Job summary
- Main area
- Governance administration role
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0492-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/07/2025
Employer heading

Directorate PA/Healthcare Governance
NHS AfC: Band 4
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
To provide confidential PA support to the Clinical Governance Lead and also support to the Governance Team. To support incident and risk reporting and the co-ordination of the Healthcare Governance agenda. To provide high quality, comprehensive administration services to the Directorate Healthcare Governance team to ensure robust and efficient processes are in place.
To provide managerial support to services to meet the Healthcare Governance requirements of the organisation, work to minimise risk and improve the quality of care to the people we care for.
Main duties of the job
- Be responsible for the effective operation of governance admin functions, managing issues efficiently and escalating concerns appropriately.
- Be proficient in the use of Trust software and clinical systems to support service development.
- Have a high standard of Microsoft Office skills.
- Achieve and maintain up to date knowledge of department processes to train and advise staff.
- Support the implementation of effective systems, processes and risk management arrangements
- Advise and support Datix reporters and approvers with incident management and assist the Governance team in monitoring of the governance email inbox
- Support the development and implementation of the Directorate Clinical Governance intranet site
- Organise meetings as and when required, including virtual, including booking venues, arranging hospitality, co-ordinating workshops and events / preparing agendas / distributing papers and to facilitate meetings where necessary
- Collection of incident, risk, audit and CQC data including the export of data from Datix reports for both local and directorate services
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE C/4 or above in Mathematics and English
- Educated to Diploma Level 4 or NVQ Level 3 plus other additional knowledge/training e.g ECDL or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of professional or personal development
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Willingness to work flexibly to meet service needs
- Time Management
- Self-awareness and ability to adapt own approach to build effective working relationships
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an administrative setting
- Ability to undertake basic data analysis and use information to inform decision making
- Navigate around systems Datix, System One, EDMS and Lorenzo or equivalent
- Experience of working to and meeting tight deadlines and managing own workload
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an NHS setting
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake basic data analysis and use information to inform decision making
- Skills working with colleagues at all levels and from all disciplines
- A working knowledge of clinical governance
- Diary Management & Organising Meetings
- Development of standard operating procedures and their application in the workplace
- Handling clinical/medical records
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of business continuity/ MAJAX process
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Debbie Shone
- Job title
- Governance Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2714418
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