Director of Quality Governance | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£112,782 - £129,783 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Canterbury, CT1 3NG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	31 Jul 2026
Closing date:	30 Aug 2026

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Summary

Provide strategic leadership for Quality governance within the Trust and ensure that we have robust systems and processes in place – this will involve.

• Working with the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (CMNO) and Chief Medical Officer (CMO), lead and develop the Quality governance systems across the organisation, operationally managing the corporate subject matter experts and their teams in patient experience, patient safety and clinical effectiveness, maximising their contribution to matrix working in partnership with the organisational leaders for these quality domains

• Deliver a robust evolving quality assurance framework and governance structure within the context of a multi-site model and its associated accountability framework that ensures Ward to Board accountability and visibility of issues that are resolved as close to the patient as possible where quality assurance is integrated into quality improvements.

Quality, clinical governance, patient safety/experience and compliance

• EnsureaframeworkisinplacetoenabletheTrustBoardtomonitorclinicalgovernanceandpatientsafety and experience improvements and make decisions based on the assurances in place

• Develop a governance framework and underpinning structure that responds to national policies/guidance, audit and alerts to support local reporting and monitoring

• LeadontheTrust’sQualityAssuranceFrameworkensuringitisconsistentlyappliedacrosstheGroupand is focused on improving patient quality of care, safety and experience, and it evolves as new assurance techniques emerge.

• Establish strong and close working relationships between the care organisations and corporate governance teams

• Lead the development and production of the annual quality account in partnership with the communications team

• Direct and enhance an integrated serious incident reporting process across the organisation and complaints process

• Lead on the implementation of Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) across the Trust, effectively engaging with care organisations

• Develop implementation plans and support for NHS Resolution and CNST compliance across the organisation

• Take responsibility as the corporate lead for quality for contract discussions with commissioners and contribute to the negotiation and development of quality indicators and CQUINs that relate to quality.

• We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

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This advert closes on Friday 14 Aug 2026

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