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Lead Midwife for Quality Risk & Safety (QRS)
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area Maternity Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Part time
* Job share
15 hours per week (Job share) Job ref 166-FC-7237804
Site Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town Chesterfield Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and inspirational Midwife to join the Maternity and Gynaecology Quality Risk and Safety team.
The post holder will work closely with the maternity, gynaecology and neonatal departments to provide effective communication, leadership and management of key safety improvement initiatives in line with national, regional and local maternity and neonatal drivers. The post holder will be responsible for leadership of the Avoiding Term Admission to the Neonatal Unit (ATAIN) and any quality improvement projects that arise from this program of work. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting the quality governance and risk management processes for the maternity and gynaecology care units, in line with the overarching Trust quality governance framework, working to create a positive organisational safety and learning culture.
Applicants must demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills and the ability to organise and prioritise their workload to meet deadlines.
Within our division we believe that supported learning and the development of our staff are key to our success and yours. A development programme will be available to the successful candidate ensuring personal and professional growth in the new role.
The post will require Disclosure & Barring Service check.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will also work closely with the Divisional Governance Team and will be responsible for supporting the quality governance/risk management processes for the maternity and gynaecology care units, in line with the overarching Trust quality governance framework, working to create a positive organisational safety and learning culture. This includes ensuring learning from clinical incidents, complaints and investigations is cascaded to all relevant staff groups and monitoring and auditing that learning is embedded.
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital is located in Calow, Chesterfield, which is situated on a green field site on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It is home to the Crooked Spire and is also close to Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham, thus offering numerous choices for recreational activities and lifestyles.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital was officially opened by the queen in 1985 and since then it has continued to expand and modernise, currently holding approximately 550 beds. We provide acute in-patient and out-patient care for Chesterfield and the surrounding rural area of North Derbyshire, serving a population of approximately 350,000 people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The key function of this role is to provide clinical expert co-ordination and leadership of work programmes to meet the recommendations of national, regional, and local maternity and neonatal safety improvement agendas and provide assurance to the Divisional Leadership Team and Trust that compliance is being achieved. This includes monitoring and providing evidence of compliance and coordinating action plans for areas of improvement and leading small quality improvement projects.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Current active Midwifery registration
* Evidence of study at degree level
* Formal Management Qualification
* Evidence of Research Qualification or equivalent experience
* Leadership Qualification
Experience
* Clinically credible
* Demonstrable experience of leading innovative change
* Evidence of achievement in previous roles
* Knowledge of the SBLCBv3, MIS and Three-year delivery plan recommendations
* Clinical governance and risk management experience and experience in investigating clinical incidents and complaints
* Involvement in clinical audit
* Awareness of the Better Births recommendations and Maternity Transformation Programme agenda
* Change management methodology and principles Chairing meetings
Skills and Knowledge
* Strong Leadership skills
* High standard of midwifery knowledge
* Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal relationship skills
* Able to develop people and teams
* Consistently meets deadlines
* Excellent written and analytical skills with ability to present information in a variety of formats
* Research/audit and bench marking skills to improve the quality of care
Personal Attributes
* Confident to manage change
* Extremely organised and methodical with a high attention to detail
* Professional
* Resilient
* Self-directed
* Flexible and forward thinking
Proud to CARE Values
* Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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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 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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