University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust – Worthing Hospital – Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata per year.
Job overview
Patient Safety Midwife position available as a job-share at Worthing site of UH Sussex. The role includes collaborating with patient safety and risk management leads, monitoring and investigating maternity‑related safety and risk, providing support to midwife matrons for complaints and claims, and coordinating incidents and serious incidents investigations. The post may require covering leave periods at St Richard's Hospital, Chichester.
Responsibilities
* Create an environment in which effective learning from incidents can take place.
* Coordinate the investigation and response to clinical incidents, and serious incidents requiring investigation on behalf of the maternity services, including facilitation of incident and panel reviews and feedback to staff and families.
* Ensure compliance with Duty of Candour requirements through monitoring and collaborative working with HOM, Trust Patient Safety and Trust Governance.
* Support senior midwifery managers and trust complaints and legal teams in coordination of complaints and claims requirements.
* Work in partnership with a range of clinicians and managers in planning or development of the service to promote patient safety and risk.
* Develop robust working relationships with wider patient safety teams within the Trust and in outside organisations.
* Cascade information as appropriate to members of the wider team through internet, team briefings, newsletters and management.
* Work closely with the Clinical Leads for Women’s Health and Senior Midwifery Managers to ensure information sharing regarding implementation of organisational objectives for patient safety.
* Continuous responsibility for establishing systems and standards of communication for routine, complex and potentially stressful situations.
* Attend meetings as required and act as a representative of the governance team.
* Inclusion in the on‑call rota for managers.
Visa and Sponsorship
This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. If applying with a Graduate visa, the applicant should have at least 18 months remaining on the visa at the time of application.
Experience / Qualifications
* Experienced midwife.
* Good oral, written communication and IT skills.
* Working knowledge of patient safety and governance.
* People management skills, including leadership, decision making, negotiating, influencing skills.
* Assessor/mentorship course or equivalent.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
* Educated to Degree Level or equivalent.
* Leadership / management course or equivalent/leadership experience.
* Understanding and interest in patient safety.
* Ability to manage resources effectively.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
Employer Certification / Accreditation
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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