Lead Midiwfe for Governance and Safety

We have an exciting opportunity in our Maternity Department to support the Head of Midwifery to embed an open and transparent culture and governance framework that facilitates the delivery of safe, high-quality care.

This will include a Care Group-wide approach to Quality and Safety, Risk Management, Patient Experience and compliance and will include a specific remit to ensure robust processes are in place to meet the service’s requirements for providing excellence in the delivery of maternity care.

They will work closely with the Head of Midwifery, Senior Leadership Team / and Nursing Senior Teams to ensure the smooth and effective management of the Maternity and Gynaecology Service.

The post holder will support and work closely with the Heads of Midwifery for Women’s Health in ensuring robust processes are in place to meet the service’s requirements for providing excellence in the delivery of maternity care.

The post holder will have responsibility for oversight of the Maternity and gynaecology risk, incidents, serious incidents and learning from harm.
- Promote a safe and effective governance culture that is viewed as supportive and not punitive
- Be proactive - not reactive with regards to Risk Mangement
- Promote good communication and collaborative working relationships with the multidisciplinary team
- Lead on specific projects.
- Attend allocated departmental and hospital meetings as required.
- To liaise with the MSE Patient Safety Team and attend the Executive Review Group when potential Serious Incidents are presented
- Participate in the Trust On-call Rota, as required.
- Liaise closely with the Head of Midwifery to ensure quality initiatives in Maternity are embedded in Maternity Services.
- Lead and line manage the Southend Risk and Governance ream

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

For full details of this interesting role please see attached job description, but responsibilities include:

- To ensure the Duty of Candour requirements are met.
- To provide oversight to ensure that the grading of incidents is accurate and that the level of investigation is commensurate with the harm caused and likelihood of recurrence
- To interpret data and produce analytical reports of investigations identifying themes and lessons learnt
- To be actively involved in SI investigations.
- To contribute to the investigation and analysis of incidents within the Care Group
- To review Serious Incident investigation performance to ensure the timely submission of final investigation reports to the Director Review Group
- Provide expertise in the assessment of risk
- Maintain oversight of the Risk Register, ensuring appropriate escalation of new risks and that mitigations and controls are effective in risk reduction
- Ensure the Governance objectives align with the Trust’s priorities
- Be responsible for the capture and collation of data for maternity statistics, dashboard and other KPIs.
- Embed the outcome measures as defined by the CQC within the service
- To maintain an overview of all ongoing investigations and to assist with progress when required
- To assist with the allocation of initial management reviews (IMRs) within the team when required
- Ensure timely escalation of immediate concerns