Job summary
- Main area
- Governance
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 265-8033553-COR
- Employer
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Governance Facilitator
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and highly organised Governance Facilitator to join the Governance team at University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group.
This role is central to supporting the delivery of robust clinical governance across the organisation. Working closely with Governance Managers and clinical teams, you will help ensure effective systems are in place for givernance, assurance, and compliance.
You will play a key role in coordinating governance processes, analysing data to support complaince and improvement, and supporting the implementation and monitoring of learning from incidents, and action reviews. The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to promote a culture of safety, openness, and continuous improvement.
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Governance Facilitator will provide specialist support to Governance Managers in the delivery of the Trust’s clincial governance agenda, ensuring that high standards of quality, safety, and compliance are consistently achieved.
The post holder will support divisions and diractorates in maintaining robust evidence of compliance identifying gaps and escalating concerns appropriately. They will be responsible for facilitating the production and analysis of governance information, including quantitative and qualitative data, to inform decision-making and service improvement.
A key aspect of the role involves analysing complex datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and presenting this information in a meaningful way to support learning and improvement. The post holder will work closely with clinical and operational teams to identify areas of concern, agree remedial actions, and support the implementation and monitoring of improvement plans.
The role includes supporting the preparation for external inspections and assurance reviews, including collation of evidence and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements such as CQC standards. The post holder will also contribute to Trust-wide reporting processes, supporting submissions to governance groups and external review forums.
The Governance Facilitator will attend and contribute to divisional and Trust-wide governance meetings, providing updates, reports, and action tracking. They will develop strong relationships across clinical divisions and governance teams to promote a joined-up approach to quality and safety.
The role requires a proactive and flexible approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work both independently and as part of a team. Regular cross-site working between Northampton and Kettering hospitals will be required.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Professional healthcare qualification
- Recognised Quality Improvement Qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proactive, creative and flexible approach, able to work on own initiative and take responsibility for delegated areas of responsibility
- Good analytical report writing and presentation skills able to manipulate data from a variety of sources and present in the most appropriate format (map, chart, table, graph etc)
- Able to work with clinical and non clinical staff
- Sound decision making and judgement skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and ability to analyse data
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of patient safety concepts, quality improvement methodologies, and the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
- Understanding of CQC standards and inspections
- Knowledge of governance reporting
- Experience of presenting information
- Use of information systems (Datix/AMaT)
Desirable criteria
- Expereicne of NHS information
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simon Hawes
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Effectiveness and Assurance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07541612258
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