Lead Midwife for Patient Safety
The closing date is 15 February 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Frimley Park Hospital as the Lead Midwife for Patient Safety. As part of this full-time permanent opportunity you will work within the Clinical Governance Team.
This role is a clinical split:
- 20% of time will be spent in the clinical area, with responsibility for shift management of the labour ward or the maternity ward area.
- 80% of time will be spent undertaking risk management duties.
The purpose of this role is to provide strategic and operational leadership for patient safety within maternity services. The post holder will lead the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), ensuring the service moves beyond traditional risk management toward a proactive, systems-based learning culture. The post holder will ensure the service meets all national safety requirements (CQC, MIS and MNSI), while maintaining clinical credibility through active shift coordination.
Main duties of the job
- Safety leadership: Chair of the Maternity Patient Safety Group and lead investigator for complex clinical incidents.
- Compliance: Primary lead for evidencing Safety Actions 1 and 10 of the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS).
- Culture: Champion of a 'Just Culture', ensuring psychological safety for staff and transparency for service users.
- Equity: Monitoring safety outcomes to reduce health inequalities in line with MBRRACE-UK findings.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Details
Date posted
30 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£50,008 to £56,908 a year per annum incl HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
151-JLM597
Job locations
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley, Camberley
GU16 7UJ
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley, Camberley
GU16 7UJ
Employer's website
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