Clinical Governance Midwife

1 week ago

Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior midwife to join our Maternity Governance team at Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Trust. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic midwife to join our team as Clinical Governance Midwife working closely with the Matron for Maternity Governance, the Deputy Head of Midwifery and the other members of the Governance Team playing an integral part in supporting the system-wide maternity quality and safety agenda including NHS Resolution standards and Ockenden actions.

We are looking for a compassionate and approachable midwife whose role will be to achieve consistency of practice, high standards of care and innovation with a strong patient safety focus. Engagement with staff is key, ensuring service changes are clearly communicated and embedded in practice.

Main Duties of the Job

You will play a pivotal role within the maternity governance team, working closely with members of the multi-disciplinary team across divisions. You will take the lead on service and quality improvement in clinical governance and risk management, alongside the wider Governance Team within the Women's and Children's Division, to enable a joint focus on keeping women and babies safe and at the centre of the care provided.

This role demands leadership and influencing skills, specialised knowledge of maternity risk and governance processes, and the ability to collaborate with system-wide partners, supporting the Sherwood Forest Hospital governance structure.

About Us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood Forest Hospital is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital outstanding and Newark and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated outstanding for Care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job Responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Evidence of Professional development
  • Evidence of Professional and research awareness

Desirable

  • Computer Literacy
  • Risk
  • Clinical Governance
  • Health and Safety issues

QualificationsAcademic/Craft/Professional

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Degree or Equivalent

Further Training

Essential

  • Teaching Qualification
  • Perineal Repair
  • Epidural training
  • Cannulation training
  • IV administration
  • Management or Leadership
  • Qualification
  • Current Driving Licence

Desirable

  • ALSO course

Experience

Essential

  • Excellent Communication skills
  • Experience as a Band 6 Midwife
  • Experience of development and leadership of change in clinical practice
  • Experience in all aspects of Midwifery care

Desirable

  • Demonstration of tact and diplomacy. Management of people
  • Understanding of current clinical governance National and local Drivers

Skills

Essential

  • The ability to develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
  • The ability to develop a culture that improves quality.
  • The ability to work in partnership with and develop, take forward and evaluate direction, policies and strategies
  • The ability to use data to inform changes required in care delivery and to effectively implement the change
  • The ability to effectively support staff to achieve their full potential through effective supervision and direction
  • The ability to demonstrate the SFH organisational care values and behaviours

Desirable

  • Able to demonstrate significant personal involvement in change management.
  • Experience in clinical audit

Attitudes and Behaviours

Essential

  • Demonstrates a passion for improving care
  • Demonstrates resilience in the face of complex issues
  • Ability to treat all employees and other hospital information confidentially
  • Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
  • Supportive of equality and values diversity

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Experience in normal midwifery and high risk obstetric care
  • Knowledge of statutory regulations governing nursing and midwifery
  • Knowledge of midwifery issues both strategically and nationally
  • Practice is underpinned by research based evidence and theory
  • Knowledge and understanding of managerial responsibilities
  • Knowledge of the NHS governance agenda

Other Factors

Essential

  • Committed to organisation and achieving departmental goals
  • Ability to coordinate and liaise within the multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to achieve deadlines and work under pressure
  • Enthusiastic and motivated
  • Adaptable and flexible
  • Assertive and innovative
  • Able to manage own stress

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Adherence to trust policy and guidelines

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