Clinical Governance Lead

Join us and help shape the future of exceptional patient care. Are you passionate about driving high standards in clinical quality, safety, and governance? Do you thrive in a role where your work leads to meaningful improvements for patients, carers and clinical teams? We are looking for an inspiring and proactive Clinical Governance Lead to manage our dynamic team and help shape a culture of excellence across the hospital.

In this pivotal position, you will play a central role in developing and delivering a proactive, robust approach to clinical governance, quality improvement and infection prevention. Working closely with senior leaders, youll ensure our clinical services not only meet regulatory requirements but consistently deliver safe, high quality care that patients can rely on. In this pivotal role, youll work closely with the Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk to strengthen and evolve a robust, forward-thinking framework for clinical quality, patient safety, IPC (Infection Prevention & Control), risk and governance.

Your expertise will help ensure our hospital not only meets regulatory standards but consistently delivers safe, high quality care that patients can trust. You will also provide direct line management to the IPC Lead Nurse/Practitioner and Governance Coordinators, leading by example to ensure excellence across our governance functions.,

• Champion the delivery of impactful quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient outcomes and service experience.
• Guide clinical teams in embedding learning from incidents, patient feedback and emerging trends to drive safer, smarter practice.
• Oversee the implementation of the hospital-wide Infection Prevention & Control programme, ensuring compliance, efficiency and clear progress reporting to the DIPC.
• Lead and support Governance Coordinators and the IPC Lead Nurse/Practitioner to ensure key operational functions run smoothly and effectively.
• Maintain sharp awareness of all relevant regulatory requirements ensuring actions are taken, compliance is upheld and standards are consistently exceeded.
• Oversee the Patient Experience function, ensuring complaints are expertly managed and progressed in line with policy.
• Manage clinical claims processes, promoting organisational learning and embedding improvements.
• Support the development, review and rollout of clinical policies, procedures and best practice guidelines.
• Play a key role in investigating incidents, themes and feedback helping ensure that lessons are learned, shared and actively implemented.

At Benenden Hospital we put patients at the heart of everything we do. We attract kind, compassionate, and talented people to our ultra-modern private hospital, which opened in 1907 and has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC. We hold JAG accreditation for Endoscopy and have a beautiful setting in the middle of the Kent countryside.

Benenden Hospital offers excellent working conditions and facilities. We promote flexible working and a healthy work/life balance. We are committed to professional development and have excellent training and education facilities. We work hard to make sure that everyone
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