Team Lead - Clinical Governance & Quality

Final date to receive applications: 25 October 2026

Department: Clinical Governance

Employment Type: Permanent
- Full Time

Location: Demelza Kent

Reporting To: Deputy Director of Nursing

Compensation: GBP 49,295 - GBP 54,376 / year

At Demelza, we’re passionate about delivering exceptional care and support to babies, children, young people and their families. We’re looking for an experienced and inspiring Team Lead to drive excellence in clinical governance, patient safety, education and professional development across our services. This is a full-time post working 37.5 hours per week.

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered children’s or learning disability nurse with a passion for patient safety, clinical governance and quality improvement. Working closely with the Lead Nurse – Clinical Governance & Quality, you will play a key role in embedding robust governance systems, driving learning from incidents, supporting education and development, and ensuring the highest standards of care across our services.

Reporting to the Lead Nurse – Clinical Governance & Quality, you will:

• Lead and support incident reporting, investigations and organisational learning in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
• Analyse quality and safety data to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide hands‑on clinical teaching, coaching and support to staff, ensuring competence, confidence and safe clinical practice across services.
• Line manage Practice Development Nurses and support the delivery of education, competency and development programmes.
• Lead clinical audit activity and ensure learning is translated into meaningful improvements.
• Support policy development, clinical governance processes and quality assurance systems.
• Promote a positive culture of learning, reflection and continuous improvement.

At Demelza, you’ll be part of a passionate, specialist team making a real difference to children, young people and families every day. In this role you will:

• Have a direct impact on the quality and safety of care across our services.
• Work closely with clinical and operational leaders who are committed to learning and improvement.
• Be supported to develop your expertise in clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement.
• Have opportunities for ongoing professional development, including leadership and education.
• Join a warm, values‑driven charity where staff wellbeing, flexibility and work‑life balance really matter.
• Be part of a culture that listens to families and staff, and acts on what they say.

You’ll be an experienced Band 6 (or equivalent) Registered Nurse, with a background in children’s or learning disability nursing. You will bring:

• Registration as a Children’s or Learning Disability Nurse, with degree‑level education.
• Experience of clinical governance, patient safety, risk management, audit and quality improvement.
• Proven leadership and people management experience.
• Strong communication skills, confidence in report‑writing and ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Capability to analyse data and turn insights into practical improvements.
• Knowledge of national governance frameworks, including safeguarding, CQC standards and PSIRF.

Above all, you’ll bring a genuine commitment to supporting teams, driving excellence and championing family‑centred care.

• A postgraduate qualification in leadership, education, clinical governance or patient safety.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections.
• Quality improvement, risk management or education qualifications.
• Experience leading training programmes across multiple sites.

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