Clinical & Governance Partner in North East

Job summary

Clinical & Governance Partner - Quality Governance & Risk Directorate. Home based role with some travel to services across the UK.

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an experienced and motivated professional to join our Quality Governance & Risk Directorate. Working closely with the Clinical Director and senior clinical and operational colleagues, you will provide leadership and support across all areas of quality, safety, and governance, helping us to ensure services consistently deliver safe, effective, and high-quality care. This role balances strategic oversight with practical operational support, with a focus on:

• Patient safety and safeguarding
• Infection prevention and control
• Risk management and quality improvement
• Compliance with regulatory standards

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to meaningful improvements in patient care, working collaboratively to strengthen our culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Duties and responsibilities

Clinical Leadership:

• Act as the Clinical Governance and Patient Safety lead for designated service areas.
• Act as a senior clinician to support with complex case management within MDTs etc.
• Develop and maintain risk registers and reports, identifying key risks and solutions to improve safety for staff and service users.

Main duties of the job

• Provide expert advice on compliance with CQC and other statutory or national standards, e.g., NICE and APPTs.
• Quality & Safety Oversight: Lead and support investigations into incidents, complaints, and other safety-related events.
• Oversee safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and clinical risk processes.
• Develop and monitor outcome measures, KPIs, and audit programmes to ensure continuous improvement.

Improvement & Development:

• Lead or support quality improvement and research projects across the organisation.
• Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to managers and staff on safe practice, risk management, and governance processes.
• Promote a culture of learning by sharing insights from incidents, audits, and feedback.
• Facilitate engagement with service users and stakeholders to improve care delivery and outcomes.
• Work closely with all operational teams to support clinical standards.

Information Governance & Compliance:

• Adhere to information governance, data protection, and confidentiality requirements.
• Ensure safe record-keeping and information quality in line with national standards.

About you

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent clinical qualification).
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience / Knowledge: Extensive post-registration clinical experience, including working with people with complex mental health needs.
• Strong knowledge of CQC (or equivalent regulatory body) standards and compliance frameworks.
• Proven track record in clinical governance, patient safety, or quality improvement.
• Experience of leading investigations into incidents and complaints.

About us

• Strong knowledge of CQC (or equivalent regulatory body) standards and compliance frameworks.
• Proven track record in clinical governance, patient safety, or quality improvement.
• Experience of leading investigations into incidents and complaints.

What we offer in return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Smartclinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQI+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical & Governance Partner - Quality Governance & Risk Directorate. Home based role with some travel to services across the UK.

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an experienced and motivated professional to join our Quality Governance & Risk Directorate. Working closely with the Clinical Director and senior clinical and operational colleagues, you will provide leadership and support across all areas of quality, safety, and governance, helping us to ensure services consistently deliver safe, effective, and high-quality care.

This role offers the chance to balance strategic oversight with practical operational support, with a focus on:

• Patient safety and safeguarding
• Infection prevention and control
• Risk management and quality improvement
• Compliance with regulatory standards

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to meaningful improvements in patient care, working collaboratively to strengthen our culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Duties and responsibilities

Clinical Leadership:

• Act as the Clinical Governance and Patient Safety lead for designated service areas.
• Act as a senior clinician to support with complex case management within MDTs etc.
• Develop and maintain risk registers and reports, identifying key risks and solutions to improve safety for staff and service users.
• Provide expert advice on compliance with CQC and other statutory or national standards, e.g., NICE and APPTs.

Quality & Safety Oversight:

• Lead and support investigations into incidents, complaints, and other safety-related events.
• Oversee safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and clinical risk processes.
• Develop and monitor outcome measures, KPIs, and audit programmes to ensure continuous improvement.

Improvement & Development:

• Lead or support quality improvement and research projects across the organisation.
• Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to managers and staff on safe practice, risk management, and governance processes.
• Promote a culture of learning by sharing insights from incidents, audits, and feedback.
• Facilitate engagement with service users and stakeholders to improve care delivery and outcomes.
• Work closely with all operational teams to support clinical standards.

Information Governance & Compliance:

• Adhere to information governance, data protection, and confidentiality requirements.
• Ensure safe record-keeping and information quality in line with national standards.

About you

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent clinical qualification).
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience / Knowledge: Extensive post-registration clinical experience, including working with people with complex mental health needs.
• Strong knowledge of CQC (or equivalent regulatory body) standards and compliance frameworks.
• Proven track record in clinical governance, patient safety, or quality improvement.
• Experience of leading investigations into incidents and complaints.

What we offer in return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Smartclinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQI+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent clinical qualification).
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Extensive post-registration clinical experience, including working with people with complex mental health needs.
• Strong knowledge of CQC (or equivalent regulatory body) standards and compliance frameworks.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Everyturn Mental Health

Address

2 Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Way, Gosforth, NE13 9BA

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