Job summary
The post holder is responsible for the co-ordination of clinical governance procedures and frameworks within Neonatal services, ensuring systems are in place to manage clinical risk effectively. The post holder will provide leadership, guidance and expertise within the multi-disciplinary team for neonatal services for clinical governance and risk management in line with the Trust-wide framework.
This will include developing and putting in place strategies and frameworks that ensure Neonatal services meets its obligations for clinicalgovernance including risk management.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will foster a culture amongst teams that ensures clinical quality and risk management remains one of the top priorities within the Health group through:
- Enabling all staff to actively participate in identifying, actioning and evaluating all patient safety and risk issues.
- Leading and supporting the communication and management of the issues through the incident reporting system (Datix) in line with policy.
- The post holder will have a unique opportunity to develop the clinical governance role and risk management both locally and regionally. This will include exposure locally, regionally and nationally through collaborative working with the Operational Delivery Network to deliver on risk management strategies.
- The post holder will participate in training and education of staff within neonatal services engendering a proactive and positive clinical governance culture which enables learning and practice development in line with best practice standards
About us
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.
HUTH has two main sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £800 million. The Trust employs around 11,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.
The Trust's secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.
HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered Nurse
- Neonatal qualification
- Health related Degree
- Mentorship/ teaching qualification
- Safeguarding level 1,2 &3
Desirable
- Health related Masters Degree
- Basic counselling/coaching skills
- Risk management training
Knowledge
Essential
- knowledge of safeguarding Children and adults
- Knowledge of clinical audit systems and processes
- Evidence of significant clinical knowledge and experience
- Knowledge of BAPM standards of care and national guidance
- Experience of undertaking Datix investigations
Desirable
- Experience of leading a team
- Evidence of evaluating clinical practice through research/ audit
- Experience of project/quality and performance management
- Evidence of of developing new practices
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered Nurse
- Neonatal qualification
- Health related Degree
- Mentorship/ teaching qualification
- Safeguarding level 1,2 &3
Desirable
- Health related Masters Degree
- Basic counselling/coaching skills
- Risk management training
Knowledge
Essential
- knowledge of safeguarding Children and adults
- Knowledge of clinical audit systems and processes
- Evidence of significant clinical knowledge and experience
- Knowledge of BAPM standards of care and national guidance
- Experience of undertaking Datix investigations
Desirable
- Experience of leading a team
- Evidence of evaluating clinical practice through research/ audit
- Experience of project/quality and performance management
- Evidence of of developing new practices
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).
