Divisional Governance & Quality Manager | Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Dorchester, DT1 2JY
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	25 Sept 2026
Closing date:	25 Oct 2026

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Summary

Can you lead, innovate, articulate and energise via knowledge, skills and your personality? An opportunity has arisen to join the Urgent & Integrated Division to support the division’s governance and quality processes to ensure that every patient receive the best experience of care that we can provide.

As a key member of our division and Trust wide Quality Groups leading the division to maintain and develop a system of clinical governance management as part of an integrated organisational governance framework and promote a patient-centred, learning and safety culture across all services provided by the Division. The Governance & Quality Manager will ensure high-quality, safe patient care by leading risk management, audit, and compliance processes

The post-holder will provide specialist advice to support the Divisional Managers to meet quality standards, risk, and incident management standards appropriate to their speciality. The post holder will support with incident management and investigation in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework in line with organisational plans.

The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of the NHS and the language of health care. You will need to be able to work independently, work to deadlines, be comfortable conversing with a range of health care professionals, presenting and compiling reports.

The post holder will lead the Division in all aspects of risk management as part of the Division’s implementation of Clinical Governance and quality to ensure the Division meets its obligations in relation to Trust local and national standards (e.g., relevant standards appertaining to Care Quality Commission Standards, the NHSE Patient Safety Incident Response Framework - PSIRF etc.).

The post holder will be delegated a high level of responsibility to manage their own work, and they will be expected to use their own initiative, taking key decisions within broadly defined parameters.

The post holder has responsibility for leading, maintaining and developing processes and systems within the Division to ensure delivery of high-quality care. This includes embedding robust governance arrangements in line with the Corporate Governance Framework which ensures standardisation and consistency across policies, templates, reporting and escalation processes.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

Right to Work in the UK:This role is not availablefor Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to support visa applications for this post in line with UKVI regulations.

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at Recruitment@dchft.nhs.uk if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

This advert closes on Monday 5 Oct 2026

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