Job overview
The post holder will work cross site and be a highly visible, clinically based and women focused midwife who will ensure the safety development and delivery of successful clinical care and ensure the transformation of the maternity services.
The post holder will ensure that appropriate systems, processes, structures and roles are developed to ensure continuous development of the organisation and delivery of objectives.
The Patient Safety Midwife will engage effectively with clinical leaders and others to ensure that the Maternity workforce work in an environment that enables them to provide safe, high quality, acceptable care for patients/services users, within available resources.
The post holder will play a key role in development and transformation to support the delivery of the highest possible quality of services to service users.
The post holder will become a champion for Patient safety and ensure practices on the Clinical areas represent adherence to policies and best practice.
To demonstrate improvements to patient/client care, productivity and efficiency, through a significant contribution to the achievement of the Group and Trust workforce targets.
Responsible for working locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted and provide expert knowledge to both trained and untrained staff by acting as a positive role model and setting high standards within area of practice.
Main duties of the job
The Safety agenda within Maternity Services is of paramount importance. The post holder would work extensively and collaboratively with both the governance team and the operational team within Family Services. The post holder would ensure quality and safety throughout the maternity service by audit and compliance and would feed back the findings and develop strategies for improvement.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person specification
Shortlisting
Essential criteria
1. Registered Midwife
2. Evidence of continued professional development
3. Expert clinical skills/knowledge within the specialty
Desirable criteria
4. Evidence of leading change
5. Masters level study
6. Critical analysis of clinical evidence
Shortlisting
Essential criteria
7. Leadership skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges