Job summary
The post holder lead and manage the evidence required for the Maternity Incentive Scheme.
The maternity incentive scheme (MIS) supports the delivery of safer maternity and neonatal care through an incentive element to Trust's contributions to the clinical negligence scheme for Trusts (CNST). The scheme rewards Trusts that meet ten safety actions designed to improve the delivery of best practice in maternity and neonatal services.
The post holder will project manage and coordinate the evidence to demonstrate full compliance with all ten safety actions of the MIS and provide assurance to the Trust Board.
The post will involve working closely with the Maternity and Neonatal Stakeholders to ensure compliance is met.
Main duties of the job
- Develop good working relationships with other wards/departments/agencies within and outside the Trust, ensuring that all stakeholders understand, respect and recognise the Trust's Values and operational policies
- Provide effective direction and support to the other members of the team by communication and role modelling
- Maintain effective channels of communication both within and external to the Trust
- Investigate complaints, incidents and accidents within the team and assist in their resolution and dissemination of learning outcomes
- Monitor and work within allocated resources
- Attend or send representation to relevant meetings as requested
- Allocate and manage own time, creating a balance between clinical and managerial duties
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Responsibilities (depending on qualification):
Working as a midwife/nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) the postholder will;
- Fulfil the role of a midwife/nurse as defined by the World Health Organisation and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Midwifery Rules and Code of Practice and reflect the Trust's guidelines, policies and standards of practice
- Work closely with the stakeholders involved in the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) to ensure they are aware of what evidence is required to meet each safety action of the scheme
- Be responsible for receiving and communicating complex information required for each safety action of the scheme ensuring the information received is accurate and meets the needs of the scheme
- Require good concentration skills to review and analyse the data submitted as evidence
- Ensure the evidence required for the MIS is submitted in a timely manner.
- Identify any gaps of non-compliance and escalate appropriately
- Prepare draft reports and action plans for Trust and local level committees as required
- Maintain effective channels of communication both within and external to the Trust
- Provide leadership and expert advice on delivering key national and local quality priorities jointly with the Quality Assurance & Improvement Midwife, Obstetric Clinical Governance Lead, Obstetric Quality Improvement Lead and Maternity Clinical Governance Manager
- Liaise with OUH colleagues and other professional and non-professional agencies relevant to the needs of women to ensure health and social care needs are addressed as appropriate
- Supervise, support, guide, assist in the development of and assess the competency of midwives and junior medical staff
- Ensure that all care programmes are accurately documented and that the standard of record keeping reflects the NMC and Trust guidelines and standards
- Monitor and evaluate clinical standards within the department, ensuring that clinical practices are evidence-based and benchmarked against best practice locally, regionally and nationally
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Responsibilities (depending on qualification):
Working as a midwife/nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) the postholder will;
- Fulfil the role of a midwife/nurse as defined by the World Health Organisation and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Midwifery Rules and Code of Practice and reflect the Trust's guidelines, policies and standards of practice
- Work closely with the stakeholders involved in the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) to ensure they are aware of what evidence is required to meet each safety action of the scheme
- Be responsible for receiving and communicating complex information required for each safety action of the scheme ensuring the information received is accurate and meets the needs of the scheme
- Require good concentration skills to review and analyse the data submitted as evidence
- Ensure the evidence required for the MIS is submitted in a timely manner.
- Identify any gaps of non-compliance and escalate appropriately
- Prepare draft reports and action plans for Trust and local level committees as required
- Maintain effective channels of communication both within and external to the Trust
- Provide leadership and expert advice on delivering key national and local quality priorities jointly with the Quality Assurance & Improvement Midwife, Obstetric Clinical Governance Lead, Obstetric Quality Improvement Lead and Maternity Clinical Governance Manager
- Liaise with OUH colleagues and other professional and non-professional agencies relevant to the needs of women to ensure health and social care needs are addressed as appropriate
- Supervise, support, guide, assist in the development of and assess the competency of midwives and junior medical staff
- Ensure that all care programmes are accurately documented and that the standard of record keeping reflects the NMC and Trust guidelines and standards
- Monitor and evaluate clinical standards within the department, ensuring that clinical practices are evidence-based and benchmarked against best practice locally, regionally and nationally
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife/Nurse/Allied Health Professional
- Project management graduate or relevant equivalent experience
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant area
- Evidence of project management experience
- Qualification in quality improvement methodologies
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience (if Nurse/Midwife or AHP)
- Significant experience of managing clinical change programmes
- Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change
- Experience of working at a senior level in a risk/clinical governance related field
- Experience in using IT software
- Experience of initiating, conducting, and evaluating risk assessment
Desirable
- Current NHS experience
- Work base knowledge of clinical healthcare and a knowledge and understanding of the associated terminology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife/Nurse/Allied Health Professional
- Project management graduate or relevant equivalent experience
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant area
- Evidence of project management experience
- Qualification in quality improvement methodologies
Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience (if Nurse/Midwife or AHP)
- Significant experience of managing clinical change programmes
- Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change
- Experience of working at a senior level in a risk/clinical governance related field
- Experience in using IT software
- Experience of initiating, conducting, and evaluating risk assessment
Desirable
- Current NHS experience
- Work base knowledge of clinical healthcare and a knowledge and understanding of the associated terminology
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).
