Head of Governance

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Head of Governance to lead our clinical governance patient safety and quality improvement functions. This is a key senior role supporting the Director of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement to ensure the highest standards of care regulatory compliance and a strong culture of learning.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to support and drive clinical governance patient safety and continuous quality improvement within a unique organisation. The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth provides a wide range of services including surgery medicine urgent care and palliative care with an onsite hospice inpatient unit.

Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line minutes from Central London our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely all profits fund our onsite Hospice St Johns.

What Youll Be Doing

• Provide leadership across governance patient safety risk and quality improvement.
• Oversee incident management investigations and learning in line with PSIRF.
• Lead governance reporting dashboards and audit programmes.
• Ensure compliance with CQC standards national guidance and evidencebased practice.
• Support departments to identify and manage risks effectively.
• Build strong relationships with clinical teams and external stakeholders.
• Lead improvement projects and drive organisational change.

What Were Looking For

• Degreelevel education or equivalent experience.
• Strong background in patient safety clinical governance PSIRF and regulatory compliance
• Proven experience in leading quality improvement projects
• Skilled in data analysis reporting and use of systems such as Datix.
• Excellent communication leadership and influencing skills as the role involves extensive engagement with internal and external stakeholders..
• Able to manage complex workloads and produce highquality reports.
• Committed to our values: Compassion Commitment Charity Community.

Why apply for this role

At our organisation we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training we offer our employees a wide range of benefits;

When you become part of the HJE Family these are some of the benefits you will receive:

• Private healthcare scheme worth up to 20000 per year
• 27 days annual leave
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye check-up vouchers with contribution towards lenses
• Free newspaper and media subscriptions
• Local Business discounts
• Discount in our Hospice Charity shop
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Free Cinema Society Membership offering discounted tickets
• Personal development and training courses
• Annual events and recognition awards
• Career progression and increments

If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you.