Job overview

The post holder will work with the Chief Nursing Officer to provide strong leadership and subject matter expertise in, Clinical Audit, Compliance, Quality Governance and Risk Management. They will work with the quality agenda to develop, embed and drive continuous improvement.

Please note that this is not a remote role and it requires on site presence. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will report to the Chief Nursing Officer and will be able to demonstrate significant senior level experience managing quality governance, clinical effectiveness, risk and compliance. The post holder will be a credible, motivated and self-starting individual, capable or working with minimal supervision. 

They will be expected to lead on the delivery of a robust and evolving quality governance, risk, compliance and clinical effectiveness framework to ensure accountability and transparency and where quality assurance is integrated alongside quality improvements.  

Where appropriate, the post-holder will support the wider Executive team in the delivery of key Trust documents such at the Quality Account and support improvement in the quality of information and reports presented to the Trust Board.

The post-holder will ensure that there are effective monitoring processes in place; Ward to Board integrated reporting that will promote effective escalation of risks and concerns that have the potential to affect patient outcomes or compliance standards.

The post-holder will additionally have a responsibility to help establish and monitor procedures to ensure that the Trust complies with all relevant legislation, demonstrating an in-depth professional knowledge of quality governance, risk and compliance, procedures and practice.

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH.  We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
 
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
 
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
 
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
 
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit.  We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.  We love working here and think you will too.