Quality and Governance Manager

Clinical Governance and Quality Manager | Governance | Wrexham | Full time | No nights.

Spire Yale Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Governance & Quality Manager to provide senior leadership for all aspects of clinical governance, quality improvement and regulatory compliance across the hospital.

This is a high‑impact leadership role, working in close partnership with the Hospital Director, Director of Clinical Services, Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) Chair and Consultant body to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and patient‑centred care.

This role is full time (37.5 hours) working Monday to Friday.

Spire Yale Hospital is located in Wrexham. Wrexham is only 12 miles from Chester and 30-50 minutes from Liverpool and Manchester. There are direct train links to London with a journey time of just over 2 hours. The Snowdonia National Park and the North Wales Coast are on our doorstep! We take pride in delivering high-quality care to patients across North Wales and the Borders.

About the Role

You will lead the hospital's clinical governance framework, ensuring robust assurance against CQC and HIW standards, driving quality improvement and embedding a strong culture of learning, openness and patient safety.

The postholder will have oversight of incident management, complaints, audit, risk, medical governance and regulatory reporting, while also providing visible, credible leadership to clinical and non‑clinical teams.

This role includes line management of the Clinical Governance team and plays a critical role in supporting inspection readiness, governance committees and hospital performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, implement and continuously improve the hospital's Clinical Governance and Quality Strategy
• Ensure full compliance with CQC / HIW regulatory requirements, including inspection preparation and submissions
• Coordinate and present comprehensive governance, quality and risk reports to senior committees and corporate teams
• Oversee the investigation and management of incidents, complaints and serious events, ensuring learning is embedded and shared
• Lead governance systems including audit, risk management, Datix, alerts and policy management
• Provide assurance on medical governance, including practising privileges, consultant performance indicators and MAC support
• Act as a senior professional advisor on patient safety, quality improvement and regulatory matters
• Promote a just culture, continuous improvement and multidisciplinary engagement across the hospital
• Build strong internal and external relationships with regulators and system partners

Who we are looking for

We're looking for a motivated and credible governance professional who brings leadership presence and a strong understanding of healthcare quality systems.

You will have:

• Significant experience in a Clinical Governance, Quality or Risk leadership role
• Strong working knowledge of CQC / HIW standards and healthcare regulation
• Experience of governance reporting, inspections and assurance processes
• Proven people management and team leadership experience
• Excellent communication, influencing and report‑writing skills
• The confidence to operate at senior leadership and committee level
• A commitment to patient safety, learning and continuous improvement
• A clinical background (e.g. nursing or AHP) is desirable but not essential.

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park.

We commit to our employees' well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Alishia Okereafor on 07850735207 or email

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.