Job summary
- Main area
- Quality Governance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7420463
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 per annum, including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Head of Quality Governance (Lead for Clinical Effectiveness)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The Deputy Head of Quality Governance plays a pivotal role in driving high standards of care across North Middlesex Hospital Unit by leading the development and implementation of robust systems and processes to support clinical effectiveness. This post holder will lead, develop, and oversee systems for patient safety, quality governance, national and local clinical audit programmes, NICE guidance implementation, mortality review processes, clinical effectiveness reporting, policies and clinical guidelines, Central Alerting System (CAS), and collect, analyse, and triangulate quality data to ensure continuous improvement and regulatory compliance.
Main duties of the job
They will lead the production and interpretation of high-quality reports for governance meetings, audit outcomes, and regulatory submissions, supporting alignment with Royal Free London Group governance structures. Working closely with Group colleagues, they will contribute to harmonised reporting frameworks, shared learning, and implementation of both local priorities and group-wide strategic objectives.
They will support the Head of Quality & Governance & Patient Experience in delivering the Health Unit’s patient safety, quality assurance, clinical audit, and effectiveness agenda, the post holder will work closely with Divisional Governance Managers and the Medical Director (clinical lead for Effectiveness), ensuring the Hospital Unit receives assurance that services are consistently safe, effective, high-quality, and person-centred.
Full details of the job and responsibilities of this role are in the job description attached to this advertisement.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. The Royal Free London NHS FT believes in developing talent so the successful individual will be supported with any relevant training and mentorship necessary for success in the role. We are seeking an astute, talented leader so if this sounds like you and you are looking for a position where you are valued, developed and constructively challenged every day, then don’t miss out on this opportunity.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This position is a key part of the North Middlesex Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Governance Team, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, safe, and evidence-based care. The postholder will play a central role in driving clinical quality improvement, supporting compliance with national standards, and ensuring learning from audits and reviews is translated into measurable action across the organisation.
Person specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent professional qualification/experience
- Evidence of further professional and personal development
Desirable criteria
- Post grauduate level qualification, or equivalent experience
- PRINCE2 or other project management qualification
- Clinical qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant NHS experience in clinical audit, governance or effectiveness roles
- Ability to collate and analyse statistical and qualitative information
- Experience of implementing change projects
- Experience of effective working within a team and alon
- Experience of working with minimal supervision
- Knowledge of the components of governance, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care
- Expert knowledge of clinical audit methodology, NICE, national guidance
- Demonstrates commitment to improving the quality of patient care
- Experience of managing quality improvement programmes and data interpretation
- Experience of working with patients/service/ stakeholders to improve quality of service
- Experience of staff management and training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting external reviews (e.g. CQC, GIRFT, NCEPOD)
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to deal confidently with staff at all levels of an organisation
- Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a range of professionals
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data and develop improvement actions
- Advanced planning and organisational skills
- Excellent leadership, Influencing and motivational skills
- Understanding of patient safety, incident investigation and risk management
- Strong report writing and presentation skills
- Excellent communication and influencing skills across professional groups
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proficient in the use of MS Office applications: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Access, Explorer, Powerpoint and Excel
- Ability to define, collate, retrieve & manipulate data
- Knowledge and understanding of professional standards and requirements
- The ability to maintain and respect confidentiality - Information Governance, Issues of confidentiality (Data Protection, Freedom of Information Act, Caldicott)
Desirable criteria
- Excellent communication skills at all levels, confident when speaking in public and at large meetings
- Developing & delivering training programmes
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Committed to NHS values and continuous improvement
- Ability to work collaboratively, lead teams and support change
- Commitment to staff development
- Occasional flexibility to work outside of normal office hours (eg. to attend meetings with divisional representatives
- Demonstrable enthusiasm and commitment to Improvement focused patient safety and quality initiatives, research and its application to practice
- Resilience and ability to get the job done
- Completer finisher working to tight deadlines
- Kind and compassionate
- Self-motivated, can organise & prioritise work using own initiative
- Excellent time management skills
- Can work to deadlines whilst maintaining a high standard
- Methodical & systematic approach to work, involving close attention to detail
- Maintaining a professional appearance
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lana Jones-Sandy
- Job title
- Head of Quality Governance and Patient Experience
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07890423303
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