Audit & Quality Lead Midwife

Job summary

Croydon University Hospital (CUH) maternity delivers 3300 babies every year from women of a wide and diverse background. CUH has been rated as 'Good' by the CQC and we are looking for strong, clinically credible leaders to help us in our journey to a CQC rating of 'Outstanding'.

As the Audit and Quality Lead Midwife, you will be expected to support the development and implementation of a robust system of auditing within the Maternity Services and will co-ordinate the development and updating of all guidelines within the maternity directorate.

Interview date - TBC

Main duties of the job

• To develop a comprehensive audit plan in liaison with the Midwifery Manager Governance and Risk, Director of Midwifery, Clinical Director and Obstetric Audit Lead reflecting the requirements of the service. Ensure the audits are completed, reported, actions implemented and compliance reviewed
• To act as a key knowledge resource and a key interface for those conducting clinical audit
• Maintain an accurate and timely database on the current status of audits, recommendations and changes in practice implemented.
• Provide results of clinical audit as required
• Maintain accurate, up to date records off all maternity directorate guidelines
• To lead the development and implementation of multidisciplinary evidence based guidelines to support practice. Promoting and developing guidelines and care pathways that promote and enable quality improvement.
• Support the implementation of Trust guidelines ensuring that they are woman focused and amended in the light new evidence /national guidance and ensure these are available and highlighted to staff
• Support the development of patient information leaflets in line with Trust Policy.

This list is not exhaustive. Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in job description and person specification

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.