Senior Governance Manager

Bupa Insurance Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurer in the UK is seeking a Senior Governance Manager to ensure high levels of patient safety across various sites. This role involves overseeing governance standards, supporting digital transformations, and mentoring teams. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in secondary care, including at least 2 years in senior leadership. The position offers hybrid working and a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance and paid holidays.

Benefits

Payment of professional registration fees

25 days holiday per year

Performance-based bonus

Health insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Onsite gyms or local discounts

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in a secondary care environment as a Registered Nurse.
• Minimum 2 years in a senior leadership role within acute care.
• Significant governance experience in a senior capacity.
• Strong digital capability and openness to AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert governance support to Registered Managers across multiple sites.
• Lead implementation of Hospital Quality Review programme and audits.
• Coordinate internal audits and represent on Bupa's Group Hospital Forum.
• Drive digital transformation by embedding new systems.

Skills

Governance experience

Strong digital capability

Excellent communication skills

Organized and resilient

Relationship-building skills

Tools

Microsoft 365

Teams

SharePoint

Excel

Job description

Senior Governance Manager

Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, SW5 0TU (with responsibility across additional London sites)

Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours)

Hybrid (up to minimum 3 days per week on site)

Competitive Salary

We make health happen

As Senior Governance Manager, you'll work at the heart of Bupa's evolving Diagnostics & Secondary Care portfolio, bringing together teams from across our current and newly acquired sites. This role is about alignment and integration—embedding consistent governance standards, fostering collaboration, and ensuring that every site operates to the highest levels of patient safety and quality. You'll be a key driver in harmonising processes and culture across diverse teams, supporting our ambition to deliver excellence and achieve CQC Outstanding.

How you'll help us make health happen

• Deliver expert governance support to Registered Managers and governance teams across multiple sites.
• Lead implementation of the Hospital Quality Review programme and mock CQC audits.
• Coordinate internal audits and represent DASCL on Bupa's Group Hospital Forum.
• Drive digital transformation by embedding systems such as Datix, SAI360, and QPulse.
• Provide clinical expertise for the Digital Hospital Programme and monitor progress across sites.
• Coach and mentor governance teams, fostering continuous improvement and leadership development.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and compliance.
• Champion patient safety and quality standards through collaborative governance forums.

Key Skills / Qualifications

Essential:

• 10+ years' recent experience in a secondary care environment as a Registered Nurse.
• Minimum 2 years in a senior leadership role within acute care.
• Significant governance experience in a senior capacity.
• Strong digital capability (Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Excel) and openness to AI tools.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Highly organised, resilient, and able to manage multiple priorities across sites.

Desirable:

• Experience working across multiple hospital sites.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Payment of professional registration fees
• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Full time

Clinical Services

Cromwell Hospital London