Clinical Governance and Safeguarding Lead

Job summary

Title: Clinical Governance & Safeguarding Lead

Location: Homebased with regular travel across England

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: £70,000 per annum + £6,200 car allowance

Contract: Permanent

Anchor are looking for a Clinical Governance & Safeguarding Lead to shape and lead safeguarding and governance across our national care portfolio. This is a key role focused on delivering safe, high-quality care, supporting teams to continuously improve, and ensuring residents remain at the centre of everything.

What you'll be doing:

• Oversee safeguarding governance and clinical processes, identifying gaps in practice, leadership, and culture to drive continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain the internal incident register, clinical audits, safeguarding investigations, and inquest statements.
• Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, including local authorities, regulatory bodies, and coroners.
• Develop and implement clinical and safeguarding policies and governance frameworks to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Lead robust risk cause analysis, ensuring lessons learned are identified early and embedded across services.
• Provide expert advice, coaching, and support to colleagues, including during complex cases and inquests.

About you

You will have:

• Extensive experience in safeguarding, clinical governance, and risk management.
• Experience working with coroners’ processes, case conferences, and multi-agency environments.
• Strong analytical, investigation and report writing skills.
• The ability to build effective relationships and influence at all levels.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Strong understanding of key legislation including Health & Social Care Act 2008 and the Care Act 2014
• In-depth knowledge of safeguarding processes and partnership working
• Clinical expertise in areas such as medication management and long-term condition support.
• Understanding of DBS processes and professional standards.
• Experience developing governance frameworks within a large or multi-site organisation.

Qualifications:

• Active NMC Registration with senior-level experience
• Care-related degree or equivalent professional qualification.