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Governance and Quality Manager

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Protection — indemnity for locally employed doctors from £79
Location
Stockport, England
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 pro rata per anumn
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
25 May 2026
Contract Type
Fixed term: 12 months (secondment opportunity available)
Posted Date
11 May 2026

Job overview

Previous interviewed candidates, need not apply

The post holder will lead 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 of Clinical Support Services.

The post-holder will support the management of risk at all levels across the Division and be a key member of the Divisional Quality Group.

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 post-holder will work within a larger Integrated Governance Team including other Divisional Governance and Quality Managers, with the aim of shared learning. The post-holder will also support the central risk and safety teams to ensure compliance with regard to key metrics is met.

Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager

Main duties of the job

Work independently; Implementing clinical governance procedures (including but not limited to Patient Safety Incident Investigation (PSII) reporting and investigation, and incident reporting) ensuring these meet NHS and Trust requirements (e.g. Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, PSIRF) and are efficient in capturing, recording and securing information and effective in identifying learning outcomes, action planning and identifying changes to services and service delivery.

Develop a ‘quality culture’ by providing advice, support and education on quality, governance and risk management issues to all staff at all levels across the Division. This includes supporting the transition of the Division from SI Framework (2015) to the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.

Promote team working across the Division, ensuring clinical and non-clinical teams adopt a multidisciplinary team approach to complaint and incident resolution and work effectively to identify and minimise risk.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.