Lead Midwife for Quality and Compliance

1 month ago


Harlow, United Kingdom The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

The post holder will support, facilitate and co-ordinate the development of Clinical Governance, patient safety and Risk Management within the Healthcare Group and support the Director of Midwifery and Head of Maternity Governance and Assurance in ensuring delivery of high quality care and robust governance frameworks.

The post holder will provide support to staff working within the Healthcare Group across the area of care delivery. They will be an active member of the team for Child Health and Women's services working to ensure and support effective communication pathways and thereby improving the patient experience.

Required to organise own workload on a day to day basis, self-motivated and able to work on own initiative. Will act as lead specialist for Quality and Compliance.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for Co-ordinating, facilitating and supporting the multi-disciplinary team in Healthcare Group working towards achieving the CQC Standards.

To lead the health group with support and advice on quality issues and audit to all clinical staff, Allied health professionals, nurses, support workers and medical staff.

Responsible for Co-ordinating and facilitating the multi-disciplinary audit programme within the Health Group.

Responsible for Co-ordinating and facilitating the Obstetric and Gynaecology Mortality and Morbidity Meeting within the Health Group.

Responsible for all procedural documents to ensure they are updated and reviewed in a timely manner in line with Trust Standards

Responsible for all NICE Guidance to ensure they are updated and reviewed in a timely manner in line with Trust Standards

Be approachable to staff and support them in initiating changes in response to concerns/complaints and clinical incidents and work alongside the Director of Midwifery and Head of Maternity Governance and Assurance to sustain any changes within the service.

Assist with Legal Investigations as required.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Pleases see attached job description and personal specification for full job roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Application and Interview

Essential

Recent experience in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care Evidence of clinical competence and regular clinical practice Evidence of up-to-date clinical practice and continued professional development Understanding of the principles of clinical risk management/Clinical Governance Be open to change and help create and drive change in the Division

Application and Interview

Desirable

Registered Nurse Quality Improvement training/qualification

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