Clinical Quality and Safety Manager (Midwifery)

North East & North Cumbria ICB; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a Clinical Quality and Safety Manager within the North East and North Cumbria ICB. This fixed-term role aims to enhance maternity and neonatal services, managing quality assurance, project initiatives, and team leadership, while contributing to critical healthcare improvements in the region.

Qualifications

• Experience in health service improvement roles.
• Understanding of commissioning assurance framework.
• Demonstrable experience in clinical quality and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Support the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety in program delivery.
• Coordinate quarterly quality surveillance and annual provider visits.
• Lead assurance processes for maternity incentive scheme compliance.

Skills

Service improvement

Clinical quality

Project management

Change management

Education

First level degree or equivalent

Masters level qualification or equivalent experience

Evidence of post-graduate study to diploma level

Job description

Clinical Quality and Safety Manager (Midwifery)

Job summary

This is an exciting, fixed term/ acting up opportunity for a Registered Midwife within the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care Board (ICB). We are looking for a Band 8a, Clinical Quality and Safety Manager / Midwife role to cover maternity leave within the NENC Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) Programme Management Office.

Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff members of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will live by our Values and Behaviours and help to achieve the ambitions and key priorities of the ICB. You will also contribute to shaping the future across newly formed teams

The nature of the role demands a significant degree of autonomy, the ability to manage and respond to day-to-day challenges as well as a high degree of intellectual flexibility. You will have excellent communication and engagement skills and meet the essential criteria outlined within the Job Description.

About us

Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.

The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.

With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.

The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety in the delivery of the LMNS Quality and Safety programme and elements of the Three Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services which includes but is not limited to;

• Coordination of Provider Trusts Quarterly Perinatal Quality Surveillance information and meetings;
• Coordination of Perinatal Quality Surveillance Peer Review Assurance Annual Provider Trusts Visits;
• Coordination of LMNS Quality and Safety Meetings including any associated delivery groups;
• Lead on LMNS and ICB assurances processes in respect of NHS Resolution Maternity Incentive Scheme compliance
• Management of the LMNS Clinical Expert and Advisory Group function; and embedding quality and safety across the LMNS.

The LMNS Midwife in conjunction with the LMNS Clinical Leads will provide leadership and clinical guidance in respect of midwifery led care.

The role will report to and deputise for the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety as appropriate.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To support the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety in the delivery of the LMNS Quality and Safety programme and elements of the Three Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services which includes but is not limited to;

• Coordination of Provider Trusts Quarterly Perinatal Quality Surveillance information and meetings;
• Coordination of Perinatal Quality Surveillance Peer Review Assurance Annual Provider Trusts Visits;
• Coordination of LMNS Quality and Safety Meetings including any associated delivery groups;
• Lead on LMNS and ICB assurances processes in respect of NHS Resolution Maternity Incentive Scheme compliance
• Management of the LMNS Clinical Expert and Advisory Group function; and embedding quality and safety across the LMNS.

The LMNS Midwife in conjunction with the LMNS Clinical Leads will provide leadership and clinical guidance in respect of midwifery led care.

The role will report to and deputise for the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• First level degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience at a senior level in the NHS, social care, independent sector
• Masters level qualification or equivalent level experience (or working towards)
• Evidence of post-graduate study to diploma level or equivalent experience in project management, change management, or service improvement.
• Able to demonstrate on-going professional development

Desirable

• Registered healthcare professional
• Coaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working in a service improvement role in health, social care or the independent sector
• Experience and understanding of the current commissioning assurance framework
• Demonstrable experience of delivery in the following areas: risk management, clinical quality, service improvement, quality or safety, change management and performance improvement or related role
• Significant experience of planning and organising resources to support project implementation

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• First level degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience at a senior level in the NHS, social care, independent sector
• Masters level qualification or equivalent level experience (or working towards)
• Evidence of post-graduate study to diploma level or equivalent experience in project management, change management, or service improvement.
• Able to demonstrate on-going professional development

Desirable

• Registered healthcare professional
• Coaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working in a service improvement role in health, social care or the independent sector
• Experience and understanding of the current commissioning assurance framework
• Demonstrable experience of delivery in the following areas: risk management, clinical quality, service improvement, quality or safety, change management and performance improvement or related role
• Significant experience of planning and organising resources to support project implementation

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.

Employer details

Employer name

North East & North Cumbria ICB
Address

Pemberton House

Colima Avenue

Sunderland

SR5 3XB

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