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Governance and Assurance Lead
| Posting date: | 03 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 June 2026 |
| Location: | Bolton, BL4 0JL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0343-26-0016abl890 |
Summary
As the Governance and Assurance Lead, you will play a key role within the management team, ensuring that robust governance, safeguarding, quality assurance, and health and safety practices are embedded across the organisation. You will support services within your remit to ensure governance arrangements operate in line with organisational expectations and regulatory requirements, including CQC standards, while providing expert guidance, recommendations, and training to staff to promote compliance and continuous improvement. Working closely with senior leaders, you will monitor governance performance, oversee audit programmes and evidence submissions, analyse incidents and complaints, conduct investigations where required, and support the implementation of corrective actions to enhance service quality and regulatory compliance. You will prepare and present reports on governance, quality assurance activities, audit findings, and risk management, highlighting areas of concern and recommending improvements. The role will also involve contributing to the development and enhancement of governance systems, supporting the implementation of organisational policies and best practice, participating in company-wide governance, safeguarding, and health and safety steering groups, and promoting a positive health and safety culture through training, risk assessments, site inspections, and assurance activities to ensure policies, procedures, and documentation remain effective, compliant, and up to date.