Clinical Governance and Safeguarding Lead

Title: Clinical Governance & Safeguarding Lead Location: Homebased with regular travel across England Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: £70,000 per annum + £6,200 car allowance Contract: Permanent We are looking for a Clinical Governance & Safeguarding Lead to shape and lead safeguarding and governance across our national care portfolio. This is a key role focused on delivering safe, high-quality care, supporting teams to continuously improve, and ensuring residents remain at the centre of everything we do. What you'll be doing: * Oversee safeguarding governance and clinical processes, identifying gaps in practice, leadership, and culture to drive continuous improvement. * Develop and maintain the internal incident register, clinical audits, safeguarding investigations, and inquest statements. * Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, including local authorities, regulatory bodies, and coroners. * Develop and implement clinical and safeguarding policies and governance frameworks to ensure regulatory compliance. * Lead robust risk cause analysis, ensuring lessons learned are identified early and embedded across services. * Provide expert advice, coaching, and support to colleagues, including during complex cases and inquests. About you You will have: * Extensive experience in safeguarding, clinical governance, and risk management. * Experience working with coroners’ processes, case conferences, and multi-agency environments. * Strong analytical, investigation and report writing skills. * The ability to build effective relationships and influence at all levels. Knowledge & Experience: * Strong understanding of key legislation including Health & Social Care Act 2008 and the Care Act 2014 * In-depth knowledge of safeguarding processes and partnership working * Clinical expertise in areas such as medication management and long-term condition support. * Understanding of DBS processes and professional standards. * Experience developing governance frameworks within a large or multi-site organisation. Qualifications: * Active NMC Registration with senior-level experience * Care-related degree or equivalent professional qualification. If you’re passionate about governance, safeguarding and delivering high-quality care, we would welcome your application