Senior Governance Officer

This is an opportunity to take on greater responsibility and develop at a senior level within governance. The role allows you to contribute to organisational decision-making, ensuring effective governance, accountability and compliance. It provides scope to apply experience in governance, policy, risk, committees, assurance and regulatory requirements. Senior governance roles typically involve working across different teams and stakeholders, tackling complex issues and supporting senior leaders. Good governance helps an organisation operate effectively, transparently and responsibly, giving the role a meaningful purpose. It can strengthen leadership, stakeholder-management, analytical and advisory skills and potentially provide a pathway to more senior governance or management positions., As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT), the post holder will lead on quality standards, assurance and improvement, audit and clinical policy/risk management and will be a key stakeholder to the quality committee which is an advisory group to the MMP Board of Directors. The post holder will work across the organisation providing professional advice, guidance and support for operations and local leadership teams.

Working alongside senior regional SMT and governance team and medical directors the post holder will drive forward a culture of quality improvement, safety and effectiveness by applying the evidence base, new ways of working and best practice guidance.

A flexible approach to working is expected, which will require regular travel between sites as well as line management of Governance Support Officer

MMP provides NHS primary care to around 72,000 patients across 11 sites in Birmingham, so governance work directly supports the quality and safety of patient services.

MMP has a central executive board, centralised organisational functions and established clinical governance structures making it particularly relevant for someone wanting to develop their governance career.

MMP combines the benefits of a larger organisation with locally delivered GP services. This means exposure to governance across multiple practices and potentially more complex organisational issues.

MMP describes its core purpose as working within a culture of quality and continuously improving the care and service provided to patients.

The CQC has highlighted MMP's collaborative approach, strong leadership and governance arrangements, and focus on learning and improvement.

A governance role allows you to have an organisational-wide impact by helping ensure decisions, policies, risks, compliance and accountability are properly managed.