Employer: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/04/2025 23:59
Neonatal Quality and Safety Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a nurse/midwife with neonatal experience to join the neonatal nursing team in the role of the Neonatal Quality and Safety Specialist Sister. This role is an exciting opportunity as a newly funded post to shape and make a difference to the quality and safety of the care provided to our neonates on our unit and within our network.
This role will be working closely with key stakeholders within paediatrics, maternity and neonatal services to enhance the patient experience for babies and their families. If you are innovative, an excellent communicator, an excellent role model and have neonatal experience with a specific interest in quality, safety, improvement and leading on learning culture then this role is for you, we would welcome your application to come and join our friendly and hardworking team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of the Band 7 Leadership team, having specific responsibility for supporting with all elements of the quality, safety, and risk management agenda. The post holder will work closely with the neonatal clinical teams to be proactive in their approach to incident reporting, identifying strategies for improvement to provide high standards of clinical care and increase patient safety. The individual will help to encourage an open and transparent reporting culture by empowering our clinical staff to learn lessons from incidents and prevent them from reoccurring.
The post holder will work clinically on a regular basis to maintain clinical credibility. The post holder will have links with clinical and non-clinical teams across the speciality and division. The post holder will be an ambassador for safety, escalating and highlighting issues that arise which may result in patient safety incidents or offer opportunities for learning. The post holder will assist with the development and review of the neonatal nursing guidelines.
This role is currently based at the Princess Royal Hospital with a move to the Royal Shrewsbury hospital within the next few years.
Working for our organisation
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of district general hospital services for nearly half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. We have a very supportive and forward thinking multi-disciplinary team who work closely together to ensure the best outcomes for the babies and families in our care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse/ Registered Midwife
* Degree in related subject / equivalent professional qualification or experience
* Recent CPD relating to risk, safety, investigation, quality
* Leadership/effective communication training
Experience and knowledge
* Experience of managing clinical and non-clinical risk
* Experience in leading or involved in service change / improvement
* Specialist knowledge, skills and experience in the neonatal specialty
* Evidence of significant post-registration senior nursing experience
* Having input into a safety investigation or lead on a safety investigation
We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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