Clinical Quality and Safety Lead

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking a Clinical Quality and Safety Lead to oversee quality and safety systems within the Neonatal Service. The role demands expertise in clinical audit processes and incident management. Successful candidates will lead multidisciplinary collaborations to enhance healthcare delivery and ensure compliance with the highest standards of patient safety. This position offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Registered as a practitioner with the appropriate regulatory body.
• Evidence of study at or pursuing a master's level qualification.
• Knowledge of clinical audit, patient safety, and risk assessment processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of quality and safety systems in Neonatal Service.
• Provide expert leadership for compliance with quality standards.
• Collaborate with teams to identify training needs for quality improvements.
• Support investigations and implement recommendations for incidents.

Skills

Clinical audit knowledge

Data analysis

Change management

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving

Time management

Resilience

Education

Masters level qualification (or working towards)

Registered Practitioner (NMC, HCPC, GPC)

Tools

MS Office

Incident management database

Job description

Clinical Quality and Safety Lead

Closing date: 29 December 2025

Are you ready to make a significant impact on patient safety and care quality? Join us in our mission to deliver excellence in everything we do!

Join us at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), where every day our teams save lives and improve health outcomes. As the largest employer in Nottinghamshire we serve over 2.5 million residents and are renowned for our dedication to excellence in healthcare across a diverse range of services.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the implementation and maintenance of quality and safety systems across the Neonatal Service.
• Provide expert leadership to ensure compliance with the highest standards of quality and patient safety.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to identify quality improvement and governance training needs.
• Support the investigation of events, learning response and subsequent implementation of recommendations and actions.
• Support the Trust implementation of PSIRF ensuring the principles of compassionate engagement and a just and restorative culture support learning and improvement.
• Drive transformational work to support continuous assessment, monitoring and improvement in healthcare delivery, providing support and oversight for the directorate team members.
• Contribute to the directorate management team by reporting on regulatory compliance, assurance, learning and quality improvement initiatives.
• Close working and liaison with multidisciplinary professionals to ensure triangulation of information and intelligence across the service, division and Trust. This is fundamental to support our teams to deliver the best service in a busy, multi‑site Neonatal Service providing care to families living in a broad and varied social demographic.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Training & Qualifications

• Practitioner Registered with the appropriate regulatory body (NMC, HCPC, GPC)
• Evidence of study at or working towards masters level qualification
• Up to date knowledge of clinical audit and effectiveness processes, patient safety and non‑clinical risk, risk assessment, data analysis, interpreting and working NICE guidance, National and Royal College Service Frameworks, assurance processes within the NHS (CQC & NHS Resolution), patient/carer feedback processes
• Knowledge and competency in MS Office
• Ability to produce graphs, charts and cross‑tabulations
• Experience of using incident management database
• Serious incident management investigation
• Knowledge of human factors approach to incident investigations

Experience

• Significant clinical experience
• Change management
• Service improvement
• Incident reporting, investigation and analysis
• Experience of developing and implementing quality strategies
• Able to demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Ability to analyse clinical information, organisational processes and proposed projects and to recommend the best course of action
• Knowledge of and ability to communicate relevant Government and Trust policy/strategy
• Ability to judge how Clinical Effectiveness fits into the wider Governance agenda
• Ability to identify problems and quickly report/act on them and support teams/individuals to find solutions

Planning and organisation skills

• Ability to work to, negotiate & coordinate deadlines in a variety of teams to meet local, Trust and National targets
• Time management skills including the ability to prioritise, plan and manage a large workload
• Ability to work to variable work patterns that meet needs of the service and the wider divisional governance agenda
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative

Physical skills

• Ability to carry out clinical shifts when required
• Lift and move patients and loads

Other requirements specific to the role

• Demonstrate resilience in relation to organisational working and with supporting teams/individuals following patient safety incidents

Communication and relationship skills

• Proven ability to negotiate, persuade, influence, motivate and gain the respect of other healthcare professionals
• Ability to communicate complex information to colleagues in a clear and precise manner
• Good presentation skills to support team training
• Ability to manage contentious and sensitive information and must be able to handle this information appropriately/sensitively
• Manage and lead those staff who report to them
• Work within Trust Human Resource policies in managing self and others
• Ability to manage professional conflict within teams

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.