Job overview

The Neonatal Governance Lead Nurse will lead and coordinate the response to clinical and non-clinical patient safety incidents, complaints and significant events within neonatal services, ensuring they are managed through the appropriate governance pathways and in line with PSIRF principles. Governance will work collaboratively with clinical teams, families and stakeholders to translate learning from incidents into meaningful and sustainable improvements in care. Support and facilitate system-based learning, reflection and improvement opportunities for staff in line with PSIRF principles and a just culture approach. Provide assurance to the relevant stakeholders that change in practice has been embedded to prevent re-occurrence. Governance Nurse will act as a visible patient safety leader within neonatal services, combining contemporary clinical credibility with expertise in governance, learning and improvement to support safer care for babies and families.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the embedding and continuous development of PSIRF within neonatal services, ensuring learning responses are proportionate, person-centred and focused on improving systems of care.
• Ensure the appropriate level of investigation is undertaken in response to incidents as per PSIRF, reflecting the severity of incidents, facilitate multidisciplinary learning events, debriefs, after-action reviews and thematic reviews to support organisational learning.
• Provide oversight of governance aspects relating to neonatal electronic systems (BadgerNet, EPMA, incident reporting systems) ensuring data quality and safe implementation of digital change.
• To support the Neonatal Clinical Lead, Neonatal Senior Nurse and Matrons with contemporary governance issues as they arise; and assist in the production and monitoring of action plans.
• To support the Neonatal Clinical Governance Lead, Neonatal Senior Nurse, Matrons and Trust’s Governance and Risk Lead in major escalation plans.
• To chair on a rotational basis the NICU Clinical Governance meetings in collaboration with the neonatal clinical Governance Group.
• Maintain and monitor the Neonatology Risk Register and ensures risks are updated within the Trust agreed pathways.
• Ensure Neonatal Business Continuity plans are in place and up to date.
• Ensure safety plans & procedures are up to date for the service and workforce.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.