Perinatal Governance and Quality Lead

Merseywestlancs; Knowsley; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a proactive Divisional Lead for Perinatal Services to strengthen governance, risk management and patient safety across maternity and neonatal care.

You will work with the Divisional Director of Midwifery and senior teams to deliver national and regional quality standards, drive improvements and ensure compliant practice within a supportive, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of post-registration education.
• Degree-level education required.
• Management or leadership qualification or equivalent.
• Masters qualification or working towards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee assurance, monitoring and reporting on governance and quality improvements.
• Lead divisional safety and embedding a safety culture with early escalation of risks and issues.
• Support Divisional Director of Midwifery to ensure statutory requirements and clinical governance objectives by overseeing, monitoring and reporting on progress of national and local drivers.
• Drive sustainable improvement in learning and practice.
• Collaborate with the senior leadership team to maintain high standards of practice and behaviours.

Education

Registered Midwife

Evidence of post registration education

Degree level education

Management/ Leadership qualification or equivalent

Masters qualification or evidence of working towards

Job description

We want talented and enthusiastic people from all backgrounds to join #TeamMWL, with us you can learn, grow and develop yourself and your career, realising your true ambitions and aspirations.

Whatever you’re looking for in your career, you’ll find it here at MWL.

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Job overview

The post holder has a key role within the perinatal services in supporting the delivery of National and Regional safety and quality requirements including the provision of evidence and continuous monitoring of governance and quality improvements within the service.

Support perinatal services in meeting its statutory requirements and clinical governance objectives by overseeing assurance, monitoring and reporting on risk management processes, guidelines and policies, Care Quality Commission standards and regulations, regulatory initiatives and in particular lead on of compliance to National drivers and National maternity reports including Ockennden, Amos, maternity Incentives scheme and saving babies Lives etc

Main duties of the job

The post holder has a key role within the perinatal services in supporting the delivery of National and Regional safety and quality requirements including the provision of evidence and continuous monitoring of governance and quality improvements within the service.

To act as the divisional lead within the Perinatal Service to ensure an integrated approach to patient safety and embedding a safety culture and early escalation of risks and issues.

Support the Divisional Director of Midwifery and Divisional deputy Directors of Midwifery and nursing across the W+C Division to provide assurance that perinatal services meet its statutory requirements and clinical governance objectives by overseeing, monitoring and reporting on progress of national and local drivers.

Drive sustainable improvement in learning and practice.

Deliver improvements in quality and safety within maternity and neonatal services ensuring compliance with Trust, National / regional policies, guidelines and legislation.

Collaborate with the senior leadership team to enable a positive safety culture within the division, working with clinical teams to agree and ensure the maintenance of high standards of practice and behaviours.

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Proposed Interview date: 26th November 2026

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person specification

Values

• We are kind
• We are open
• We are inclusive

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of post registration education
• Educated to degree level
• Management/ Leadership qualification or equivalent
• Masters’ qualification or evidence of working towards

Knowledge

• An in-depth understanding of all aspects of evidence-based midwifery practice
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of governance processes
• Able to demonstrate significant personal involvement in change management/ implementation of new systems
• Able to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial teams in the delivery of performance targets, service delivery and change programmes
• Ability to deliver objectives within an agreed timeframe
• Knowledge of CQC and MIS compliance
• Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams
• Good understanding of quality improvement techniques, clinical audit, risk management and complaints
• Experience of improvement measurement systems and understanding of the role of measurement in performance improvement
• Ability to design and develop support programmes and engagement plans, evaluation and monitoring of plans
• Evidence of guideline, research and audit experience

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels in a sensitive manner
• Effective leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and IT skills