Quality & Safety Lead Midwife

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Surrey is seeking a dynamic midwife to join their leadership team in Women's Health. This role involves leading initiatives related to patient safety and quality of care, implementing maternity standards, and driving service improvements. The ideal candidate must foster a culture of inclusivity and possess strong leadership skills. This is an exciting opportunity to drive change and be part of a dedicated team committed to improving maternity services.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Staff benefits

Flexibility in work arrangements

Qualifications

• Dynamic and experienced midwife with a passion for patient safety and leadership.
• Ability to implement clinical and quality service improvements.
• Experience in CQC maternity standards and investigation processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Perinatal Quality & Safety Assurance Framework.
• Provide leadership and expert advice on CQC maternity standards.
• Ensure that lessons from incidents are integrated into practice.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical expertise

Patient safety

Service improvement

Communication

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, experienced, enthusiastic midwife to join our leadership team with Women's Health. Patient safety is at the heart of all we do and we are looking for a compassionate, forward-thinking leader, who wants to support us to deliver the 3 year Maternity Plan. The post holder will support the implementation and embedding of PSIRF, provide clinical leadership within our quality and safety team, giving direction for all staff to maintain high clinical standards of care. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with all within the division, supporting and implementing clinical and quality service improvements, learning from incidents and will strive to achieve all auditable standards. The successful candidate will foster a culture of psychological safety making the quality and safety team accessible to all. As a trust we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. This position is instrumental in driving strategic initiatives that align with our organisational objectives whilst promoting a culture of equality and inclusion. So if you have a passion relating to patient safety, risk, compliance, audit and service improvement why not come and join us, on our journey to becoming an outstanding maternity service.

Responsibilities

• Take a lead in the Perinatal Quality & Safety Assurance Framework ensuring that the quality of care in the department, patient experience, patient safety and clinical effectiveness is of the highest standard, meeting national and local outcomes
• Ensure investigation and complaints processes are in place to listen to and work with women and families with compassion
• To provide leadership and expert advice on achieving CQC maternity standards and co-ordinate all aspects of the improvement plan with support from the Maternity Investigation & Learning Co-ordinator
• Assume responsibility for taking any lessons learnt from the completion of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool reviews and Serious Incident investigations are progressed and embedded within clinical practice.

About the Trust

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.