Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Quality, Risk and Safety (Governance) team for Maternity as an Incident and Risk Lead on a full time, permanent basis. NUH maternity services care for more than 8000 women and babies per year as a tertiary referral unit for fetal medicine. Working with us will give you great job satisfaction and a sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients and staff, ensuring we continue to deliver outstanding healthcare.
Working as part of a team you will take an active role in supporting the Maternity Quality, Risk & Safety (QRS) team and using your knowledge and experience by ensuring effective systems and processes for incident and risk reporting are managed effectively. This role includes the day to day management and leadership of the Incident & Risk team and you will offer support and guidance to ensure there is continued progress and development of the wider Patient Safety agenda, as well as being responsive to changes that are derived nationally. You will also support the Maternity QRS Team to promote efficiency in clinical governance performance as well as making a positive contribution to the work of the team.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be an individual who enjoys collaborative working and is committed to continuous quality improvement and patient safety to positively impact on organisational learning & culture.
You will provide key leadership experience within this team and will focus on;
- Providing advice and support to the Incident & Risk team and the Divisional Quality, Risk & Safety team on all issues relating to Patient Safety.
- To develop quality improvement procedures for the management of action plans and outcomes.
- Support early learning following inspections and regulatory visits to include responding to immediate concerns with incident and risk management.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust's Patient Safety annual plans, ensuring priorities and deliverables support the achievement of the Trust's objectives.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure they receive assurance regarding progress on a regular basis.
- Write robust reports identifying achievable and effective actions that translate into improvements with learning and safety in Maternity Services.
- Develop and maintain effective working processes to ensure the early stage after an incident includes undertaking early analysis of timelines in clinical areas.
- To provide analysis related intelligence to support organisational learning and improvement.
About us
With over 17,000 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You also must be able to organise your own workload as well as being able to communicate effectively with patients and families to ensure we are transparent and supportive.
Please refer to the attached Job description and Personal specification for further details regarding the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You also must be able to organise your own workload as well as being able to communicate effectively with patients and families to ensure we are transparent and supportive.
Please refer to the attached Job description and Personal specification for further details regarding the role.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate degree level or / with relevant equivalent work experience
- Demonstration of ongoing professional development
- An understanding of patient confidentiality, how to maintain it and laws related to it
- A firm understanding of quality assurance and governance
Desirable
- Professional Qualification related to healthcare delivery
Analytical & Judgement skills
Essential
- Able to assimilate, analyses and present complex problems and data identify necessary action, make recommendations and ensure actions are taken
- Ability to generate, report and present data at all levels of Trust personal
- Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services3
Desirable
- Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS strategy and policy
Planning & organsiation skills
Essential
- Ability to engage staff and work collaboratively
- Manage and lead complex projects with internal and external stakeholders
- Prioritise own workload and coordinate activities of other colleagues in the Incident & Risk Team
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and pressure whilst delivering high quality work
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate degree level or / with relevant equivalent work experience
- Demonstration of ongoing professional development
- An understanding of patient confidentiality, how to maintain it and laws related to it
- A firm understanding of quality assurance and governance
Desirable
- Professional Qualification related to healthcare delivery
Analytical & Judgement skills
Essential
- Able to assimilate, analyses and present complex problems and data identify necessary action, make recommendations and ensure actions are taken
- Ability to generate, report and present data at all levels of Trust personal
- Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services3
Desirable
- Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS strategy and policy
Planning & organsiation skills
Essential
- Ability to engage staff and work collaboratively
- Manage and lead complex projects with internal and external stakeholders
- Prioritise own workload and coordinate activities of other colleagues in the Incident & Risk Team
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and pressure whilst delivering high quality work
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).