Interim Associate Director of Clinical Governance and Risk
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 16 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £99,808 - £113,803 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Tolworth, KT6 7QU |
| Cwmni: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7875971/294-CORP-7875971-JB |
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A Vacancy at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust are seeking an Interim Associate Director of Clinical Governance & Risk to provide strategic leadership across all aspects of quality governance, patient safety, and risk management.
This recruitment is to provide additional senior leadership capacity during a temporary period of absence within the team, whilst the existing post holder has additional caring responsibilities. We are committed to maintaining the continuity, stability, and quality of our governance functions, and this role will help ensure our services — and the staff who deliver them — continue to receive the support they need.
You will be an experienced senior leader with:
• Master’s level education or equivalent expertise.
• Extensive experience in clinical governance, quality, and risk management within a complex healthcare environment.
• Strong working knowledge of CQC regulatory frameworks.
• A track record of delivering successful quality improvement and organisational learning.
• Highly developed leadership, communication, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Experience working closely with patients, carers, and service user involvement groups.
• The ability to challenge, influence, and lead change at all levels.
A clinical background, mental health experience, and training in LEAN/continuous improvement are desirable but not essential.
In this interim role you will support the following responsibilities: -.
• Oversee Trust compliance with regulatory standards, including the Care Quality Commission.
• Lead the development, delivery, and monitoring of the Quality Strategy and Quality Account.
• Manage and provide strategic direction to key teams including Patient Safety, Compliance, Risk Management, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act Office, and Patient Experience & Engagement.
• Ensure systems for incident reporting, serious incident investigations, and organisational learning are robust and drive quality improvement.
• Develop and oversee proactive patient experience, complaints, and carer engagement mechanisms.
• Work in close partnership with Executive Directors, Senior Leaders, clinicians, service users, and external stakeholders.
• Undertake a series of projects/audits related to clinical governance and risk.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our locations:
Kingston (Tolworth)
Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
Please see job description for full details of main duties and responsibilities.
All public facing roles require a proportionate level of English language proficiency for written and verbal communication and the Trust is required to verify results of certain English language competency tests relied upon. When the fluency duty is met by the provision of a sign language interpreter, the interpreter should be registered with the National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD).
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust are seeking an Interim Associate Director of Clinical Governance & Risk to provide strategic leadership across all aspects of quality governance, patient safety, and risk management.
This recruitment is to provide additional senior leadership capacity during a temporary period of absence within the team, whilst the existing post holder has additional caring responsibilities. We are committed to maintaining the continuity, stability, and quality of our governance functions, and this role will help ensure our services — and the staff who deliver them — continue to receive the support they need.
You will be an experienced senior leader with:
• Master’s level education or equivalent expertise.
• Extensive experience in clinical governance, quality, and risk management within a complex healthcare environment.
• Strong working knowledge of CQC regulatory frameworks.
• A track record of delivering successful quality improvement and organisational learning.
• Highly developed leadership, communication, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Experience working closely with patients, carers, and service user involvement groups.
• The ability to challenge, influence, and lead change at all levels.
A clinical background, mental health experience, and training in LEAN/continuous improvement are desirable but not essential.
In this interim role you will support the following responsibilities: -.
• Oversee Trust compliance with regulatory standards, including the Care Quality Commission.
• Lead the development, delivery, and monitoring of the Quality Strategy and Quality Account.
• Manage and provide strategic direction to key teams including Patient Safety, Compliance, Risk Management, Safeguarding, Mental Health Act Office, and Patient Experience & Engagement.
• Ensure systems for incident reporting, serious incident investigations, and organisational learning are robust and drive quality improvement.
• Develop and oversee proactive patient experience, complaints, and carer engagement mechanisms.
• Work in close partnership with Executive Directors, Senior Leaders, clinicians, service users, and external stakeholders.
• Undertake a series of projects/audits related to clinical governance and risk.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our locations:
Kingston (Tolworth)
Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
Please see job description for full details of main duties and responsibilities.
All public facing roles require a proportionate level of English language proficiency for written and verbal communication and the Trust is required to verify results of certain English language competency tests relied upon. When the fluency duty is met by the provision of a sign language interpreter, the interpreter should be registered with the National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD).
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026