Regional Director of Governance and Quality

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a strategic governance and quality leader ready to shape the future of mental health and learning disability services? If so, join Elysium Healthcare as the Regional Director of Governance and Quality.

As the Regional Director of Governance and Quality, you will provide senior leadership across a portfolio of services, driving quality assurance, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement initiatives. You will lead a specialist team of Quality Leads and an Expert by Experience, using governance data, QI methodologies and stakeholder engagement to raise standards and ensure exceptional, person-centred care.

As a key member of the Regional Operational Senior Leadership Team, your influence will extend across site-based teams, commissioners, regulators, families and executive leaders. You’ll champion a culture of safety, learning, accountability and excellence where both staff and service users thrive.

As the Regional Director of Governance and Quality, you will be:

• Providing strategic oversight of governance and quality frameworks across mental health and learning disability/autism services.
• Leading and mentoring a team of regional Quality Leads and Experts by Experience, building high-performance capability and a collaborative culture.
• Driving quality improvement using robust QI methodologies, including Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles, to enhance care outcomes.
• Developing and embedding systems that ensure consistent regulatory compliance and governance best practice.
• Leading initiatives to reduce restrictive practices, ensuring dignity, autonomy and recovery-focused care.
• Leveraging governance and quality data to drive performance, inform decision-making and embed continuous learning.
• Representing the region at executive and regulatory forums, shaping policy alignment and service improvement at scale.
• Managing a £50k training budget, investing in the development of governance capability and QI leadership.
• Championing service user involvement through co-production, integrating lived experience into service development and governance.
• Supporting the integration of cultural development programs that foster psychological safety and staff empowerment.

To be successful as the Regional Director of Governance and Quality, you will need:

• Significant experience in a senior governance, compliance, or quality improvement leadership role within healthcare or mental health services.
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory frameworks and CQC/HIW standards.
• Completion of the IHI Improvement Advisor course or equivalent QI certification.
• PRINCE2 or similar project management qualification (desirable).
• Demonstrable experience leading large-scale quality improvement and assurance programmes.
• Expertise in coaching, mentoring, team development and fostering a learning culture.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with multidisciplinary teams, external stakeholders, and regulators.
• A flexible approach to travel across multiple service sites.

What you will get in return:

• A Competitive Annual Salary
• Car Allowance of £5,000
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking when based at most sites
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Significant experience in a senior governance, compliance, or quality improvement leadership role within healthcare or mental health services, strong working knowledge of regulatory frameworks and CQC/HIW standards, completion of the IHI Improvement Advisor course or equivalent QI certification, PRINCE2 or similar project management qualification (desirable), demonstrable experience leading large-scale quality improvement and assurance programmes, expertise in coaching, mentoring, team development and fostering a learning culture, ability to build strong partnerships with multidisciplinary teams, external stakeholders, and regulators.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Remote (Home based)

LU2 9TN

Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)