Risk and Governance Lead

Blmk Icb; Luton; Ibrido; GBP 42.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Risk and Governance Lead for the Neonatal Team at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. The post drives patient safety, governance, and high standards of care within a developing neonatal service.

The role requires strong leadership, clinical governance expertise, and the ability to collaborate across multi-professional teams to improve patient experience and outcomes.

Competenze

• Registered Nurse with neonatal focus and QIS eligibility.
• Experience leading governance and risk in a clinical setting.
• Experience in incident investigation and learning from events.
• Commitment to quality improvement and clinical audit.

Mansioni

• Act as a role model for neonatal staff and management.
• Advocate for babies and families to ensure informed care decisions.
• Ensure safe environment and adherence to standards across neonatal services.
• Lead on governance, clinical governance dashboards and quality reporting.
• Coordinate learning and investigation tools for incident reviews.
• Identify risk incidents and drive risk assessment culture within the department.
• Lead supervision and professional development initiatives with the team.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Risk management

Governance

Incident investigation

Clinical governance

Team building

Communication

Project management

Staff development

Quality improvement

Formazione

Registered Nurse

Neonatal qualification (QIS)

Teaching and assessing experience

Current NMC Registration

Masters degree or working towards

Descrizione del lavoro

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Risk and Governance Lead

The closing date is 03 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Neonatal Team Luton and Dunstable Hospital.

If you are ambitious, confident, self-motivated and compassionate, looking to develop your career in neonatal nursing and make a difference, this post offers you the opportunity to play a key role as part of a new and developing team .

There has never been a more exciting time to join our neonatal team as we expand our neonatal service. The New Neonatal Unit has been opened since November 2025.

The post holder will need to have a good team building skills and be able to demonstrate how they motivate and lead. He/she will be required to work flexibly as a member of the neonatal team to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved. As a Sister/Charge Nurse you will work collaboratively with all members of multi-professional team, ensure that the baby and family have a satisfactory experience by investigating incidents; discussion with families and staff involved as well as supporting other Governance aspects.

If you are a motivated leader with a passion for patient care and service excellence, we want to hear from you. Join us and make a real difference in a hospital that values innovation, collaboration, and compassion.

Please note presentation topic for interview will be - How would you improve Patient Safety through Effective Risk Management and Governance in Neonatal Care?'

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

To maintain high standards of clinical care across neonatal services

To support nursing and medical staff in the development of new policies and procedures which are evidence based

To oversee the management of the service in conjunction with the senior clinical team, supporting with capacity and clinical decision making

To work in partnership with the Senior team to monitor the delivery of high standard care across Neonatal Services

Lead in conjunction with the senior clinical team on patient safety and governance

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The post holder will:Ensure nursing care delivery is based on current research and/or best practice.

Support and encourage a holistic approach to nursing care delivery.

Support staff in identifying and setting standards/care bundles/quality of nursing care and assist all members of the clinical team in the development or implementation of assessment tools to evaluate the care given.

Maintain own clinical skill base by working closely with new and identified individual members of staff (as required) in order to promote their personal development in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care given.

Facilitate the implementation of a robust system of Clinical Supervision across sites in partnership with the Lead Nurse and Practice development team.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

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

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILIES:

The post holder will:

Understand the importance of effective cost management, waste reduction, maximising value from resource management

Be a key part of the senior nursing management team and deputise for the Lead Nurse when necessary

Maintain regular contact, attend meetings with other teams within Trust and network areas of value in providing support and advice to ensure that objectives are met and outcomes achieved.

Manage own work load/projects in an effective and efficient way

Participate in quality initiatives and audit as requested by Lead Nurse

Handle complaints, accidents and incidents with professionalism in accordance with local/Trust policy

Ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all time

Participate in interviews, staff recruitment/disciplinary/department meetings and service reviews when requested to do so

Provide regular reports on educational programmes, project development, and associated outcomes, to the Senior team, Trust colleagues and external organisations as appropriate.

Monitor sickness and absence for nursing staff and participate in any stage 2 meeting as required

Perform staff appraisal and nursing revalidation as indicated and provide support and guidance for staff

Manage capacity/activity with advanced decision making skills

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY

The post holder will:

Lead on the preparation and coordination of Neonatal Governance dashboard and trust Quality reports in conjunction with the senior team

Ensure that the Trust and national quality initiatives are fully implemented across neonatal services.

Promote awareness and monitor compliance amongst colleagues regarding Trust policies, procedures, guidelines and standards

Ensure that investigation of incident reports relating to nursing issues are completed and actioned

Be responsible for in conjunction with the lead nurse the implementation and monitoring of clinical quality indicators. This will include but not exhaustive

o CQC outcomes

o Quality and accuracy of documentation

o Improving the patient experience

o HSIB reviews

o PSIRF and Complaint investigation

COMMUNICATION:

The post holder will:

Maintain clear, accurate, legible contemporaneous patient documentation at all times.

Ensure and maintain an effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team to achieve an optimum level of service to babies and families.

Ensure that effective communication exists between all nursing colleagues, medical staff, multidisciplinary teams, families and their relatives, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The post holder will:

Participate in the staff appraisal process with the aim of enhancing individual personal development using reflective practice.

Encourage all staff to use reflective practice in order to enhance individual performance and improved care delivery.

Critically reflect regularly on own performance, and strive towards excellence, at every opportunity.

Maintain own clinical and professional credibility by keeping own practice up-to-date in line with current trends and best practice through personal development and the pursuit of relevant professional and academic study.

Maintain standards of conduct and dress to sustain the public confidence in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct and Trust policies.

Abide by legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice.

Provide evidence of periodical registration to practice.

Represent department and/or Trust at local, regional and national forums/ network to identify and share 'Best Practice'

Be aware of all Trust initiative and policies, especially those relating to clinical practice

Book annual leave, report sickness/absenteeism in accordance with Trust policy.

Maintain own NMC revalidation

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oRegistered Nurse
• oNeonatal qualified in speciality (QIS)
• oTeaching and assessing experience
• oCurrent NLS certificate
• oMasters degree or working towards
• oResearch experience
• oNLS instructor

Experience

• oAbility to effectively lead change
• oEvidence of involvement in project management

Knowledge

• oKnowledge of National Neonatal policies & guidelines
• oAwareness and involvement in clinical audit & research & evidence based practice
• oPeople management & motivational skills
• oUnderstanding of PSIRF framework and national drivers
• oNMC code of Professional Conduct
• oProven leadership and managerial ability
• oEvidence of changing practice in a clinical setting
• oExperience of standard setting and clinical audit

Skills

• oExperience of working in a busy & demanding role
• oAbility to manage own time & priorities and that of others effectively
• oAbility to adhere to Trust's Health & Safety Policies and guidelines
• oAble to cope & work under pressure & in stressful situations
• oAbility to forward think & risk manage
• oExcellent interpersonal & communication skills
• oProject leadership skill
• oEvidence of excellent IT skills
• oQuality improvement skills

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.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust