Perinatal Risk Co-ordinator

2 months ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

He/she will work in close collaboration with the Maternity Clinical Governance manager, Consultant Obstetric Lead for Clinical Governance, the Clinical Director, the Midwifery Leadership team and the wider multidisciplinary team in providing a coordinated approach to risk management within the maternity directorate and the wider Trust.

The post holder will work within the Maternity Directorate in the multidisciplinary team to promote a culture of staff and patient safety.

To co-ordinate, monitor and develop risk management systems within the directorate.

To support the maternity clinical governance manager in the development and implementation of the clinical governance framework.

To co-ordinate timely and effective investigations of incidents.

The post holder is responsible for their own practice and therefore the post holder will be expected to maintain a high standard of professional expertise and to ensure that the highest standard of midwifery care is given during the ante-natal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.

The post holder will provide professional leadership and mentoring to less experienced midwives and support to colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will be expected to work clinically one shift per week to support the Division for e.g. in a clinical area, bleep holding and to participate in the on-call rota.

The post holder will represent the department at local and Trust wide meetings as required.

Excellent verbal and written communication, leadership and facilitation skills are essential.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

**Job Title**: Perinatal Risk Co-ordinator

**Base**: Maternity Department

**Grade**: 7 (Agenda for Change)

**Hours of work**: 37.5 hours per week

**Directorate**: Maternity Directorate

**Responsible to**: Maternity Clinical Governance Manager

**Professionally accountability to**: Director of Midwifery
Main Tasks and Responsibilities

Management and leadership

Responsible for coordinating the incident reporting system on a day-to-day basis and coordinating investigations into serious untoward incidents within Maternity which may include representing the directorate or division at trust wide forums.

Liaising with the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) to support their independent investigation and interviews whilst also supporting Trust staff involved in both the incident and the investigation process.

Responsible for providing teaching, support and advice on incident reporting, investigation and management to all clinical staff, including being a member of the PROMPT faculty.

Assist the Maternity Clinical Governance manager, Director of Midwifery, and Quality Improvement Midwife in working towards achieving the Maternity Incentive Scheme.

Participating in the maternity bleep holder rota, monitoring staffing and providing support and advice to staff within the maternity unit.

Identifying any deaths eligible for the Perinatal Mortality Review process and organising the bi-weekly reviews, including participating in the review panel.

Organising the data collection for the ATAIN (Avoiding Term Admissions into Neonatal unit) multi-disciplinary team (MDT) reviews and providing midwifery representation in these reviews.

Maintain the Directorate risk register, including supporting the writing of risk assessments, uploading to the Health Assure system, and facilitating regular reviews of controls.

Coordinating the United Kingdom Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) case identification and reporting, including prompt data collection.

Performing reviews of patient records in response to Subject Access Requests, escalating on concerns where appropriate.

Reporting to and producing reports for the monthly Maternity Clinical Governance Committee meetings on the activity within the directorate.

Professional

Facilitates an environment where patient safety and quality, in particular risk management, is perceived as essential to the care and wellbeing of clients and staff. Promoting a culture of participati



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