Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife with knowledge of maternity governance to join our team at Liverpool Womens Hospital as the Maternity Governance and Risk Midwife. This role will focus on ensuring high-quality and safe maternity care through oversight, risk management, and quality improvement initiatives within our maternity service.This role involves coordinating incident investigations, developing and implementing policies, and promoting a culture of learning and improvement
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Director of Midwifery, the Head of Midwifery, their deputies and the Clinical Director for the Family Health Division in the ongoing management and oversight of all work streams related to maternity governance. The post holder will work in close collaboration with the Quality & Safety Matron, Divisional Governance Manager and Consultant Lead for Maternity Risk & Safety. You will be an integral member of the maternity governance team in fostering a culture amongst teams that ensures clinical quality and risk management remains one of the top priorities within the division through:
- Enabling all staff to actively participate in identifying, actioning and evaluating all patient safety and risk issues;
- Leading and supporting the communication and management of the issues through Ulysses in line with LWH policy
- Maintain management and oversight of all PMRT and MNSI investigations and work-stream (non exhaustive)
The post holder will have a unique opportunity to continue to develop the clinical governance role and risk management knowledge both locally and regionally.
About us
Liverpool Women's NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
At Liverpool Women's Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.
We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes usthespecialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
For roles at Liverpool University Hospitals, visit their careers page.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Take a proactive approach to ensure that the Maternity Division implements defined national and organisational standards, demonstrating their effective application at all levels.
Lead on the monitoring and implementation of effective processes to achieve relevant quality targets.
Provide the division with expert advice and leadership on governance and assurance issues.
In partnership with the Clinical Lead for Maternity, Consultant Obstetrician Lead for Risk and Safety, and Head of Midwifery, implement the risk management strategy and policy within the Maternity Division, including the effective maintenance and application of the risk register.
Support the development of policies and procedures relevant to the service.
Contribute to any external accreditation processes by ensuring the Division is compliant with standards and coordinating the compilation of relevant evidence.
To put systems and process in place, in partnership with the governance team to ensure that there is local and organisational learning following all types of incidents, complaints and claims, actively disseminating lessons learned throughout the Division.
Further details on the role can be found in the JD and Person Spec documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Take a proactive approach to ensure that the Maternity Division implements defined national and organisational standards, demonstrating their effective application at all levels.
Lead on the monitoring and implementation of effective processes to achieve relevant quality targets.
Provide the division with expert advice and leadership on governance and assurance issues.
In partnership with the Clinical Lead for Maternity, Consultant Obstetrician Lead for Risk and Safety, and Head of Midwifery, implement the risk management strategy and policy within the Maternity Division, including the effective maintenance and application of the risk register.
Support the development of policies and procedures relevant to the service.
Contribute to any external accreditation processes by ensuring the Division is compliant with standards and coordinating the compilation of relevant evidence.
To put systems and process in place, in partnership with the governance team to ensure that there is local and organisational learning following all types of incidents, complaints and claims, actively disseminating lessons learned throughout the Division.
Further details on the role can be found in the JD and Person Spec documents
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Degree Qualification or above
- Risk Management/ Governance
- Qualification up to Postgraduate Diploma level or equivalent specialist experience
- Training in Root Cause Analysis/PSIRF methodology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working/managing in NHS or healthcare setting
- Demonstrable experience of managing high level projects
- Experience in managing highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to include analysis of data and reporting of the same
- Experience in investigation and monitoring incidents
- Experience of delivering CQUINS, Care Quality Commission Standards, Information Governance, Complaints Management
Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of risk management and governance structures
- Knowledge of PSIRF and all associated workstreams (AAR, MDT Review, Thematic Reviews, PSII)
- In-depth knowledge of PMRT processes
- In-depth knowledge of the Maternity Incentives Scheme and those safety initiatives that are associated with the MIS scheme
- In-depth knowledge of several areas including risk management, governance, audit, patient safety and information governance
- Ability to organise and take responsibility for a system to record and produce information on complaints and governance on behalf of the division or sub speciality
- Ability to work with complex facts which require analysis, interpretation and to present findings
- Excellent communication skills including verbal and written
- Ability to manage high level projects across a range of disciplines and to influence others without having direct authority
- Report writing skills
- Ability to negotiate and influence at a high level
- Change management skills and experience
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team
- Recognised project management skills and qualification
- IT literate - ECDL
Desirable
- Excellent presentation skills with ability to present complex information in an easily understandable format
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Self motivated
- Team motivated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Degree Qualification or above
- Risk Management/ Governance
- Qualification up to Postgraduate Diploma level or equivalent specialist experience
- Training in Root Cause Analysis/PSIRF methodology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working/managing in NHS or healthcare setting
- Demonstrable experience of managing high level projects
- Experience in managing highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to include analysis of data and reporting of the same
- Experience in investigation and monitoring incidents
- Experience of delivering CQUINS, Care Quality Commission Standards, Information Governance, Complaints Management
Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of risk management and governance structures
- Knowledge of PSIRF and all associated workstreams (AAR, MDT Review, Thematic Reviews, PSII)
- In-depth knowledge of PMRT processes
- In-depth knowledge of the Maternity Incentives Scheme and those safety initiatives that are associated with the MIS scheme
- In-depth knowledge of several areas including risk management, governance, audit, patient safety and information governance
- Ability to organise and take responsibility for a system to record and produce information on complaints and governance on behalf of the division or sub speciality
- Ability to work with complex facts which require analysis, interpretation and to present findings
- Excellent communication skills including verbal and written
- Ability to manage high level projects across a range of disciplines and to influence others without having direct authority
- Report writing skills
- Ability to negotiate and influence at a high level
- Change management skills and experience
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work on own initiative but also as part of a team
- Recognised project management skills and qualification
- IT literate - ECDL
Desirable
- Excellent presentation skills with ability to present complex information in an easily understandable format
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Self motivated
- Team motivated
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
