Head of Clinical Quality & Governance

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Job Title:  Head of Clinical Quality & Governance

Location: Home Based with National Travel

Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time

Salary: £60,000-£70,000

Hours: 37.5, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

About the Role

The Head of Clinical Quality & Governance will provide senior clinical assurance and professional oversight across Momenta’s multidisciplinary clinical services. The postholder will provide professional governance supervision, constructive challenge and assurance in relation to Heads of Service, while Heads of Service retain responsibility for day-to-day clinical delivery and discipline-specific leadership. Formal line-management arrangements will be confirmed by the Operations Director. The role is focused on assurance, quality and professional challenge to ensure Momenta has a clear senior clinical voice across therapy, diagnostics, education, SEND, neurodevelopmental and wider commissioned services.

About Us

At OFG Education, we believe every student deserves an education designed around who they are. Through high expectations, deep expertise and truly personalised education, we help students realise their potential and prepare for successful futures.

Building on more than 20 years of experience, we are bringing our approach to more students and communities around the world. Across the UK, Iberia and the Gulf, our schools combine the strength, expertise and high standards of an international education group with the individuality of each school and the communities they serve.

Whatever your role, joining OFG education means contributing to our shared ambition: empowering every student to success through truly personalised education.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Governance & Assurance

• Lead and develop Momenta’s clinical governance and quality framework across all services.
• Ensure effective systems for clinical audit, record keeping, outcome measurement, policy compliance and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the clinical risk register, significant incidents, complaints and associated learning.
• Provide clear assurance reports to senior leadership, highlighting risks, performance and required actions.

Oversight of Heads of Service

• Provide regular clinical governance supervision, professional support and challenge to Heads of Service.
• Hold Heads of Service accountable for clinical standards, supervision, caseload risk and quality improvement.
• Provide senior advice on complex clinical issues and ensure clear escalation arrangements.

Clinical Quality, Audit & Improvement

• Lead an annual, risk-based clinical audit and quality improvement programme.
• Monitor clinical KPIs, identify trends and ensure improvement actions are implemented.
• Promote organisational learning from audits, incidents, safeguarding, complaints and feedback.

New Services, Tenders & Mobilisation

• Provide senior clinical oversight of tenders, service models and mobilisation plans.
• Ensure new services have safe clinical pathways, competent workforces, appropriate supervision and measurable outcomes.
• Lead or oversee clinical readiness reviews before services commence.

Safeguarding, Incidents & Clinical Risk

• Provide senior clinical oversight of safeguarding assurance, working alongside the designated operational safeguarding function.
• Support the review and escalation of serious clinical and safeguarding concerns.
• Ensure learning informs changes to practice, policy, training and supervision.

Workforce Competency & Professional Standards

• Establish organisation-wide expectations for clinical induction, supervision, CPD, competency and scope of practice.
• Work with Heads of Service and Recruitment to define clinical competencies and ensure appropriate professional supervision.
• Oversee clinical policies and procedures, ensuring they remain current and compliant with relevant standards.

Clinical Governance Leadership

• Chair the Clinical Governance & Quality Meeting and ensure actions are monitored and completed.
• Represent clinical governance and quality internally and externally.
• Provide a clear escalation route for senior clinical concerns without duplicating operational management.

Essential Criteria

• Relevant clinical qualification and current registration with an appropriate UK regulator.
• Significant post-registration experience, ideally within children’s, young people’s, SEND, education, neurodevelopmental or related services.
• Substantial experience in clinical governance, quality assurance, audit and risk management.
• Experience supporting, supervising or providing oversight to senior clinicians or clinical leaders.
• Experience reviewing clinical incidents, complaints, risks and improvement plans.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and its relationship with clinical risk and service governance.
• Ability to interpret professional and regulatory standards and translate them into organisational practice.
• Confidence to challenge senior colleagues and escalate concerns where safety or standards are compromised.
• Strong analytical, communication and report-writing skills, including senior-level assurance reporting.
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience developing or mobilising commissioned clinical services.
• Experience contributing clinical content to tenders, bids or service specifications.
• Knowledge of NHS, local authority, independent healthcare, SEND or specialist education services.
• Relevant training or qualifications in clinical governance, quality improvement, leadership, audit or patient safety.
• Additional qualification in supervision or reflective practice.

Why Join Us?

We place students and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:
• Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Hundreds of UK and international discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

OFG Education is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, OFG Education does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.