Associate Director of Quality; Insight, Effectiveness & Regulation

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We are seeking an outstanding senior leader to drive quality insight, clinical effectiveness and regulatory excellence across the Bristol NHS Group. As Associate Director of Quality (Insight, Clinical Effectiveness & Regulation), you will lead core elements of our quality agenda—including clinical effectiveness and audit, PROMs, mortality governance, consent, shared decision‑making and regulatory readiness. Working with clinical and operational leaders, you will champion evidence‑based practice, strengthen learning cultures and improve outcomes and experience.

You will also advance digital innovation, supporting real‑time learning tools, predictive analytics and proactive risk management. In partnership with digital teams, you will ensure safe implementation of evolving systems and help shape and enhance our Quality Management System. We are looking for an innovative, adaptable leader with deep expertise in quality governance, regulation, improvement methodologies and national guidance. You will have strong experience using and optimising digital systems to generate meaningful insights.

Educated to master’s level (or equivalent experience), you will work with significant autonomy and act on behalf of the Group Director of Quality, including deputising when required. This is a unique opportunity to align people, policy and practice to maximise impact within ambitious, learning‑focused organisations. If you're ready to make a major impact, we’d love to hear from you.

This role provides expert leadership across quality governance, clinical effectiveness and audit, PROMs, mortality governance, consent and shared decision‑making, and regulatory readiness. The postholder will work closely with clinical and operational leaders to embed evidence‑based practice, promote a learning culture, and improve clinical effectiveness and experience. They will translate complex quality, safety and effectiveness data into meaningful intelligence that drives improvement, supports executive and board decision‑making, and assures compliance with national standards and regulatory requirements.

They will also lead engagement in regulatory inspections and future planning to optimise outcomes. The role oversees alignment and continuous improvement of digital insights across the full quality portfolio, including patient safety and experience, working with functional leads and clinical teams. This includes commissioning and enhancing digital systems for patient surveys, safety events, mortality reviews, clinical audits and other future needs.

Given the Group’s ambitions to meet NHS 10‑year plan requirements and future care models, the role requires innovative leadership in digital data quality, intelligence, governance and quality innovation—for example, developing emerging Perception, Decision, Generative or Agentic AI‑based tools within Trust digital policies.

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust and North Bristol NHS…