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Band 7 Patient Safety and Risk Manager - NeonatesRoyal Free London NHS Foundation Trust • London, United Kingdom
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Band 7 Patient Safety and Risk Manager - Neonates

Band 7 Patient Safety and Risk Manager - Neonates

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust • London, United Kingdom
27 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description
Job summary
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. Youwill 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.

About us
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

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Details
Date posted: 24 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs (Pro-rata if LTFT)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 391-RFL-8159375
Job locations: North Middlesex University Hospital, Sterling Way, London, N18 1QX, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust Values : Positively welcoming, actively respectful, clearly communicating, visibly reassuring

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

Employer details
Employer name: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: North Middlesex University Hospital, Sterling Way, London, N18 1QX, United Kingdom
Website: https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Senior Governance Manager- Women’s & Neonates
Julia Graser
julia.graser@nhs.net
07818416633
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