Risk Support Midwife

Job summary

Working as part of the Maternity Governance team, the postholder will support the effective management, review and learning from clinical incidents, with a particular focus on improving patient safety and quality of care within maternity services.

The Risk Support Midwife will be accountable to the Risk and Governance Midwife, who will provide professional leadership, oversight and support. The post holder will assist in delivering a robust governance framework, ensuring that incidents reported via Datix are reviewed in a timely, consistent and high-quality manner. They will support the identification of themes, trends and learning, contributing to the development of action plans and ensuring that learning is embedded into clinical practice.

The role will involve liaising with MDT clinical teams, to ensure that incidents are reviewed consistently and that actions are meaningful, and measurable.

This role will also include supporting family liaison, ensuring that women and families are appropriately informed, involved and supported through review processes, in line with Duty of Candour requirements. The post holder will work sensitively and compassionately, contributing to transparent communication.

This post requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and clinical experience to underpin. The post holder will require the ability to communicate complex information clearly, supporting both learning dissemination and service improvement across the organisation.

Main duties of the job

• Incident review and investigation through Datix
• Writing quality timelines with attention to detail and identifying key lines of enquiry through investigation
• Working under the supervision of a Band 7 Governance Midwife and deputising where appropriate
• Family Liaison and Duty of Candour Support
• Identifying learning and areas for quality improvement
• Working under the PSIRF framework
• Promoting a safety culture and improving staff engagement

Closing date of applications: 21 April 2026

Interview date: 5 May 2026

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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