Patient Safety Midwife

NHS; Luton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Luton is seeking a Patient Safety Midwife to support quality governance and patient safety initiatives. The role involves collaboration with various teams to ensure effective incident management and reporting. Join a dedicated team committed to delivering high-quality patient care and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

High-quality training and development

Qualifications

• Experience in managing and investigating Patient Safety Incident Investigations.
• Ability to support Quality Governance teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for patient safety incident investigations and reporting.
• Work closely with Quality Governance teams.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Reporting Writing

Job description

Go back Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Patient Safety Midwife

The closing date is 22 May 2025

Under the direction of the Lead Midwife for Patient Safety the post holder will be responsible for the provision of practical support, expertise and facilitation to the Service Line, across a wide range of patient safety and quality improvement activities.

This is Luton based with cross site working

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure that the Service Line is appropriately supported in order to deliver their Quality Governance agenda in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will give a provision of support relating to the management and investigation of Patient Safety Incident Investigations (PSIIs), incident reporting, risk registers, clinical audit plans and clinical effectiveness activity. The post-holder will also work closely with the Quality Governance teams (patient safety, audit & effectiveness etc.) and provide a link between the Trust Management Directorate and the Service Line

Person Specification

• Good interpersonal skills
• Sharing learning
• Reporting Writing

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.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust