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Job summary

Main area
Administrative
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Job share
15 hours per week (Part Time)
Job ref
246-COR8392124
Employer
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
County Hall
Town
Norwich
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 Gross per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/11/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust logo

Locality Quality Governance Lead

Band 8a

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams.  We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience. 

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role. 

Job overview

We are looking for candidates to fill our locality governance leads who will display innovative, dynamic, highly motivated, highly competent, and resilient characteristics. The ideal candidates will be passionate about improving and maintaining high standards of care.

We have 1 X 0.4 WTE position as part of job share supporting East Suffolk locality.

You will have confidence and experience in systems and processes which provide assurance of patient safety and quality of care; be a strong and experienced leader and have a proven track record of delivering against objectives. You will exercise sound judgement, providing advice that is routed in robust evidence and experience and will build strong relationships across their locality and become a trusted member of the team.

Postholders will work as an integral part of the locality leadership and management team, supporting the development and implementation of corporate and clinical governance systems and processes from ‘floor to Board’.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have a key locality leadership role across the following areas: -

· Leading at locality level on the implementation of the clinical governance agenda

· Ensuring governance meetings are being held appropriately ward/team, service and network level across the locality.

· Work with the locality leadership to ensure the locality is compliant with trust-wide requirements for quality and key legislative requirements.

· Promoting a safety culture and helping to implement safety alerts/guidance/best practice/lessons from incidents within the locality.

· Ensuring risks have been assessed, identified and are being addressed appropriately, captured on risk registers.

· Ensure learning from incidents, complaints, audit etc. is being shared and implemented.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.


Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Master’s degree level education or equivalent relevant experience in governance
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • RMN registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to develop, produce and present a wide range of complex information reports and analysis on a regular and ad hoc basis.
  • Experience of working within a governance role within Health and Social Care
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working successfully with clinical and managerial leads
  • Experience of working within a Mental Health Trust

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWomens Staff NetworkCycle to Work

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Michael Lozano
Job title
Director of Quality
Email address
[email protected]
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