County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Quality Governance Lead for Family Health
The closing date is 15 July 2026
To lead the quality governance framework for Family Health services, ensuring high standards of patient safety, clinical effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and continuous quality improvement, while supporting teams to deliver excellent outcomes for children, families, and communities.
Responsibilities
- Lead the quality governance framework for Family Health services.
- Promote quality, safety improvement and governance across the service.
- Lead and coordinate the Division’s response to Patient Safety Incidents, serious incidents and investigations.
- Provide monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and action plans for continuous improvement.
- Support coordination of the Care Group Risk Register and dissemination to Divisional teams.
- Provide analysis and interpretation of clinical risk‑management information and develop remedial plans.
- Maintain quality governance and risk management policies reflecting national guidance and regulatory requirements.
- Lead production and presentation of complex reports on quality governance, clinical care and risk against CQC Standards.
- Attend and contribute to committees and working groups as required.
- Lead the preparation and presentation of Care Group Learning from Deaths reports and other governance reports.
- Engage with stakeholders, patient forums and other agencies to share evidence of work and outcomes.
- Support senior management in the investigation and management of adverse events, including action plan development and learning.
- Communicate information and decisions effectively across all levels of staff using meetings, newsletters, memos and other communication tools.
- Maintain collaborative working relationships and resolve conflict within multidisciplinary teams.
About Us
We provide hospital services from two acute sites – Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham – and a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland. Community hospitals and over 80 other community‑based settings deliver care in patients’ homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under‑represented.
Person Specification
Experience
- Relevant governance experience at the appropriate level.
- Proven track record of improvement methodology.
- Experience leading and driving clinical governance.
Qualifications
- Degree level education.
- Master’s degree completed or in progress (or equivalent).
- Management or Leadership qualification and/or experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Recognised teaching qualification.
Special Skills & Knowledge
- Literate and articulate.
- Able to present information and represent the Care Group in multidisciplinary meetings.
- Current knowledge of midwifery developments nationally, regionally and locally.
- Evidence of strategic partnership working.
- Experience developing guidelines and protocols on a multidisciplinary level.
- Industrious and versatile, able to work on diverse projects concurrently.
- Understanding the importance of working with other professionals.
- Ability to work under own initiative.
- Commitment to the organisation’s success.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Experience dealing with conflict management.
- Experience with public and outside agency engagement.
- Commitment to the Trust-wide development strategy.
- Management experience of change.
- Working knowledge of CQC.
- Knowledge of Trust-wide policies.
Special Requirements
- Commitment to drive service improvement.
- Creative and innovative thinker with high integrity.
- Adaptable and flexible approach to work.
- Able to foster positive relationships across professional and organisational boundaries.
- Able to motivate others.
- Able to handle difficult and complex situations.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
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