Neonatal Clinical Governance and Risk Nurse

Job summary

Due to investment in our service we are looking for an experienced, motivated, innovative, dynamic and friendly Nurse to join our expert team of clinical staff in the capacity of a Governance and Risk Nurse. You should be keen to be part of a forward looking team that is not afraid of change that focuses on quality of care and an improvement to the family's journey in neonates.

If you have significant experience post specialist neonatal course and are interested in this exciting opportunity to join our enthusiastic multidisciplinary team then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

1. The post holder will demonstrate visible accessible leadership, support the senior neonatal nursing team to ensure clinical governance is embedded within the Neonatal unit
2. Develop and implement policies and procedures related to neonatal patient care in collaboration with the medical and nursing team
3. Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and standards of care, including those related to patient safety and infection control
4. To work closely with the senior nursing team to improve areas of performance, communicating the need for change and devising a plan of how this is to be.
5. Monitoring and analysing quality metrics related to patient care, such as patient outcomes, length of stay, and readmission rates, NNAP data and developing strategies to improve performance
6. The post holder will support the service to improve Friends and Family Surveys and Staff Surveys
7. To understand and be able to explain performance targets in an understandable way to staff
8. To lead and support others whilst undertaking Serious Incident Reviews and Root Cause Analysis, producing reports and action plans for the Neonatal Senior Management Team (NMST) meetings
9. Attend monthly Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) meetings, NMST meetings, Weekly SI, and Perinatal meetings. monthly Neonatal and Paediatric Governance meetings and any other network clinical governance meetings

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.