Job summary
- Main area
- Governance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (secondment also considered)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 214-CEN-7700571
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Quality Governance Facilitator
NHS AfC: Band 7
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job overview
This 12‑month fixed term contract/secondment offers an exciting opportunity to join the Governance Support Unit and play a key role in strengthening quality, safety, and learning across the Division. As Quality Governance Facilitator, the post holder will work collaboratively with clinical and non‑clinical teams, supporting the Quality Governance Matron to drive forward the clinical governance and public involvement agenda. The role is central to improving clinical practice, reducing risk, and enhancing patient experience.
The post holder will contribute to all aspects of divisional risk management, including clinical incidents, complaints, learning from deaths, and the wider Trust Quality Improvement programme. They will help embed meaningful learning, promote a positive and open culture, and support teams to implement sustainable changes that improve safety and outcomes.
Working closely with the Divisional Governance Matron, the role will support the development of robust assurance processes aligned with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, PSIRP, CQC requirements, and ICB quality standards.
Collaboration will be key, with strong links to divisional leadership teams, the Deputy Director of Quality & Governance, and fellow Quality Governance Facilitators. Together, you will champion high‑quality care, share best practice, and foster a culture where staff feel empowered to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate services.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s degree level or equivalent in risk or governance or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Professional Qualification
- Project Management –Quality Improvement qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Managing patient safety, Clinical Governance, or risk within a large / complex NHS organisation
- Presenting information to committees and senior management
- Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams
- Staff and team leadership skills
- Achievement of challenging deadlines whilst maintaining quality and professional standard
- Adverse incident reporting including data capture, trend analysis and identification of system/process changes to reduce risk
- Dealing with serious incidents / complaints process changes to reduce risk
- Experience of dealing with service wide policy implementation or change management projects
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a complex changing environment and the ability to prioritise
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of governance and risk management & assurance as implemented within the NHS and the NHS Assurance processes
- Understanding of the quality standards applicable to the NHS (e.g.: CQC / FT / -, commissioner requirements)
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Knowledge of legislation and standards relating to health & safety, security, complaints, claims and incidents
- FT Compliance Standards
- Risk Management systems and standards
- Experience and knowledge of current approaches to SI management, evidence and awareness of Safeguarding
- Good understanding of information analysis, techniques and tools and the ability to present concepts clearly
- Demonstrate the ability to interpret national and local guidance and develop practical solutions to meet requirements
- Excellent written skills to produce formal, informal and technical documents/material to meet delivery needs
Desirable criteria
- Quality Improvement, infection control, pressure ulcer review, falls, sepsis
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills and good listening skills
- Enthusiasm, ability to work independently and within a team
- The ability to establish effective working relationships and credibility with senior managers and professionals
- The ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload and meet tight timescales
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty, and integrity
Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication skills both written and oral
- Excellent inter-personal skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Report writing
- Computer literate on Microsoft products e.g. Word, power point
- Negotiating Skills
Desirable criteria
- Presentational skills using a variety of formats/ equipment
Trust Commitments all Applicants are Expected to Demonstrate
Essential criteria
- Awareness of Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles
- Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection Act
Mobility
Essential criteria
- Own transport or suitable alternative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Barker
- Job title
- Quality Governance Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623622515
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