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This 12‑month fixed term contract/secondment offers an exciting opportunity to join the Governance Support Unit and play a key role in strengthening quality, safety, and learning across the Division. As Quality Governance Facilitator, the post holder will work collaboratively with clinical and non‑clinical teams, supporting the Quality Governance Matron to drive forward the clinical governance and public involvement agenda. The role is central to improving clinical practice, reducing risk, and enhancing patient experience.
The post holder will contribute to all aspects of divisional risk management, including clinical incidents, complaints, learning from deaths, and the wider Trust Quality Improvement programme. They will help embed meaningful learning, promote a positive and open culture, and support teams to implement sustainable changes that improve safety and outcomes.
Working closely with the Divisional Governance Matron, the role will support the development of robust assurance processes aligned with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, PSIRP, CQC requirements, and ICB quality standards.
Collaboration will be key, with strong links to divisional leadership teams, the Deputy Director of Quality & Governance, and fellow Quality Governance Facilitators. Together, you will champion high‑quality care, share best practice, and foster a culture where staff feel empowered to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate services.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Role
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Barker Job title: Quality Governance Matron Email address: gemma.barker13@nhs.net Telephone number: 01623622515
The post holder will contribute to all aspects of divisional risk management, including clinical incidents, complaints, learning from deaths, and the wider Trust Quality Improvement programme. They will help embed meaningful learning, promote a positive and open culture, and support teams to implement sustainable changes that improve safety and outcomes.
Working closely with the Divisional Governance Matron, the role will support the development of robust assurance processes aligned with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, PSIRP, CQC requirements, and ICB quality standards.
Collaboration will be key, with strong links to divisional leadership teams, the Deputy Director of Quality & Governance, and fellow Quality Governance Facilitators. Together, you will champion high‑quality care, share best practice, and foster a culture where staff feel empowered to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate services.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Role
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Barker Job title: Quality Governance Matron Email address: gemma.barker13@nhs.net Telephone number: 01623622515
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LocationSutton in ashfield, England, United Kingdom
Posted04 May 2026
SalaryNot specified
SponsorshipVisa Sponsored ✓
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