Job summary
An exiting opportunity has arisen to join the London Regional Maternity Team as Quality and Safety Lead Midwife. We are looking for a credible, knowledgeable, dynamic, and innovative midwife with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support the Regional Chief Midwife in building and sustaining safe, high quality maternity care across London's maternity services. You will be joining a determined, compassionate, and happy team, working together to improve maternity care for patients and staff across the capital.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide senior specialist midwifery direction and will lead on related activities in relation to their specific portfolio - which will include areas on patient safety, quality improvement, digital improvement and using data to improve safety. The role will play a crucial role in providing clinical advice and support to both providers of maternity services and Local Maternity and Neonatal System Leads within the Integrated Care Boards.
About us
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate level in midwifery. Significant clinical practice and management experience in midwifery.
- Experience of improving maternal and neonatal safety and outcomes, including reducing variation.
- Experience of interpreting performance information to identify risk and issues, ensuring appropriate action is taken to mitigate or respond.
- Experience of disseminating learning from reviews of maternity services (e.g., training, report writing, producing guidance).
- Experience of engaging and developing strong professional links with a range of colleagues within the Trust (i.e., obstetricians and neonatologists) as well as with external organisations such as primary care, LMNS/ICS, London Ambulance or third sector).
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Educated to postgraduate level in midwifery. Significant clinical practice and management experience in midwifery.
- Experience of improving maternal and neonatal safety and outcomes, including reducing variation.
- Experience of interpreting performance information to identify risk and issues, ensuring appropriate action is taken to mitigate or respond.
- Experience of disseminating learning from reviews of maternity services (e.g., training, report writing, producing guidance).
- Experience of engaging and developing strong professional links with a range of colleagues within the Trust (i.e., obstetricians and neonatologists) as well as with external organisations such as primary care, LMNS/ICS, London Ambulance or third sector).
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
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).
