Maternity Governance Officer

Transformation Unit; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 36.000 - 44.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Maternity Governance Officer (Band 6) to support the Clinical Governance Assurance Framework and risk management for site-based divisions. The role promotes a culture of safety and quality, with focus on incident review, escalation, and regulatory compliance.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams and use Datix and MS Office to generate timely reports for leadership and committees, contributing to annual plans and service standards

Qualifikationen

• Education to Degree level or equivalent.
• Training in incident management/PSIRF.
• Educated to degree level in governance/risk management.

Aufgaben

• Facilitate timely review of incidents and escalation of significant incidents.
• Support staff in meeting duty of candour and communicate with patients/families involved in safety incidents.
• Use Datix to draw reports and manage incidents, assign actions and ensure completion.
• Provide data and reports for divisional and regional meetings.
• Support governance groups to recognise and address risks.
• Coordinate incident learning and ensure timely final investigation reports.

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

Data interpretation

Communication

Time management

Ausbildung

Degree level education

Training in incident management/PSIRF

Governance/risk management degree

Tools

Datix

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

Main area Maternity Governance Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 7 months (End date 18/04/2027) Hours

• Part time
• Job share

15 hours per week (2 days a week, Monday and Friday preferred days) Job ref 390-WAC-BR-6904

Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Broomfield Town Chelmsford Salary £39,959 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

(**) Maternity Governance Officer

Band 6

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

This role involves providing support to divisional staff in the delivery of an effective Clinical Governance Assurance Framework and risk management strategy for the site based divisions to enhance the quality and safety of the services provided. The post holder will work in such a way as to help promote a culture that actively improves clinical safety and quality.

Specifically the role will include facilitating the effective and timely review of incidents and their management, escalation of significant incidents, risk review and reporting and supporting the regulatory compliance agenda. An expert knowledge of the incident and risk management systems will ensure regular reports can be provided to the team and the service leadership teams.

The role also includes supporting key governance groups within the Hospital Division to ensure these work effectively to recognise and address risks.

This post involves working and liaising with the multi-disciplinary teams, including the MSE Patient Safety and Risk and Compliance Teams, clinicians, managers and other governance staff across MSE.
Working collaboratively to deliver on national, CQC and local service standards, through the delivery of the annual plan and strategic objectives, through role modelling the values and behaviours set out in our Leadership and Management Behaviour Framework.

Main duties of the job

• To facilitate the effective and timely review of incidents and their management, escalating significant incidents.
• Support staff in meeting the duty of candour requirements and to communicate with patients and their families who have been involved in a patient safety incident ensuring there is robust and ongoing communication.
• Use the Datix system to draw reports and manage incidents, including assigning actions and ensuring their completion.
• Provide data and reports for divisional and regional meetings
• To provide reports for discussion at relevant meetings and when required by divisional triumvirate and to support the escalation of new risks via the MSE Risk and Compliance process to the divisional risk register.
• To provide expertise to investigators of incidents to ensure appropriate lessons learned are identified and action taken is documented.
• To proactively monitor and coordinate all incident learning response tools/investigations to ensure the timely submission of final investigation reports to the designated meeting/group through the Patient Safety Team or divisional Senior Leadership Team as appropriate.
• Disseminate the lessons learnt from adverse events.
• To ensure the incident quality assurance process is effective and that prior to closure the entry of the incident management system is reviewed and that the level of harm is accurately recorded.
• Maintain the divisional sub Risk Register

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. – for some roles – i.e. roles for band 2 to 4, inclusive.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Education to Degree level or equivalent
• Training in incident management/PSIRF
• Educated to degree level in governance /risk management

Knowledge and Experience

• NHS Experience
• A good working knowledge of the administrative aspects of an electronic risk management system
• Experience of working in a demanding and fast paced environment
• Able to analyse and interpret data.
• A good knowledge of Microsoft office packages
• Ability to collate and interpret statistical information
• Experience in use of Datix

Communication

• Able to work co-operatively as part of a team and to communicate and work effectively with staff at all levels of the organisation
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and targets
• Ability to manage own time and work with minimal supervision and deal with queries independently where possible
• Able to process sensitive information whilst maintaining confidentiality

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.