Lead Midwife for Patient Safety & Quality

Join the Princess Alexandra Hospital's Women's Health Clinical Governance team - we're looking for a self-motivated midwife to help us deliver safe, high-quality and responsive care.

Job description

Job overview

The Lead Midwife for Patient Safety & Quality role is integral to coordinating and developing clinical governance within the maternity service. The postholder will support the Director of Midwifery, Gynaecology and Assistant Chief Nurse and the Head of Women’s Health Governance and Assurance in ensuring delivery of high-quality care and robust governance frameworks. As an integral member of the Women’s Health clinical governance team, the role contributes to sharing learning, implementing change and quality improvement projects.

The postholder will be passionate about driving improvement within the service and have an excellent working knowledge of current clinical guidelines, with the ability to apply evidence-based practice to incident and risk management processes. This specialist role requires strong organisational and communication skills and an ability to manage a complex workload, alongside line management and manager on-call responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered midwife
• Degree in nursing, midwifery or equivalent

Desirable

• Practice assessor qualification or equivalent mentorship course
• Leadership course

After Action Review training

NIPE qualification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of post-registration professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
• Evidence of clinical competence and regular clinical practice
• Recent experience in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care and robust knowledge of current clinical guidelines
• Evidence of leadership experience
• Use of computerised information systems
• Experience of audit
• Understanding of PSIRF (Patient Safety Incident Response Framework)

Desirable

• Experience in clinical effectiveness such as contributing to guideline updates
• Understanding of SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety)
• Experience in quality improvement work or example of contributing to service improvements
• Experience of engaging with service-users regarding their experiences, such as through complaints, providing debriefs or attending MNVP meetings

Experience of writing and delivering presentations

Experience of report writing

Management of incidents

Management of risks on a risk register

Experience in a clinical governance role

About the employer

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is proud to care for the communities of West Essex, delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality services. We are part of the Neighbourhood Wave; a national programme thats changing how care is delivered by focusing on prevention, early support, and more joined-up services across health, social care, and the voluntary sector. This means were working more closely with local partners to bring care closer to home and support people to live healthier, more independent lives. Were a supportive and inclusive organisation that values its people. We offer development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing. As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. Join us and help shape the future of care in West Essex.