Quality Governance Lead Diagnostics and Specialties, Band 8b

Job summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Divisional Quality Governance Lead to provide senior leadership across the Diagnostic and Specialties (D&S) Division. This is an opportunity to shape and influence meaningful improvements in patient care and support the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective care across our varied group of services.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Divisional Director for Quality and Nursing - D&S, you will lead the delivery of the quality governance, patient safety, clinical effectiveness and patient experience across our services.

This will include:

To promote a quality focused culture through the Division

Lead and oversee divisional quality governance systems and risk management

Support the ongoing embedding of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)

Chair Governance meetings and produce high quality reports for assurance

Lead Incident Learning, audit and quality Improvement activity

Support preparation for regulatory inspections - including UKAS, MHRA, IRMER, CQC and national safety requirements

Actively support the aggregation of the Speciality Governance Dashboards/ matrix and any other quality measures.

Lead on the clinical effectiveness requirements for the division: identifying issues requiring escalation that will impact service delivery alongside the specialty quality leads.

Provide divisional ownership and oversight of the Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring a single, coherent and consistent approach to quality governance across all Diagnostics & Specialties services

Work closely with the Director of Quality Governance, the corporate Patient Safety and Quality Manager, patient experience, clinical effectiveness and quality improvement teams to provide a consistent approach to quality governance.

About us

Why join us?

The Diagnostics and Specialties Division is one of 4 clinical divisions at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust: we support a varied group of services including: general outpatients, impatient, day case and outpatient oncology and haematology services, specialist palliative care, pharmacy, radiology, pathology, medical physics, dietetics, psychology and therapy services.

Our Trust places people at the centre of everything we do, working together as one team to support our diverse communities and each other. With over 9,000 employees, we are the largest employer in Gloucestershire and one of the top 10 NHS Trusts in the South West.

We offer:

Generous annual leave and NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Discounts, on-site nurseries and wellbeing initiatives

Opportunities to gain experience across two innovative hospital sites

Details

Date posted

15 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,582 to £77,368 a year (pa, pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

318-26-T0332

Job locations

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

United Kingdom

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