Clinical Governance Partner
| Posting date: | 12 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2026 |
| Location: | Gosforth, NE13 9BA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0419-25-0117 |
Summary
Act as the Clinical Governance and Patient Safety lead for designated service areas. Develop and maintain risk profiles, identifying key risks and solutions to improve safety for staff and service users. Provide expert advice on compliance with CQC and other statutory or national standards. Contribute to organisational strategy by advising executives and service managers on governance, quality improvement, and patient experience. Lead and support investigations into incidents, complaints, and other safety-related events. Oversee safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and clinical risk processes. Develop and monitor outcome measures, KPIs, and audit programmes to ensure continuous improvement. Coordinate and contribute to Quality Assurance visits, audits, and Journey to Outstanding initiatives. Ensure services align with national guidelines, best practices, and quality standards. Lead or support quality improvement and research projects across the organisation. Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to managers and staff on safe practice, risk management, and governance processes. Promote a culture of learning by sharing insights from incidents, audits, and feedback. Facilitate engagement with service users and stakeholders to improve care delivery and outcomes. Adhere to information governance, data protection, and confidentiality requirements. Ensure safe record-keeping and information quality in line with national standards. Contribute to staff wellbeing initiatives and promote safe working practices. Champion equity, diversity, and inclusion within all governance and service delivery activities.