Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal Medicine
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-8159375
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAs (Pro-rata if LTFT)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Patient Safety and Risk Manager - Neonates
Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
Are you an experienced neonatal professional looking to take the next step in your leadership career?
At Sunrise Neonatal Unit, we are committed to providing safe, high-quality care for every baby and family we support. We are seeking an outstanding Patient Safety & Risk Manager to lead our safety, quality and governance agenda across neonatal services.
This is a unique opportunity to influence change at a strategic level, leading patient safety initiatives, driving quality improvement and ensuring learning from incidents translates into measurable improvements in care. You will play a pivotal role in creating a culture where safety, learning and excellence are embedded in everyday practice.
Main duties of the job
As a Patient Safety & Risk Manager in Sunrise Neonatal Unit, you will play a pivotal role in promoting a culture of safety, supporting incident investigations, managing risks, driving learning from patient safety events, and ensuring compliance with national quality and regulatory standards. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, senior clinical leaders and governance colleagues, you will lead quality improvement programmes, analyse safety and risk data, develop action plans, and support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care for babies and their families across the neonatal service.
Main Responsibilities :
Lead neonatal patient safety, governance and risk management programmes. Coordinate and support patient safety incident investigations and implementation of learning. Monitor and manage clinical risks, maintaining the neonatal risk register and mitigation plans. Drive quality improvement and assurance activities to support compliance with CQC, CNST, ATAIN and BAPM standards. Analyse incident, complaint and audit data to identify trends and improve patient outcomes. Produce governance reports and provide expert advice to clinical and managerial teams. Support staff through training, coaching and the promotion of a positive safety culture.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN/RM/RSCN/RN Child registration.
- Degree or equivalent skills, knowledge, and experience in nursing/midwifery
- ENB405/Neonatal Qualified in Speciality.
- Master’s qualification or equivalent or working towards qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of working in neonates, some of which is at a junior managerial level.
- Experience working in an environment with conflicting pressures and changing workload
- Experience of working within a team and of developing good working relationships with internal and external staff at all levels.
- Experience of collating data and extrapolating information.
- Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience of working across multiple sites
- Experience of change management initiatives Experience of managing staff
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Excellent telephone manner with the ability to deal tactfully, sympathetically and efficiently with all enquiries
- Ability to represent the Department in a professional manner at all times
- Computer literate with experience of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and excellent and accurate typing skills
- Robust organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and meet tight timescale
- Ability to use own initiative and work with minimal supervision as part of a team
- Highly motivated and resourceful
- A flexible approach with the ability to work under pressure and deal with conflicting demands.
- Leadership skills and ability to motivate others
- Ability to articulate strategic vision
Royal Free Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust Values : Positively welcoming, actively respectful, clearly communicating, visibly reassuring
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julia Graser
- Job title
- Senior Governance Manager- Women’s & Neonates
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07818416633
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Service Excellence Team
- Telephone
- If you have any queries, please contact NLPSS Recruitment Helpdesk tel. 020 3758 2060
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