached job description and person specification for detailed explanation of roles and responsibilities
This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025