New chief nurse for Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Krishna Kallianpur will transfer to Chesterfield in the autumn from her current role (covering maternity leave) as interim chief nurse at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
She describes herself as ‘passionate about nursing, patient safety and the health and wellbeing of staff’.
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Hide AdKristina said: “I am absolutely delighted to be offered this prestigious, exciting and challenging role. "With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to be an operational challenge, we will need to continue to partner with others to transform how we look after our patients, our staff and the people in our communities. It will be a privilege to do this at Chesterfield Royal, to make sure we provide exceptional care and workplaces.”
The chief nurse is responsible for the trust’s 1800 nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals, working alongside the medical director to lead clinical performance, clinical governance, quality of patient care and experience.
Angie Smithson, chief executive said: “We are so pleased that Krishna is joining us. I know she will absolutely want to make sure that we do all we can to ensure that every patient has safe, effective and personal care. I am sure she will thrive in her first executive director role.”
Krishna is replacing the trust’s current director of nursing, Lynn Andrews, who is retiring after 40 years serving the NHS, taking the hospital from its former Care Quality Commission rating of ‘requires improvement’ to one of ‘good’ for the last four years.
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Hide AdDeputy chief nurse Sarah Ward will take up the ‘acting’ position until Krishna’s notice period at Derby is complete.
Krishna has played a pivotal role throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, supporting the incident response and working with front-line colleagues to understand their challenges, anxieties and fears.
Starting as a staff nurse in 1987, she developed her nursing and senior leadership career at the former Derby City Hospital, Queens Hospital in Burton and at Royal Derby Hospitals.