Band 8c

3 weeks ago

Watford Hertfordshire, United Kingdom West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time
Band 8c - Head of Maternity Governance and Assurance

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Act as a champion for maternity and midwifery building strong teams within the unit and the local and regional network

Lead on the co-ordination of risk management in Women's services including investigating and taking corrective actions, referring, and escalating as appropriate, serious incidents, accidents and complaints, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and in collaboration with the Trust Governance Team.

For the full roles and responsibilities please refer to the job description attached.

Person specification

Your application will be scored against the Job Description

Essential criteria
  • 0 - does not meet the person specification 1 - reserved meets some person specification requirements 2 - Meets all person specification requirements
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. Overall, the population served by the Trust is relatively affluent, but there are some areas of deprivation.

The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.

As an employer of over 4,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" if the below applies to you.

You are:
  • A Service Leaver
  • A Veteran
  • A Military Reserve
  • A Cadet Force Adult Volunteer
  • Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces
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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download
  • Job description (PDF, 760.3KB)
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