Neonatal Governance Lead | Barts Health NHS Trust

Whipps cross neonatal unit is a small and busy local neonatal unit (level 2). We have 18 cots and serve a maternity unit delivering 5,000 babies yearly.

We focus on family and ensuring that babies leave here with parents who are emotionally and physically ready. We are highly motivated, and this translates into high breast-feeding rates among discharged babies, and excellent service user satisfaction.

Our nursing team is a blend of experienced band 7s, 6s and nursery nurses, as well as less experienced band 5 and nursey nurses. We actively encourage professional development and our practice development nurse co-ordinates educational opportunities for all staff, according to their needs and special interests.

We maintain good relations within our own team, and with all other disciplines. These relations are based upon trust, respect, and the shared goal of doing our best for families in our care., As the Neonatal Governance Lead, the post holder will take responsibility for leading investigations that pertains to significant events and serious incidents. The post holder will also formulate and introduce action plans. There will be an expectation that the post holder will establish effective working relationships to provide opportunities for staff to learn from incidents. Additionally, the post holder will utilise good leadership and management skills taking into consideration human factors, route cause analysis pathways and assurances to enact change within practice, to prevent re-occurrence of incidents.

You will:

Promote a culture where clinical governance and patient safety are integrated into the care and wellbeing of all patients, staff, and families, promoting a culture of participation, openness, and accountability.

Support staff and guide them in the management of incidents and complaints, promoting reflection on practice and disseminating learning.

Lead on the implementation and management of change in response to learning from incidents, ensuring that any necessary actions are taken to prevent similar incidents occurring.

Ensure the appropriate level of investigation is undertaken in response to incidents, reflecting the severity of incidents.

Ensure incident reporting via relevant Trust and national governance pathways.

Ensure the Trust Neonatal Safety Champion is kept up to date.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Although this position is a 5 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightlyshorter than 5 months.