Patient Safety Midwife

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust in London is seeking an exceptional midwife to champion risk management within the Women’s services division. The role focuses on proactive governance, horizon scanning, and fostering a culture of informed questioning to improve patient outcomes.

The post holder will lead learning streams, coach local leaders, and use Datix data to drive safety improvements across maternity services. Based in east London, the role supports a high-performing, inclusive NHS trust with a

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management and governance in maternity services.
• Ability to analyse trends and learn from incidents to improve patient safety.
• Leadership and coaching skills within a divisional leadership context.

Responsibilities

• Foster proactive risk management and horizon scan with clinical/managerial staff.
• Support divisional leadership in learning from safety incidents and reducing harm.
• Use Datix data to update ward safety boards and develop safety newsletters.
• Present patient cases and review adverse incidents and complaints with themes.

Skills

Datix risk management

Governance

Leadership

Clinical governance

Tools

Datix

Job description

We are looking for an exceptional midwife who will be able to foster a positive proactive approach to risk management developing close links with clinical and managerial staff. Act as a self-relating practitioner who horizon scans to ensure the divisional governance activities remain in line with current best practice.

Support and develop a culture of informed questioning, challenge, trend analysis triangulation, and assurance to ensure lessons are learned and that action plans are delivered in a way which has a positive effect on patient outcomes and patient

Evidence of expertise in using Datix (or equivalent database) is essential and important part of the role to enable the individual to work in the service implementation of the PSIRF milestone.

The post holder will work as a senior support to the Divisional leadership team for Women’s services and deliver key learning work streams linked to the output of the women’s operational clinical governance team.

This includes using data from Datix for updating ward and unit safety boards, developing safety newsletters, writing up and presenting patient cases alongside thematically reviewing adverse incidents, trends in risks and the Divisional complaints activity.

This role will be a key clinical presence across maternity services, helping to develop and coach local leaders in learning from safety incidents and reducing harm and risk across the division.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Imogen Davies Job title: Quality and Safety Lead Midwife Email address: [e-mail]