Job summary
Maternity Guidelines and Audits Midwife - Band 7
Fixed term Contract - 6 months - starts January 2024
The Audit and Guidelines Midwife will be responsible for ensuring the co-ordination of the clinical audit programme within Maternity Services. The post holder will provide expert advice and promote clinical audit and quality improvement and assurance projects relevant to Maternity Services.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the coordination of evidence-based guidelines (including Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and Policies and Patient Information). Working in close collaboration with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and wider Quality and Safety team in coproduction of relevant maternity documents within the Women's and Newborn Division.
The post holder will provide support with aspects of the quality governance agenda under the guidance of the Quality and Safety Matron (Maternity and Neonates).
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working in our Trust.
Main duties of the job
To facilitate the clinical audit programme within Maternity and Neonatal Services incorporating local and national audit requirements that support clinical effectiveness.
To facilitate the development of Clinical Audit & Effectiveness activity plans, working collaboratively with the Trust Clinical Audit Team and the multidisciplinary team within the Maternity Unit.
Participate in inter professional working to ensure annual audit programmes incorporate audit and effectiveness projects to meet the organisation's governance objectives.
To consult and provide advice to clinical staff on the design and development of proposed audit projects, as wellwriting guidelines, ensuring that they are benchmarked against National Guidelines and are reviewed timely manner.
To ensure a robust repository of guidelines in maternity are monitored and maintained
To provide written and verbal reports and presentations of completed audit projects and the current status of guidelines to the relevant multi-professionals' groups.
To support the Governance Team in its work plan to demonstrate compliance with CQC, MIS and SBLCB V3 requirements.
Consult and provide advice to clinical staff on the design and development of proposed updates to guidelines. This may include carrying out literature searches.
To contribute to dissemination of information relating to audit and quality governance across relevant staff groups.
Promote an evidence-based learning culture through the use of clinical audit.
About us
We look after a diverse population where women and their families are treated as individuals providing personalised care.
We are at the forefront of innovation, this includes partners staying overnight, enhanced recovery, and midwifery led induction of labour and normalising birth. Our community midwives are equipped withipads or laptops to support remote working in various community venues. We work closely alongside Health Visitors who are also part of our integrated service.We provide a first class service, which is reflected in the number of positive compliments received from our satisfied clientsWe have a beautiful Birth Centre with four pools and our Labour Ward has two birthing pools and telemetry to encourage normality.Our maternity unit is undergoing exciting upgrades to ensure a smart environment for women to feel safe and relaxed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To facilitate the clinical audit programme within Maternity and Neonatal Services incorporating local and national audit requirements that support clinical effectiveness.
To facilitate the development of Clinical Audit & Effectiveness activity plans, working collaboratively with the Trust Clinical Audit Team and the multidisciplinary team within the Maternity Unit.
Participate in inter professional working to ensure annual audit programmes incorporate audit and effectiveness projects to meet the organisations governance objectives.
To consult and provide advice to clinical staff on the design and development of proposed audit projects, as wellwriting guidelines, ensuring that they are benchmarked against National Guidelines and are reviewed timely manner.
To ensure a robust repository of guidelines in maternity are monitored and maintained
To provide written and verbal reports and presentations of completed audit projects and the current status of guidelines to the relevant multi-professionals groups.
To support the Governance Team in its work plan to demonstrate compliance with CQC, MIS and SBLCB V3 requirements.
Consult and provide advice to clinical staff on the design and development of proposed updates to guidelines. This may include carrying out literature searches.
To contribute to dissemination of information relating to audit and quality governance across relevant staff groups.
Promote an evidence-based learning culture through the use of clinical audit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To facilitate the clinical audit programme within Maternity and Neonatal Services incorporating local and national audit requirements that support clinical effectiveness.
To facilitate the development of Clinical Audit & Effectiveness activity plans, working collaboratively with the Trust Clinical Audit Team and the multidisciplinary team within the Maternity Unit.
Participate in inter professional working to ensure annual audit programmes incorporate audit and effectiveness projects to meet the organisations governance objectives.
To consult and provide advice to clinical staff on the design and development of proposed audit projects, as wellwriting guidelines, ensuring that they are benchmarked against National Guidelines and are reviewed timely manner.
To ensure a robust repository of guidelines in maternity are monitored and maintained
To provide written and verbal reports and presentations of completed audit projects and the current status of guidelines to the relevant multi-professionals groups.
To support the Governance Team in its work plan to demonstrate compliance with CQC, MIS and SBLCB V3 requirements.
Consult and provide advice to clinical staff on the design and development of proposed updates to guidelines. This may include carrying out literature searches.
To contribute to dissemination of information relating to audit and quality governance across relevant staff groups.
Promote an evidence-based learning culture through the use of clinical audit.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Midwife (NMC)
- oTeaching and assessing / mentor qualification
- oEvidence of professional accountability via professional portfolio
Desirable
- oECDL qualification
- oClinical Audit competence / training
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oAbility to organise and prioritise own workload
- oAbility to constantly apply analytical skills to practice
- oThe ability to write clear, concise reports
Desirable
- oThe ability to prepare and deliver presentations to groups of people
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oExperienced user of MS Office programmes, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- oWorking knowledge of clinical governance and its effect on patient care
- oKnowledge of CQC, MIS and SBLCB V3 requirements
- oKnowledge of Trust and Divisional Audit requirements
Desirable
- oKnowledge of research methodologies, audit as well as statistical techniques
- oExperience of using Audit Management and Tracking (AMAT) Software
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Midwife (NMC)
- oTeaching and assessing / mentor qualification
- oEvidence of professional accountability via professional portfolio
Desirable
- oECDL qualification
- oClinical Audit competence / training
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oAbility to organise and prioritise own workload
- oAbility to constantly apply analytical skills to practice
- oThe ability to write clear, concise reports
Desirable
- oThe ability to prepare and deliver presentations to groups of people
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oExperienced user of MS Office programmes, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- oWorking knowledge of clinical governance and its effect on patient care
- oKnowledge of CQC, MIS and SBLCB V3 requirements
- oKnowledge of Trust and Divisional Audit requirements
Desirable
- oKnowledge of research methodologies, audit as well as statistical techniques
- oExperience of using Audit Management and Tracking (AMAT) Software
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
