Neonatal Risk & Governance Lead

NHS Jobs; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior neonatal governance and quality lead to model best practice, advocate for babies and families, and drive reviews of local guidelines and policies. The role collaborates with the senior nursing team to identify audits and lead incident learning across the department.

The post holder will coordinate governance dashboards, monitor quality indicators, and ensure compliance with national quality initiatives, patient safety, and

Responsibilities

• Act as a role model for designated staff/department in respect of neonatal care and management.
• Act as Advocate for babies/families or relatives who require support, guidance or advice to ensure informed decisions are made about their care where required.
• Ensure that agreed standards are known and followed to provide a safe environment for babies their families, relatives and staff.
• Integrate recognised Best Practice into everyday practice.
• Be aware of the implications of Health Service policy, in connection to nursing practice, educating service users and staff as appropriate.
• Work in collaboration with Senior clinical team, medical staff and the wider multidisciplinary team in providing professional support and advice for regular review of local guidelines, Trust policies and standards in relation to practice.
• Work in partnership with the Senior Nursing Team to identify and facilitate nursing research audits within the department.
• Use results to facilitate improvements in practice and documentation by all staff.
• Lead on the coordination and preparation of Learning/Investigation tools and other clinical incident investigations and reports alongside partner teams as appropriate to ensure effective review and learning
• Be proactive in identifying, preventing, recording, documenting, reflecting, evaluating, action planning risk incidents and above all promoting a culture of practiced risk assessment within the department via a clinical governance pathway

Job description

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior neonatal governance and quality lead to model best practice, advocate for babies and families, and drive reviews of local guidelines and policies. The role collaborates with the senior nursing team to identify audits and lead incident learning across the department.

The post holder will coordinate governance dashboards, monitor quality indicators, and ensure compliance with national quality initiatives, patient safety, and