Clinical Governance Team Leader

Overview

We are looking for a compassionate, motivated, and collaborative Clinical Governance Team Lead to join our dedicated team. This is a key leadership role, supporting the Head of Clinical Governance to ensure we deliver safe, effective, and high-quality care to our patients and their loved ones.

Responsibilities

• Play a central role in supporting the delivery of our governance agenda, ensuring a focus on quality improvement, patient safety, and learning.
• Lead and support your team, helping them grow through coaching, training, and regular reviews.
• Work alongside clinical leads to make sure our services meet the highest standards and comply with national guidelines.
• Oversee clinical audits, patient safety reviews, and risk management processes, ensuring that learning translates into meaningful improvements.
• Contribute to the development of our Quality Governance Framework and support the evidence we provide to regulators like the CQC.
• Champion an open, fair, and inclusive culture, where staff feel empowered to raise concerns and share ideas.

About you

• An experienced healthcare professional with knowledge of clinical governance, quality improvement, or patient safety.
• Confident in leading people, with the ability to inspire and support a small team.
• Skilled in analysing information and turning it into practical improvements.
• A strong communicator who can work with colleagues at every level.
• Passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion, and committed to creating a culture where everyone feels they belong.

Why Join Us

• Be part of a warm, welcoming team that makes a real difference in your local community
• Develop your skills in retail and team leadership
• Know that every sale you make helps fund expert care for local patients and families.
• If you're ready to bring your expertise and compassion to St Luke's Hospice and contribute to the well-being of our patients, we encourage you to apply now.

The Organisation

St Luke's is an organisation that is dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing and quality of life of all those affected by a terminal illness in Sheffield. Our purpose is to give patients and their families the high-quality care they need, treating each person as a unique individual. We promise to listen to their wishes and choices, tailoring our care and support so they can make the most of every day. We work with others to champion improvements in end-of-life care, in Sheffield and beyond.

Everyone who works at St Luke's makes a difference. St Luke's plays a key role in helping terminally ill people in Sheffield and you could join the team that makes St Luke's so special.

The Benefits

• Advantageous terms and conditions of employment
• Family friendly: we work with you to make your role fit your personal circumstances
• Working here means you are very important to us and your health and wellbeing matters
• Generous learning and development opportunities
• We are proud to offer a range of other miscellaneous benefits to our employees

About St Luke's

• Our values
• Working at St Luke's
• Why work for us?

We are caring, pioneering and respectful. We are St Luke's.

Working here means you are very important to us and our purpose of giving patients and their families the high-quality care they need.

I love working at St Luke's. The work is really varied and I go home every day knowing I've made a difference to people at a really important part of their and their family's lives.

St Luke's Hospice Sheffield
Little Common Lane, Sheffield, S11 9NE
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Registered Charity Number: 254402