Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Divisional Quality Governance Facilitator

The closing date is 23 July 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for Two Divisional Quality Governance Facilitators Fixed Term (18 months)

As a lead specialists in governance the post holders will need to provide practical support, expertise and facilitation to the clinical division across a wide range of patient safety, operational governance and quality improvement activities. This will include supporting the divisional governance arrangements in accordance with patient safety, quality improvement programmes, complaints, patient and public involvement/engagement, clinical audit and other relevant quality governance requirements. The post holders will develop and maintain relationships inter-divisionally and with the corporate clinical governance team to ensure that incidents are investigated in accordance with the relevant Trust policy and that learning is shared across the organisation by providing training where appropriate.

Due to the fixed term nature of the role the postholders will be responsible for ensuring the divisions will have adequate systems and processes in place to manage clinical and operational governance once the posts come to an end.

You are required to be a registered practitioner NMC, HCPC, GMC or equivalent and be registered and live on your professional register.

Main duties of the job

The two posts will have responsibility for ensuring the three clinical divisions have a robust governance and performance framework in place that is highly effective and transparent within the division and the wider trust. Working closely with the divisional directors and the divisional triumvirate and the corporate/clinical governance teams to ensure that the Trust governance framework is monitored, measured and adhered to.

Key Duties

Support continued implementation of the Trust quality, risk management and PSIRF policies in the 3 divisions.
Support and monitor the risk register of the division ensuring prompt timely validation and escalation in line with Trust Risk Management Policy and risk escalation framework.
Assert the values of quality governance at all levels within the division providing managers with advice and guidance on complex issues.
Support and coordinate the collation of assurance evidence for internal and external inspections.
To design, implement and maintain quality governance dashboards, data collection tools, reporting and escalation mechanisms. The post holder will take the lead for training delivery on their area of specialism ensure compliance.
Work in partnership with key stakeholders within the division and beyond.
Provide support and guidance with developing divisional governance structures that are highly effective and align with the accountability framework.
Coordinate collation of assurance evidence for internal and external inspections such as CQC readiness.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

175-2526-OP1329

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered practitioner
Educated to Masters' level or equivalent
Leadership or management qualification
Training in continuous improvement methodology
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development Including in the area of EDI.

Desirable

Leadership/coaching qualification
Project management skills

Experience

Essential

Have a proven track record (through feedback from peers, other colleagues and patients) that you can lead staff in a way that is compassionate and collective; in situations that can be as different as a cardiac emergency to simply giving comfort and holding a patient's hand.
Give honest and professional challenge to colleagues.
Collaborate effectively with operational and other clinical professionals to lead teams.
Have good working knowledge of clinical and quality governance with particular knowledge of assurance and risk management.
Will help us to further diversify the clinical leadership within an organisation, to improve the employment journey for staff with protected characteristics.
Adapt your leadership style as required in order to encourage innovation for staff to allow them to make the most of the opportunities offered at Royal Papworth.
Are able to balance the administrative requirements of a role with being visible and accessible to the team
Ability to motivate to encourage collaborative working to improve services where there may be resistance to change
This role is largely Visual Display Unit based.
The post holder will need to demonstrate flexibility in a busy working environment with competing priorities, and be able to review lengthy, complex documents that require sustained concentration.
The post holder must be able to plan and manage an extensive range of complex workstreams that have a trust wide impact.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered practitioner
Educated to Masters' level or equivalent
Leadership or management qualification
Training in continuous improvement methodology
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development Including in the area of EDI.

Desirable

Leadership/coaching qualification
Project management skills

Experience

Essential

Have a proven track record (through feedback from peers, other colleagues and patients) that you can lead staff in a way that is compassionate and collective; in situations that can be as different as a cardiac emergency to simply giving comfort and holding a patient's hand.
Give honest and professional challenge to colleagues.
Collaborate effectively with operational and other clinical professionals to lead teams.
Have good working knowledge of clinical and quality governance with particular knowledge of assurance and risk management.
Will help us to further diversify the clinical leadership within an organisation, to improve the employment journey for staff with protected characteristics.
Adapt your leadership style as required in order to encourage innovation for staff to allow them to make the most of the opportunities offered at Royal Papworth.
Are able to balance the administrative requirements of a role with being visible and accessible to the team
Ability to motivate to encourage collaborative working to improve services where there may be resistance to change
This role is largely Visual Display Unit based.
The post holder will need to demonstrate flexibility in a busy working environment with competing priorities, and be able to review lengthy, complex documents that require sustained concentration.
The post holder must be able to plan and manage an extensive range of complex workstreams that have a trust wide impact.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Employer's website

https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Employer's website

https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)