Perinatal Mortality Review Specialist Midwife

Job overview

Lead our approach to excellence in preventing and reducing perinatal mortality and mortality within maternity and referral to other external organizations.
Leading the perinatal mortality and morbidity service to provide specialist, expert advice, and education to support our clinical teams to deliver safe and compassionate care.
Draw themes and trends from PMRT report, EMBRACE and MNSI findings and develop action plans. Conduct gap analysis with Quality and Governance team and benchmark our service against national reports and draw themes and trends.
Lead on implementation of actions and recommendations from PMRT report, EMBRACE and MNSI findings, working in partnership with our Associate Directors of Midwifery and Director of Midwifery to sustain and embed the improvements.
Ensure the actions taken and improvements are effective by conducting regular audits.

Main duties of the job

Ensure Bereaved families are actively involved and encouraged to participate in investigation relating to the loss of their baby (PMRT information leaflets).
Work collaboratively with Bereavement specialist midwives with the on-going development of quality monitoring systems related to PMRT.
To provide training and support to the wider multidisciplinary team on all aspects of perinatal mortality and morbidity.
Support and inform the Associate Directors of Midwifery, Lead Obstetric Consultant for Quality and Safety and Quality and Safety Lead with robust data regarding Perinatal loss. 

Support the bereavement team (Doctors and midwives) to provide and develop a service primarily based on learning from PMRT.

Act independently, organise own time and that of staff within the team

Play a lead role in the achievement and maintenance of high standards of service, using the tools of clinical audit, PMRT reports, and parents feedback surveys to their full effect. Delegate where appropriate.

Ensure the Bereavement Service provides evidence of effective care e.g. collating and disseminating PMRT reports, MBBRACE, stillbirth audits results and outcomes.
Working collaboratively with the bereavement midwives by developing the service, keeping abreast of external developments in bereavement care.

Working for our organisation

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Lead PMRT and MBBRACE, trust wide reporting.
Ensure Bereaved families are actively involved and encouraged to participate in investigation relating to the loss of their baby (PMRT information leaflets).
Work collaboratively with Bereavement specialist midwives with the on-going development of quality monitoring systems related to PMRT.
To provide training and support to the wider multidisciplinary team on all aspects of perinatal mortality and morbidity.
Support and inform the Associate Directors of Midwifery, Lead Obstetric Consultant for Quality and Safety and Quality and Safety Lead with robust data regarding Perinatal loss. 
Support the bereavement team (Doctors and midwives) to provide and develop a service primarily based on learning from PMRT. 
Liaise and coordinate with specialist bereavement midwives, including on case reviews.
Monitoring and controlling of care standards, seeking opportunities for joint working, and ensuring all actions are implemented from audit findings and PMRT reports.
Act independently, organise own time and that of staff within the team.

Clinical Risk and Governance management
Lead the translation of National guidelines and directives that relate to Perinatal loss into local policy and clinical strategy development e.g. NICE
Lead the development of staff training programs and local induction packages that support the implementation of the PMRT feedback and effective practice.
Disseminate and promote PMRT reports, MBBRRACE and Each baby counts findings at relevant boards, committees and in day-to- day clinical service operations.
Identify gaps and risks in the service through PMRT reports and MBBRRACE findings and devise strategies to counter these and escalate when required.
To ensure that the management of all information relating to Perinatal loss meets the needs of NMUH, Trust Board, Corporate and Clinical Governance teams.
Manage, monitor, and update the quality of the bereavement information distributed across NMUH covering - pregnancy loss, maternity, pediatric and adult care.
Develop service specifications to ensure that bereavement advice is provided to those who want it in an appropriate and timely manner e.g. ensuring bereaved relatives are offered the choice of receiving further bereavement information 6 weeks following the death.
Review and evaluate specialist care delivery and provide expert testimony for Bereavement Care related investigations associated with Coroners inquests, legal and safeguarding inquiries.

Planning and Organisational Skills
Coordinating internal and external PMRT reviews.
Support the planning of strategies which impact across the service.

Education and Professional Development
Proactively impart specialist knowledge and shares expertise with patients, nurses, midwives, managers, medical teams, and professionals allied to medicine.

Demonstrate and share expert knowledge and skills via participation in formal and informal teaching programs for all professions allied to medicine and at site/ward-based point of care teaching sessions.

Support the development of NMUH staff training programs and deliver local induction packages that support the implementation of the PMRT action plans and recommendations, 
Work closely with Education team and Quality and Governance team to develop PMRT, MBBRRACE content for multi professional training, for all disciplines, including junior doctors, to support implementation of actions plans and recommendations from the tools.

Support the development of innovative methods for delivering teaching and training such as e -learning packages.
Act as a role model in demonstrating own development of personal and professional practice through reflective learning and critical thinking.

Promote and support clinical excellence and transformation via engagement in organisational developments and dissemination of national and local agendas that support the safety and effective delivery of high-quality care.
Support and supervise the professional development of other team members.
Contribute to the planning, development, and evaluation of pre and post registration curricula.
Contribute and engage in professional development programs and of external organisations and professional network groups.

Please take Note: This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found at .

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Midwife Evidence of continued professional/personal development Understand statutory requirement for Midwives

Desirable criteria

Evidence of further leadership training

Skills, abilities and experience

Essential criteria

Demonstrable understanding of PMRT Minimum of 3 years post qualification experience in Midwifery and 2 years relevant clinical or management experience Excellent standards of all round Midwifery knowledge and clinical skills and a commitment to family centered care Experience of working within a multi -disciplinary team Ability to demonstrate awareness of research based practice and sound knowledge of guidelines in the UK Work autonomously within guidelines and sphere of professional practice Excellent presentation skills Excellent IT skills Ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external professionals

Desirable criteria

Ability to maintain own statistics and provide written reports as required Experience in quality improvement and of implementing change in clinical practice in a service Datix experience Experience in maternity governance processes including CNST requirements

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations. Very good organisational and planning skills Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff, be supportive and motivate others Resilient and able to maintain personal effectiveness and work well under pressure Flexible, ambitious and willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required

Values

Essential criteria

Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values

Other requirements

Essential criteria

Inovative, self motivated, enthusiastic and adaptable Skills and knowledge in all areas of midwifery care Experience of bereavement care in midwifery and understanding of national and local policies regarding pregnancy and baby loss

Desirable criteria

Experience of being a Practice Assessor

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