Quality & Safety Midwife - PMRT & ATAIN

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Relocation package up to 30% of salary

Paid and unpaid leave

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease

Cycle to Work

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on services

Job summary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Quality & Safety Midwife to support PMRT and ATAIN reviews, translating findings into practice improvements. The role spans maternity, neonatal governance and bereavement colleagues, promoting compassionate engagement with families and improving safety learning.

Current NMC registration as a midwife is required; PMRT experience is desirable.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Current NMC registration as a registered midwife.
• Understanding of quality and governance processes and patient safety systems, including PSIRF and SEIPS methodology.
• Understanding of incident reporting processes and learning from events.
• Understanding and application of audit and quality improvement principles.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support PMRT and ATAIN review processes in line with national requirements.
• Facilitate reviews so that learning is identified and shared.
• Monitor progress against safety recommendations and action plans.
• Help translate review findings into meaningful change in clinical practice.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives across maternity and neonatal services.
• Support compassionate engagement with families so their perspectives are heard during reviews.
• Prepare reports, review data and present findings to governance and quality forums.
• Work across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and reduce avoidable separation of babies and families.

Skills

Clear communication

Organisational skills

Data collection

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Professionalism

Education

Continuing professional development

Tools

Datix

Job description

This Quality & Safety Midwife post sits in the Maternity Governance Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, supporting the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool and the Avoiding Term Admissions into Neonatal Units programme. The work centres on coordinating reviews, sharing learning and tracking progress against safety recommendations. Clinical practice stays central, with work spanning maternity, neonatal, governance and bereavement colleagues. Current NMC registration is required; prior PMRT experience is desirable but not essential.

What the job involves

• Coordinate and support PMRT and ATAIN review processes in line with national requirements
• Facilitate reviews so that learning is identified and shared
• Monitor progress against safety recommendations and action plans
• Help translate review findings into meaningful change in clinical practice
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives across maternity and neonatal services
• Support compassionate engagement with families so their perspectives are heard during reviews
• Prepare reports, review data and present findings to governance and quality forums
• Work across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and reduce avoidable separation of babies and families

What’s required

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration as a registered midwife

Experience

• Understanding of quality and governance processes and patient safety systems, including PSIRF and SEIPS methodology
• Understanding of incident reporting processes and learning from events
• Understanding and application of audit and quality improvement principles

Skills & knowledge

• Communicating clearly and sensitively, including in complex situations
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Collecting and interpreting data with support
• Analysing information and identifying themes to contribute to service development
• Working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
• Compassion and professionalism

Other

• Interest in clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement
• Commitment to learning and continuous improvement

Nice to have

• Experience of PMRT, maternity governance, audit, incident review, quality improvement or patient safety work
• Experience of working with incident reporting systems or governance databases such as Datix
• Training in incident review, audit or quality improvement
• Experience of PSIRF or SEIPS methodology

What’s offered

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, including lump sum and dependants' benefits
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days, depending on service
• Relocation package of up to 30% of salary, capped at £18k, for hard-to-fill posts
• Paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
• Learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance