Main area Midwifery Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Fixed term: 9 months (Up Until 8th March 2026) Hours Full time Job ref 134-7294768PM
Employer North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board Employer type NHS Site Pemberton House Town Sunderland Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/07/2025 23:59
Clinical Quality and Safety Manager (Midwifery)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Are you passionate about health and social care and looking for a role that offers flexibility and growth? At North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, we value work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid working. Enjoy a supportive team environment, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development. Apply now to make a difference in our community!
Flexible Working Options: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including part-time and job share. We encourage applicants to discuss their preferred working patterns during the interview process.
Hybrid Working: This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, allowing you to split your time between our ICB offices and home. We aim to provide a supportive and adaptable working environment that meets the needs of our staff, service delivery and the patients within our Region.
* Competitive salary and pension scheme
* Opportunities for professional development and training
* Supportive team environment
* Enhanced work-life balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements
* Employee Benefits – Salary Sacrifice Schemes such as Lease Cars, Home Electronics, Cycle to Work
Job overview
This is an exciting, fixed term/ acting up opportunity for a Registered Midwife within the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care Board (ICB). We are looking for a Band 8a, Clinical Quality and Safety Manager / Midwife role to cover maternity leave within the NENC Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) Programme Management Office.
Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff members of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will live by our Values and Behaviours and help to achieve the ambitions and key priorities of the ICB. You will also contribute to shaping the future across newly formed teams
The nature of the role demands a significant degree of autonomy, the ability to manage and respond to day-to-day challenges as well as a high degree of intellectual flexibility. You will have excellent communication and engagement skills and meet the essential criteria outlined within the Job Description.
Working for our organisation
Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.
The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.
With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.
The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To support the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety in the delivery of the LMNS Quality and Safety programme and elements of the Three Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services which includes but is not limited to;
* Coordination of Provider Trusts Quarterly Perinatal Quality Surveillance information and meetings;
* Coordination of Perinatal Quality Surveillance Peer Review Assurance Annual Provider Trusts Visits;
* Coordination of LMNS Quality and Safety Meetings including any associated delivery groups;
* Lead on LMNS and ICB assurances processes in respect of NHS Resolution Maternity Incentive Scheme compliance
* Management of the LMNS Clinical Expert and Advisory Group function; and embedding quality and safety across the LMNS.
The LMNS Midwife in conjunction with the LMNS Clinical Leads will provide leadership and clinical guidance in respect of midwifery led care.
The role will report to and deputise for the LMNS Head of Quality and Safety as appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
* First level degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience at a senior level in the NHS, social care, independent sector
* Masters level qualification or equivalent level experience (or working towards)
* Evidence of post-graduate study to diploma level or equivalent experience in project management, change management, or service improvement.
* Registered healthcare professional
* Coaching qualification
Experience
* Significant experience of working in a service improvement role in health, social care or the independent sector
* Experience and understanding of the current commissioning assurance framework
* Demonstrable experience of delivery in the following areas: risk management, clinical quality, service improvement, quality or safety, change management and performance improvement or related role
* Significant experience of planning and organising resources to support project implementation
The use of Artificial Intelligence: Whilst the ICB are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a riskto the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
UKVI Sponsorship: Please note that North East and North Cumbria ICB do nothold a UKVI sponsorship license. Therefore, we are unable to proceed with applications that require sponsorship.
Reasonable Adjustments: If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Fit & Proper Person Regulations: Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
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Name Jennifer Lappin Job title Recruiting Manager Email address Jennifer.lappin@nhs.net Telephone number 07484036130
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