Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton in Ashfield Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/04/2026 23:59
Quality and Safety Lead Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job overview
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced, motivated and values-driven Quality and Safety Lead Midwife to provide senior leadership across perinatal services.
This pivotal, trust-wide role will drive improvements in quality, safety, clinical governance and patient experience, empowering multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care for women, babies and families.
Reporting to the Deputy Head of Perinatal Services, you will lead the quality and safety agenda, ensuring robust governance, embedding learning from incidents, and meeting national and local standards. You will work closely with senior clinical leaders, governance and patient safety teams, and external partners, including MNSI and the Coroner.
You will lead and support senior midwives and specialist teams, oversee incident and risk processes, contribute to complex investigations, and support service improvement, transformation and assurance.
We are seeking a registered midwife with strong governance expertise, excellent communication skills and the ability to lead in complex environments. You will be committed to safety, quality and continuous improvement.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on maternity care across Sherwood Forest.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
* Proven knowledge of the broader midwifery, education and professional issues
* Good working knowledge of contemporary health care issues and professional standards
* Understanding of the complex dynamics of a multi professional environment
* Excellent presentation and teaching skills
* Excellent report writing skills and action planning
* Ability to work under pressure
* Sound general management experience – budget management skills, business case preparation, staff management
* Evidence of operational and strategic development of patient safety initiatives and strategies
* Experience in education and professional development
Qualifications
* RM registration with the NMC
* First level degree or equivalent knowledge
* Qualification in teaching and assessing or equivalent
* Demonstration of on-going professional development
* Working towards Masters qualification or equivalent
Further Requirements
* Highly motivated and resourceful with a proactive approach to innovation
* Ability to act autonomously with minimal supervision
* Exposure to clinical areas and patient contact
* Carry Trust bleep and undertake on call duties
Experience
* Extensive senior midwifery experience within a complex organisation / NHS
* Proven track record in leadership and management
* Evidence of participating in and leading organisational change that has led to changes in quality
* Experience of operating and communicating effectively with clinicians and Directors
* Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change
* Experience of initiating, conducting and evaluating risk assessments and investigations
* Experience of leading and managing staff
* Experience of working towards Care Quality Commission and the NHS Resolution standards
* Complaints Management
* Experience of service improvement methodologies
Contractual Requirements
* Ability to work flexibly
* NMC Registration
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
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We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the opening date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for shortlisting. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
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Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
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