Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Weston Park Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £49,387 – £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/08/2026 23:59 Interview date 26/08/2026
Clinical Governance Co-ordinator
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Clinical Governance Coordinator – Band 7
Are you passionate about improving the quality and safety of patient care? We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Clinical Governance Coordinator to join our Care Group
Main duties of the job
Governance Team
Working as part of a supportive and forward-thinking team, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving quality improvement, patient safety and governance across the Care Group. You’ll work in close partnership with our Medical Quality Leads, Matrons, Service Managers, Operations Director, Clinical Director, Nurse Director and Deputy Nurse Director, ensuring governance is embedded in everyday practice and that learning leads to meaningful improvements for patients and staff.
Working for our organisation
You’ll lead on incident and complaint management, risk management, CQC assurance, governance reporting and quality improvement initiatives, using data, insight and collaboration to influence change and improve outcomes across our services.
We’re looking for someone who is curious, organised and confident, with excellent communication and influencing skills. Someone who enjoys building relationships, supporting teams and creating a culture where learning, quality and patient safety are everyone’s responsibility.
A message from the Deputy Nurse Director
Governance is about so much more than policies and processes—it’s about people, learning and continually improving the care we provide. We’re looking for someone who shares those values, enjoys working collaboratively and wants to make a genuine difference. In return, you’ll join a supportive leadership team where your ideas are valued, your development is encouraged and your contribution will have a real impact.
Come and help us create safer care, stronger teams and better outcomes for our patients.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
- Registered nursing professional or Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience
- 1st Level Degree or evidence of working towards.
- Evidence of recent, relevant professional development
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
- Clinical Audit course/Basic risk management/health and safety qualification
Experience
- Extensive and relevant post professional qualification experience
- Experience of working effectively in a relevant multi-disciplinary environment, some of which must be at AFC 6
- Experience of developing patient centred services
- Experience of incident investigation
- Evidence of managing change
Skills and Knowledge
- Working knowledge of the Governance Strategy and Complaints Policy
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of Risk Management
Personal Qualities
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Evidence of well-developed written and report writing skills
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to maintain clinical skills, working clinical shifts as necessary
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .
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All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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