Band 7- Lead Midwife for Audit and Effectiveness

NHS; Romford; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an experienced band 7 midwife to join our Governance team as the Lead Midwife for Audit and Effectiveness. If you are an experienced & NMC registered midwife who has an NMC PIN number and would like to make a difference to women and their families, then we would like to hear from you. By joining our team you will have the opportunity to bring your wealth of knowledge and experience to our maternity service.

Main duties of the job

• To lead the maternity services programme of multidisciplinary audit developing action plans for the improvement of clinical practice and care for women.
• To work in collaboration with the maternity multidisciplinary team to develop specialist programmes of audit annually.
• To ensure our audit methods and programme remain contemporary and reflect the needs of the women, their babies and the maternity service.
• To lead, conduct and co-ordinate locally and across the Trust the local and national audits taking place within the maternity services.
• To act as the recognised source of midwifery audit information and expertise for the service.
• To engage and ensure participation of all clinicians for example nursery nurses, midwives, student midwives, midwifery support workers, doctors in training, obstetricians, neonatologists, anaesthetists and other allied healthcare professionals in clinical audits by establishing and maintaining effective communication links.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Date posted: 16 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £51,883 to £58,544 a year per annum inclusive

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 162-6976-KI

Job locations: Clinical Gov. - Maternity, Queens Hospital Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 0AG

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Tosin Aragbaiye, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5934. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Practicing midwife active on the NMC register
• Audit qualification or evidence of significant knowledge and experience of audit

Desirable

• Quality improvement training

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Full understanding of audit and methodologies

Desirable

• Quality improvement theory and techniques
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

• Relevant and recent post registration midwifery experience
• Experience of leading and developing audit initiatives

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Clinical Gov. - Maternity, Queens Hospital Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 0AG

Employer's website: https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/