Practice Plus Group
Clinical Governance Manager and IPC Lead
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Clinical Governance Manager and IPC Lead
Clinical Governance Manager & Infection Prevention and Control Lead
About the Role
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A rare and exciting opportunity to join our Surgical Centre Gillingham (formerly known as the Will Adams Hospital) in the role of Clinical Governance Manager and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Lead.
You will work closely with the Hospital Manager, Head of Nursing, and the Senior Management team, as well as Departmental Leads, to embed and manage a quality governance, assurance, and regulatory programme.
Responsibilities
As our Clinical Governance Manager and IPC Lead, you will:
- Lead and champion the patient safety agenda using the Patient Safety Incident Response framework
- Promote a safety culture to implement safety alerts, guidance, best practice, and lessons from incidents
- Coordinate and manage patient feedback, including complaints
- Drive clinical and Centre-wide audits, ensuring compliance with NICE guidance across all clinical areas
- Support, manage, influence, advise, and coordinate teams to ensure compliance with:
- Incident reporting
- Key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Clinical effectiveness
- Risk management
- Support centre performance reviews, ensuring full compliance with CQC standards of care
- Lead the preparation for inspection or assessment visits from the CQC and other regulatory bodies
- Support leadership and provide specialist advice and support to all teams on IPC-related matters
- Lead the governance meetings, providing clinical governance updates
- Engage with relevant professional organisations and networks to improve services through policy development and implementation
- Manage medical device compliance and coordinate teams to ensure equipment safety and standards
- Identify and review staff training compliance, including local and central clinical and operational policies, standard operating procedures, and trainings—with support from the Head of Nursing (where applicable)
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Requirements
To be considered for this role, you must:
- Be a qualified Healthcare professional with relevant current professional registration (e.g., NMC, HCPC, GMC, or ACP).
- Have at least 5 years’ relevant experience in hospital-based functions.
- Demonstrate experience in clinical governance. -Hold senior or management experience, with at least 2 years in a senior role.
- Have experience or qualifications in Infection Prevention and Control (desirable but not essential, though willingness to undertake training is appreciated).
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Benefits
Our role comes with an outstanding package, including:
- A competitive salary of up to £52,000 (dependent on experience).
- Full-time contract (37.5 hours/week).
- An extensive range of well-being and lifestyle benefits.
- 25 days’ holiday increasing with service, up to a maximum of 28 days plus bank holidays.
- Free parking.
- Mandatory in-house training through our excellent education programme.
- Outstanding long-term career opportunities.
Application
To apply, click the provided application link. For inquiries, contact sarah.melder@practiceplusgroup.com, part of our friendly resourcing team.
Please note:
- Applications will be reviewed in-full at the time of application; Practice Plus Group reserves the right to close advertisements early.
- Employment offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
- Practice Plus Group is committed to advancing diversity and equal opportunities.
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
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