This post leads the Clinical Governance and Effectiveness Team at North London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs mental health services across north London. The postholder oversees the Trust's annual clinical audit and clinical effectiveness programmes, turning audit findings and NICE guidance into service improvements and governance reporting for Trust committees. The work spans multidisciplinary services, and the postholder may be asked to work at sites across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. A Master's degree or equivalent experience in healthcare governance, quality or audit is essential.
What the job involves
- Lead the Clinical Governance and Effectiveness Team
- Oversee delivery of the annual clinical audit programme
- Lead the Trust's clinical effectiveness programme
- Support implementation of NICE guidance and national standards
- Turn audit findings, national guidance and benchmarking into improvements in patient care and outcomes
- Develop governance intelligence and reporting for Trust committees and senior leaders
- Work with clinical and operational leaders to demonstrate evidence-based care and regulatory compliance
Qualifications
- Master's degree or equivalent experience in healthcare governance, quality, audit or effectiveness
Experience
- Significant experience in clinical governance, clinical audit or clinical effectiveness
- Experience leading clinical audit and/or clinical effectiveness programmes
- Experience analysing complex quality or clinical data and producing reports for senior committees or leaders
- Experience leading change, improvement or quality initiatives with measurable outcomes
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across multidisciplinary services
- Knowledge of NICE guidance and national standards
- Leadership and people management experience
- Organisational learning and quality improvement methodologies
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
What’s offered
- NHS pension scheme
- Generous annual leave
- NHS discounts
- Flexible working
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
- Leadership behaviours and managers programme
- Excellent internal staff network
- High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) included in pay
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