Job summary
Clinical Risk Governance and Audit Midwife
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Closing Date: 2nd October 2025
Interview Date: TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
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Main duties of the job
- This exciting opportunity would be perfect for an enthusiastic midwife/nurse, who will work alongside our clinicians, managers and service users to ensure there is a robust approach to monitoring and improving patient safety, clinical effectiveness, patient experience, and risk.
- The role involves leading the day-to-day governance activity, which includes; guideline development, clinical audit, review of clinical incidents, alongside clinicians to help identify lessons learnt.
- The Directorate Governance team has undergone significant investment to support the Trust in achieving national requirements in Perinatal, Gynaecology and Paediatric outpatient services.
- There will be significant peer support available within the team for the successful candidate.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The right candidate will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a driving passion for Clinical Governance and determination to improve quality and safety across our services.
- You will need to have good clinical knowledge in midwifery/nursing practice and will have demonstrable clinical experience.
- In this role you will support Risk and Governance Manager in all aspects of clinical governance.
- You will need to be self-motivated, clinically sound, approachable and well organised. In this key role you will work closely with the multi- disciplinary team.
- The successful candidate will receive a comprehensive induction programme and an opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills in Governance and Risk Management whilst working in a supportive and compassionate environment.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The right candidate will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a driving passion for Clinical Governance and determination to improve quality and safety across our services.
- You will need to have good clinical knowledge in midwifery/nursing practice and will have demonstrable clinical experience.
- In this role you will support Risk and Governance Manager in all aspects of clinical governance.
- You will need to be self-motivated, clinically sound, approachable and well organised. In this key role you will work closely with the multi- disciplinary team.
- The successful candidate will receive a comprehensive induction programme and an opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills in Governance and Risk Management whilst working in a supportive and compassionate environment.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Maturity and self-awareness
- Creative, lateral thinker
- Have a confident approach and the ability to instil confidence in others
- Enthusiastic, motivated and able to motivate others
- Calm and objective
- Flexible and positive approach to work
- Ability to work across a number of clinical areas
- Be able to encourage and support staff in difficult circumstances
Experience & knowledge
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years clinical post registration experience in Nursing/Midwifery
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of guideline development
- Relevant clinical experience in acute hospital.
- Evidence of implementing change in clinical practice
- Experience in audit and implementing evidence based care
- Ability to assess the work of the team, provide clear constructive feedback to the team in order to maintain and improve performance
- A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS.
- Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor them against required outcomes
Qualification and professional training
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Midwife with current NMC registration
- Demonstrable CPD
Desirable
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective leadership skills and ability to critically analyse data
- Ability to analyses problems and implements appropriate solutions
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of excellent documentation and written skills
- Ability to manage difficult situations effectively
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines, and good time management
- Ability to work alone and as a member of a team
- Ability to analyses problems and implements appropriate solutions
- Strong IT skills of MS Word, Office and Excel to produce a report for presentation to clinical teams
Other
Essential
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
- Ability to treat everyone with whom s/he comes into contact with dignity and respect
Person Specification
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Maturity and self-awareness
- Creative, lateral thinker
- Have a confident approach and the ability to instil confidence in others
- Enthusiastic, motivated and able to motivate others
- Calm and objective
- Flexible and positive approach to work
- Ability to work across a number of clinical areas
- Be able to encourage and support staff in difficult circumstances
Experience & knowledge
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years clinical post registration experience in Nursing/Midwifery
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of guideline development
- Relevant clinical experience in acute hospital.
- Evidence of implementing change in clinical practice
- Experience in audit and implementing evidence based care
- Ability to assess the work of the team, provide clear constructive feedback to the team in order to maintain and improve performance
- A good understanding of current issues relating to the NHS.
- Ability to delegate authority to people and monitor them against required outcomes
Qualification and professional training
Essential
- Registered Nurse/Midwife with current NMC registration
- Demonstrable CPD
Desirable
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Effective leadership skills and ability to critically analyse data
- Ability to analyses problems and implements appropriate solutions
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of excellent documentation and written skills
- Ability to manage difficult situations effectively
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines, and good time management
- Ability to work alone and as a member of a team
- Ability to analyses problems and implements appropriate solutions
- Strong IT skills of MS Word, Office and Excel to produce a report for presentation to clinical teams
Other
Essential
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
- Ability to treat everyone with whom s/he comes into contact with dignity and respect
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).
