Clinical Quality and Safety Lead
Job Summary
Are you ready to make a significant impact on patient safety and care quality? Join us in our mission to deliver excellence in everything we do! Join us at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), where every day, our teams save lives and improve health outcomes. As the largest employer in Nottinghamshire we serve over 2.5 million residents and are renowned for our dedication to excellence in healthcare across a diverse range of services. We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative lead for Governance, Quality and Safety to drive continuous improvement across our Neonatal Services.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the implementation and maintenance of quality and safety systems across the Neonatal Service.
* Provide expert leadership to ensure compliance with the highest standards of quality and patient safety.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to identify quality improvement and governance training needs.
* Support the investigation of events, learning response and subsequent implementation of recommendation and actions.
* Support the Trust implementation of PSIRF ensuring the principles of compassionate engagement and a just and restorative culture support learning and improvement.
* Drive transformational work to support continuous assessment, monitoring and improvement in healthcare delivery, providing support and oversight for the directorate team members.
* Contribute to the directorate management team by reporting on regulatory compliance, assurance, learning and quality improvement initiatives.
* Close working and liaison with multidisciplinary professionals to ensure triangulation of information and intelligence across the service, division and Trust. This is fundamental to support our teams to deliver the best service in a busy, multi-site Neonatal Service providing care to families living in a broad and varied social demographic.
Essential Training & Qualifications
* Practitioner Registered with appropriate regulatory body (NMC, HCPC, GPC)
* Relevant degree
* Evidence of study at or working towards masters level qualification
* Up to date knowledge of: clinical audit and effectiveness processes, patient safety and non-clinical risk, risk assessment, data analysis, interpreting and working NICE guidance, National and Royal College Service Frameworks., assurance processes within the NHS i.e. CQC & NHS Resolution, patient/carer feedback processes
* Knowledge and competency in MS Office
* Ability to produce graphs charts and cross tabulations
* Have experience of using incident management database
Desirable Training & Qualifications
* Serious incident Management Investigation
* Risk Management Training
* Knowledge of human factors approach to incident investigations
Essential Experience
* Significant clinical experience
* Change management
* Service improvement
* Risk management processes
* Incident reporting, investigation and analysis
* Experience of developing and implementing quality strategies
* Able to demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement
Desirable Experience
* Previous leadership experience Professional leadership/ management qualification
Essential Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Ability to analyse clinical information, organisational processes and proposed projects and to recommend the best course of action
* Knowledge of and communicate relevant Government and Trust policy / strategy
* Ability to judge how Clinical Effectiveness fits into the wider Governance agenda
* Ability to identify problems and quickly report/act on them and support teams/individuals to find solutions
Essential Planning and Organisation Skills
* Able to work to, negotiate & co-ordinate deadlines in a variety of teams to meet local, Trust and National targets
* Time Management skills including the ability to prioritise, plan and manage a large workload
* Ability to work to variable work patterns that meet needs of the service and the wider divisional governance agenda
* Good organisational skills
* Able to work on own initiative
Essential Physical Skills
* Ability to carry out clinical shifts when required
* Lift and move patients, and loads
* Keyboards skills
Essential Other Requirements Specific to the Role
* Demonstrate resilience in relation to organisational working and with supporting teams/individuals following patient safety incidents
Essential Communication and Relationship Skills
* Proven ability to negotiate, persuade, influence, motivate and gain the respect of other healthcare professionals
* Ability to communicate complex information to colleagues in a clear and precise manner
* Good presentation skills to support team training
* Ability to manage contentious and sensitive information and must be able to handle this information appropriately/sensitively
* Manage and lead those staff who report to them
* Work within trust Human Resource policies in managing self and others
* Ability to manage professional conflict within teams
Details
* Date posted: 19 December 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: Band 8a
* Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time
* Reference number: 164-7507205-VC
* Job locations: City Hospital Neonatal Unit, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB
Employer Details
* Employer name: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
* Address: City Hospital Neonatal Unit, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB
* Website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/
EEO Statement
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Other requirements / legal checks
* Disclosures and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
* Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers requiring Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are considered.
* UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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