Quality Governance Lead | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 09 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £66,582 - £77,368 p.a. pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Cwmni: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7848032/180-F-CVA590 |
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The Lead for Quality Governance provides senior operational leadership for the Trust’s quality governance agenda, ensuring processes are effective, coherent and supportive. Working under the strategic direction of the Head of Quality Governance, Risk & Compliance, the post‑holder brings specialist quality governance insight, leads delegated programmes of work, contributes to Trustwide quality governance leadership development and promotes a culture aligned to the CUH values of Safe, Kind and Excellent.
They also ensure key quality governance meetings operate effectively, with clear reporting, structured oversight and early identification of risks to support learning and improvement.
The role requires strong visibility across clinical areas, excellent analytical capability, senior influencing skills and the ability to lead staff and stakeholders through improvement in relation to quality governance.
Provide senior operational leadership for the delivery of the quality governance agenda across CUH.
Ensure quality governance expectations are clearly articulated, well‑understood and consistently applied across Divisions and at a Trustwide level.
Provide expert leadership in quality governance, drawing on specialist knowledge of risk management, patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness and national standards to support Divisions and the organisation in embedding robust governance systems.
Support Divisions to strengthen quality governance systems and embed improvement actions.
Contribute to the development and review of Trust wide quality governance policies, procedures and strategies, offering specialist insight.
Support the development and implementation of medium‑ and long‑term quality governance improvement plans across clinical areas.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 22nd March 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on the 9th April 2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Mar 2026