Strategic Lead for Clinical

Strategic Lead for Clinical & Quality Governance (19965)

Are you driven by a passion to make a difference to young people's lives? Barnardo's are looking for a registered healthcare professional (NMC, HCPC or AHP, minimum 5 years' experience) with **current strategic leadership experience in clinical and quality governance.  **

Barnardo's ambition is to be a quality provider of integrated health and social care support contracts, increasing the reach of health and wellbeing services to reduce health inequalities in the communities we work in. 

We're looking for a Clinical Quality and Governance Lead to steer the creation**,** delivery,implementation and ongoing development of the clinical governance policy, framework, and practice as part of Children's Service operations. 

You will be a highly motivated solution-focused leader with experience of policy writing, development, planning and implementation. This dynamic and influential role will design and promote systemic improvements in clinical governance and quality across all integrated health and care services at Barnardo's.

 **The post holder will: ** 
- Lead the creation, design, delivery, reporting and evaluation of a new Clinical Governance Framework. 
- Implement strategic leadership for clinical governance and quality that will identify assurance, compliance and monitoring, alongside improvement plans that will support operational management. 
- Provide expert knowledge for the Directorship, in the development and delivery of strategies pertaining to clinical governance, risk management and quality improvement. 
- Lead the clinical governance agenda and development of robust systems in clinical governance and quality, underpinning safe clinical practice and fostering multidisciplinary working across the organisation. 
- Support the organisation to meet the regulatory requirements of external standards and inspections.  
- Use previous expertise and knowledge to develop assurance systems that identify evidence-based and high-quality practice is in place throughout the organisation. 
- Work with Children's Services and BDU (Business Development Unit) to identify all clinical governance requirements to enable commissioning and growth of digital and new health and support services. 
- Develop an integrated approach to ensure clinical governance, quality and compliance meet commissioner expectations and improve clinical quality-focussed outcomes. 
- Engage autonomously and collaboratively with Senior Management Teams to develop and ensure implementation of changes as required, ensuring delivery of key strategic and operational objectives.  
- Work with stakeholders across the country to mitigate risks and ensure robust clinical governance, facilitating changes in practice and driving tangible outcome improvements for children and young people. 

 **You'll have**: 

Education/Knowledge 
- Professional NMC, HCPC or other AHP registration (current), with a minimum of 5 years' experience 
- Leadership or management qualification or equivalent recent experience in a leadership position 
- Educated to Masters level (desirable) 

Skills/Experience 
- Overall understanding of Early Years and Integrated Child & Family Health alongside Mental Health support services, emerging service options, knowledge of demand, and leading practice 
- Experience of working within Clinical Governance within the NHS or equivalent 
- Understanding of the broader NHS landscape and current reforms e.g. Long-Term Plan and ICS/ICB developments 
- Ability to work from and travel to a variety of work locations as required. 

At Barnardo's we all play our part. We are a large, diverse family with a variety of skills, working together to help children across the UK. Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is central to achieving our vision of a world in which no child is turned away. 

Interviews will be face to face on **Tuesday 14th January at** **Lynton House 7-12 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9LT - Nearest train/tube stations - Euston (Northern and Victoria lines) and Euston Square (Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and Circle lines).**

**Please note Barnardo's do not offer sponsorship for this role.**

Pay & Reward Framework
- We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people._
- For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will off