Cleveland Clinic
Governance and Quality Lead
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Job Summary
Salary: Competitive (Depending on Experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: 40 GP (SW1X 7AW)
Contract: Permanent, full time
What are we looking for?
Cleveland Clinic London is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Governance and Quality Lead to provide strategic leadership for quality, patient safety, risk management, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across Imaging Services. This is a unique opportunity to influence governance across Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiotherapy, working within a technologically advanced and rapidly evolving environment that delivers complex diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Reporting into the senior Imaging leadership team, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of care, regulatory compliance, and organisational assurance across some of the most specialised services within the hospital.
Responsibilities:
- Governance and Quality Leadership: The Governance and Quality Lead will hold responsibility for the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of the integrated governance framework across Imaging Services.
- Expert Advice and Assurance: The post holder will provide expert advice and assurance to senior clinical, operational, and executive leaders, ensuring services remain safe, effective, patient-centred, and compliant with all relevant statutory, regulatory, and professional requirements.
- Quality, Safety, and Audit: The role will lead the quality, safety, audit, risk, and improvement agenda across the division, driving a culture of continuous learning and excellence.
- Compliance and Regulatory Standards: Leading and maintaining compliance with a range of regulatory and professional standards, including CQC Fundamental Standards, IR(ME)R, IRR17, ARSAC licensing requirements, MHRA guidance, and relevant Royal College recommendations.
- Incident Management and Clinical Audit: Providing expert oversight of governance processes relating to incident management, risk assessment, clinical audit, quality improvement, assurance reporting, and organisational learning.
- QSI Accreditation: Leading preparations for internal and external inspections, accreditation reviews, and regulatory assessments, providing assurance that Imaging Services consistently demonstrate excellence in governance and quality.
- Service Development: Influencing the future development of Imaging Services at Cleveland Clinic London. Working alongside clinical and operational leaders to strengthen governance systems that support service growth, innovation, new technologies, and the continued expansion of specialist diagnostic and cancer services.
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Role Requirements:
- Qualifications: Minimally a BSc(Hons) Radiography, DCR(D) Diploma of the College of Radiographers or equivalent required.
- Registration: Current valid Healthcare Professional Council (HCPC) registration required.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Demonstrable knowledge of IR(ME)R and IRR17 regulatory frameworks and ARSAC requirements.
- Leadership Skills: Ability to prioritise workload in a complex environment and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care.
- Experience: Strong understanding of QA, and regulatory frameworks. Extensive experience in service leadership and development. Proven ability to lead complex, high-risk clinical services.
What we offer you?
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%
- Private Medical & Dental Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes
- Workplace Nursery Scheme
- Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support
- Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed
- Access to discounts on food, retail, and more
Who we are?
Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.
With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.
If you would like to know more, please email recruitment@ccf.org.
Note: Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.
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Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check
This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”
As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity. CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.
Cleveland Clinic London is part of a global health system that consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the world. We focus on clinical excellence, safety and patient outcomes, all supported by research, medical education, technology and teamwork. Our mission — caring for life, researching for health, educating those who serve — has driven us to seek continual innovation and improvement over our 100-year history. At the heart of Cleveland Clinic London is our “Patients First” philosophy, which creates an environment that delivers world-class clinical care customised for you. Our best practices include tools, techniques and methods that are measurable, replicable and evidence-based, all designed to enhance the patient experience. Our multidisciplinary approach brings different clinical perspectives to our patient’s care, so they can benefit from the expertise of many specialists. Cleveland Clinic London is organised into patient-centred institutes. Expert teams combine the medical, surgical and support functions for specific body systems or health disorders to improve patient care and experience.
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