Governance and Quality Lead

                    

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Job Summary

Salary: Competitive (Depending on Experience)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: 40 GP (SW1X 7AW)

Contract: Permanent, full time

  

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Governance and Quality Lead to provide strategic leadership for quality, patient safety, risk management, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across Imaging Services.

This is a unique opportunity to influence governance across Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiotherapy, working within a technologically advanced and rapidly evolving environment that delivers complex diagnostic and therapeutic services. Reporting into the senior Imaging leadership team, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of care, regulatory compliance, and organisational assurance across some of the most specialised services within the hospital.

The Governance and Quality Lead will hold responsibility for the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of the integrated governance framework across Imaging Services.

The post holder will provide expert advice and assurance to senior clinical, operational, and executive leaders, ensuring services remain safe, effective, patient-centred, and compliant with all relevant statutory, regulatory, and professional requirements.

The role will lead the quality, safety, audit, risk, and improvement agenda across the division, driving a culture of continuous learning and excellence. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will oversee governance systems that support high-risk clinical activities, including ionising radiation, radiopharmaceuticals, and radiotherapy treatments, ensuring risks are identified, managed, and mitigated appropriately.

A key component of the role will be leading and maintaining compliance with a range of regulatory and professional standards, including CQC Fundamental Standards, IR(ME)R, IRR17, ARSAC licensing requirements, MHRA guidance, and relevant Royal College recommendations. The successful candidate will provide expert oversight of governance processes relating to incident management, risk assessment, clinical audit, quality improvement, assurance reporting, and organisational learning.

The post holder will also be responsible for the strategic leadership of the Quality Standard for Imaging (QSI) accreditation programme, ensuring accreditation standards are not simply achieved but fully embedded within routine operational and clinical practice. They will lead preparations for internal and external inspections, accreditation reviews, and regulatory assessments, providing assurance that Imaging Services consistently demonstrate excellence in governance and quality.

Beyond regulatory compliance, this role offers the opportunity to influence the future development of Imaging Services at Cleveland Clinic London. The successful candidate will work alongside clinical and operational leaders to strengthen governance systems that support service growth, innovation, new technologies, and the continued expansion of specialist diagnostic and cancer services.

The role is primarily Monday to Friday during core office hours, although flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the service and support key governance, assurance, and quality activities when required.

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London is a world-class healthcare organisation committed to delivering exceptional patient care through clinical excellence, innovation, and compassion. Our Imaging Services bring together advanced diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiotherapy within a highly specialised environment supported by state-of-the-art technology and internationally recognised clinical expertise.

This role offers a rare opportunity to lead governance and quality across a diverse portfolio of services while working alongside expert clinicians and senior leaders committed to achieving the highest standards of patient care. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape governance strategy, influence organisational decision-making, and contribute directly to the continued advancement of one of London's most sophisticated imaging and cancer service programmes.

Guided by our mission of Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve, Cleveland Clinic London is committed to supporting colleagues to lead, innovate, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of patients every day.

What will your duties include?

• Oversee the development and maintenance a comprehensive governance framework across: Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine (including radiopharmacy interfaces) and Radiotherapy services

• Support and oversee compliance with several regulatory compliances which will include (IR(ME)R, IRR17, ARSAC, CQC)

• Lead the risk management framework across all services

• Oversee management of several types of incidents including clinical, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceutical

• Support governance of radiotherapy planning and treatment processes

• Lead a comprehensive clinical audit programme across all modalities

• Lead the implementation and ongoing management of the QSI accreditation programme

What we need from you?

• Minimally a BSc(Hons) Radiography, DCR(D) Diploma of the College of Radiographers or equivalent required

• Current valid Healthcare Professional Council (HCPC) registration required

• Demonstrable knowledge of IR(ME)R and IRR17 regulatory frameworks and ARSAC requirements

• Ability to prioritise workload in a complex environment and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care

• Strong understanding of QA, and regulatory frameworks

• Extensive experience in service leadership and development

• Proven ability to lead complex, high-risk clinical services

What can we offer you?

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

• Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%

• Private Medical & Dental Insurance

• Life Assurance

• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

• Workplace Nursery Scheme

• Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support

• Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed

• Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

  

With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email [email protected].

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Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy  at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.