Head of Governance for Patient Experience & Engagement | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 02 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,156 - £71,148 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7712464/259-7712464RLH |
Summary
To support our hospital, we are looking for a strategic, enthusiastic, and highly motivated person to join our busy Organisation as aPatient experience and Engagement Lead.
As a lead at the Royal London and Mile End Hospitals, you will provide strategic advice, guidance and direction to developing and delivering the Patient experience ambitions.
As a senior member of the Governance Team, you will be responsible for the leadership, development and co-ordination of PALS workforce standards and improvement across the Hospital in order to influence the development and delivery of outstanding patient experience.
You will also take an active lead on trust-wide projects that support the delivery of our objectives and decisions, and work closely with the Senior Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Leads to deliver creative and effective patient experience and engagement strategies.
The post holder will work in an effective matrix style as part of a dynamic site based corporate team in delivering effective oversight for complex complaints and patient experience initiatives for our hospitals, The Royal London Hospital and Mile End Hospital.
The post supports the delivery of the sites patient experience objectives alongside complex complaints handling, representing our director of nursing on key Patient Experience initiatives supporting the delivery of key objectives, driving quality assurance and improvement.
Working with the Deputy Director of Nursing for Clinical Governance, Professional Standards and Compliance, you will take day to day responsibility for the smooth operational running and line management of our PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service). Developing effective complaint reduction and patient feedback strategies and processes that help us to deliver the highest quality patient centred services.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026