We are looking for a highly motivated senior clinician, with expertise in quality and clinical audit, to lead the patient safety and audit programme at Weldmar Hospicecare – an organisation providing a broad range of end of life and palliative care services across north, south and west Dorset.
As our Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Lead, you will play a pivotal role in helping Weldmar maintain and evidence its CQC standard of Outstanding. Working alongside our Clinical Leads team and our Director of Clinical Services, you will:
✅ Oversee the clinical audit schedule and ensure continuous learning from all patient safety incident events.
✅ Lead, coach, and empower staff at all levels across our multidisciplinary teams (nurses, therapists, doctors, and advanced practitioners) to embrace an open, learning culture.
✅ Manage action plans for practice improvement, driving quality initiatives and innovation.
✅ Represent clinical governance at key internal groups and external networks.
This role involves working across our full range of services, both in the community and in our specialist Inpatient Unit. Weldmar has a strong local reputation and is committed to ensuring that the people we provide comfort and care for continue to receive an exceptional level of support. We also strive to influence and enhance best practice in end-of-life care with other service providers.
A passion for service improvement quality initiatives and ongoing development is essential, as is sharing our commitment to excellence, continuous improvement and development. Employees transferring from the NHS who are members of the NHS Pension Scheme or have been members of the NHS Pension Scheme within the last twelve months can continue to be part of the NHS Pension Scheme. Informal visits or calls would be welcomed, please contact Caroline Beauchamp, Director of Clinical Services on 01305 215300.
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check is required for this role.
