Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Lead

We are looking for a highly motivated senior clinician, with expertise in quality and clinical audit, to lead the patient safety and audit programme at Weldmar Hospicecare an organisation providing a broad range of end of life and palliative care services across north, south and west Dorset.

As our Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Lead, you will play a pivotal role in helping Weldmar maintain and evidence its CQC standard of Outstanding. Working alongside our Clinical Leads team and our Director of Clinical Services, you will:

Oversee the clinical audit schedule and ensure continuous learning from all patient safety incident events. Lead, coach, and empower staff at all levels across our multidisciplinary teams (nurses, therapists, doctors, and advanced practitioners) to embrace an open, learning culture. Manage action plans for practice improvement, driving quality initiatives and innovation. Represent clinical governance at key internal groups and external networks.

This role involves working across our full range of services, both in the community and in our specialist Inpatient Unit. Weldmar has a strong local reputation and is committed to ensuring that the people we provide comfort and care for continue to receive an exceptional level of support. We also strive to influence and enhance best practice in end-of-life care with other service providers., Working as a member of the clinical leadership, ensuring compliance with the policies, procedures and clinical standards of Weldmar Hospicecare. The Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Lead will be the professional lead for clinical governance and patient safety across all clinical services. They will oversee the clinical audit schedule and ensure learning from all patient safety events is embedded into practice. To assist the Director of Clinical Services in meeting Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements, maintaining high-quality specialist palliative care for patients and those important to them. Clinical Governance & Patient Safety Lead November 2026 To collaborate with service leads in the investigation of complaints, incidents and patient safety events reported via the Vantage incident reporting system and ensuring that lessons learnt, changes implemented and shared across clinical services. To undertake the role of Deputy Caldicott Guardian, responding to subject access
requests and breaches of confidentiality if required.

Weldmar Hospicecare provides specialist care for adults in Dorset who have a life limiting illness, and support for their loved ones. We are dedicated to fostering a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion across all aspects of our organisation.