Band 7- Lead Midwife for Audit and Effectiveness

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals; Romford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Lead Midwife for Audit and Effectiveness to enhance maternity services. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your extensive midwifery experience and audit expertise to lead multidisciplinary audits and develop action plans that improve clinical practices. You will collaborate with a diverse team of healthcare professionals, ensuring that audit methodologies are contemporary and responsive to the needs of women and their families. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in maternity care while working in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• NMC registered midwife with experience in audit and clinical practice.
• Proven leadership in developing audit initiatives and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the maternity services programme of multidisciplinary audits.
• Ensure audit methods reflect the needs of women and maternity services.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Full understanding of audit and methodologies

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

Practicing midwife active on the NMC register

Audit qualification or significant knowledge of audit

Quality improvement training

Job description

Band 7- Lead Midwife for Audit and Effectiveness

Recruiter Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals

Job overview
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.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• Quality improvement training

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills
• Full understanding of audit and methodologies

Desirable criteria

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

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria

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

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period. Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) uses TrustID identification technology to verify essential documents, such as passports and driving licenses. All new employees will be expected to have their original documents verified through TrustID.

We are an equal opportunity employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community and welcomes applications from people wishing to job-share, either with or without a partner. Applicants who consider themselves to have a disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) will be shortlisted for interview if they meet the essential criteria.