Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£56,276 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS trusts, providing a comprehensive range of hospital and community services across south London and specialist care nationally. The Trust is renowned for clinical excellence, research, and teaching, with a strong commitment to patient safety and quality care.

The HLCC Quality & Safety Lead (Clinical Guidelines and Policy Integration) will lead the integration, alignment, and continuous improvement of clinical guidelines and policies across the Heart, Lung & Critical Care clinical group and the wider Trust. This pivotal role ensures that clinical guidelines are current, evidence-based, and free from duplication, supporting consistent and excellent clinical practice.

As the central contact for clinical guideline and policy integration, you will engage proactively with directorate leads, clinical teams, and Trust-wide groups to drive collaboration, facilitate improvements, and embed best practices. You will lead initiatives and committees focused on guideline development, implementation, and compliance with national standards such as NICE guidance.

Key responsibilities include coordinating clinical guidelines across HLCC and Trust-wide, strengthening committee oversight, producing detailed reports on clinical group safety and guideline integration, delivering training on guideline and document management systems, and acting as a professional ambassador for clinical governance and quality improvement.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence clinical governance at a leading NHS Trust, working within a dynamic and supportive environment committed to innovation, patient safety, and staff development.

Experience
- Previous experience using risk management and clinical audit databases
- Proven track record in employing audit techniques to investigate clinical effectiveness
- Experience in teaching and presenting to clinical and non-clinical staff
- Skilled in report writing, forecasting, data analysis, and presentations
- Project and planning management experience

About you
- Ability to produce complex reports accurately and efficiently under tight deadlines
- Strong influencing and motivational skills
- Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex issues to multidisciplinary teams
- Skilled in negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and persuasion
- Strong interpersonal skills with diverse audiences, including handling sensitive situations professionally

Qualifications
- Degree qualification in a relevant subject
- Masters level qualification (or equivalent experience) in health service leadership and management, clinical audit, risk management, quality improvement, or related field