# Head of Governance

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Salary:** Depends on experience
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full-time, Flexible working
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T11:34:20.302Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0263-26-0300?employerCode=B0263
- **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/B0263-26-0300/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=B0263-26-0300

## Job Content

### Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Head of Governance to lead our clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement functions. This is a key senior role supporting the Director of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement to ensure the highest standards of care, regulatory compliance and a strong culture of learning.

### Main duties of the job

This role offers an exciting opportunity to support and drive clinical governance, patient safety and continuous quality improvement within a unique organisation. The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth provides a wide range of services, including surgery, medicine, urgent care and palliative care, with an onsite hospice inpatient unit.

### About us

Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.

### Details

- Date posted: 14 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: B0263-26-0300
- Job locations: 60 Grove End Road, St John’s Wood, London, NW8 9NH, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

- Provide leadership across governance, patient safety, risk and quality improvement.
- Oversee incident management, investigations and learning in line with PSIRF.
- Lead governance reporting, dashboards and audit programmes.
- Ensure compliance with CQC standards, national guidance and evidencebased practice.
- Support departments to identify and manage risks effectively.
- Build strong relationships with clinical teams and external stakeholders.
- Lead improvement projects and drive organisational change.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Degreelevel education or equivalent experience.
- Strong background in patient safety, clinical governance, PSIRF and regulatory compliance
- Proven experience in leading quality improvement projects
- Skilled in data analysis, reporting and use of systems such as Datix.
- Excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills, as the role involves extensive engagement with internal and external stakeholders..
- Able to manage complex workloads and produce highquality reports.
- Committed to our values: Compassion, Commitment, Charity, Community.

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