Job summary
The post holder will provide direct support to the Maternity Services in coordinating, implementing, delivering and providing assurance against national and local standards including the Care Quality Commission's 5 core domains and standards.
The post will involve working closely with the Obstetric Clinical Governance Lead, Director of Midwifery, Women's and Children's Risk Manager and Group Clinical Director.
The post holder will be expected to lead in key areas of quality and assurance, including ensuring clinical accuracy of guidelines, patient information leaflets, audits, quality improvement projects, as well as supporting and monitoring the implementation of actions from audits and quality improvement (QI) projects.
The post will involve working with the Trust Quality and Patient Safety Team on various safety initiatives, linking with the Trust Clinical Effectiveness Department and supporting the Senior Midwifery Team in the delivery of the maternity quality standards.
*Please be advised that interviews for t his vacancy are due to take place 9th January 2024 *
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead and manage, in conjunction with the above-named individuals and the Assurance Lead Midwife will:
- Responsible for receiving and communicating complex information related to guidelines and audits and this will require good concentration skills to review and analyse data.
- Implement and monitor actions from Audits, QI projects, incidents and perinatal mortality reviews
- Ensure clinical accuracy of guidelines
- Support and design QI projects to ensure that Maternity meets the Trust QI agenda
- Engagement with peer reviews
- Lead on the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) to support the wider team to ensure compliance with each of the safety actions.
- Engagement and involvement with the Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (MatNeoSIP)
- Engagement and involvement with the development and implementation of regional guidance
About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellencedesignated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide leadership and expert advice on delivering key national and local quality priorities jointly with the Obstetric Clinical Governance Lead and Womens and Childrens Risk Manager.
- Facilitate the design, production, prioritisation and allocation of the audit and QI programme to promote clinical excellence
- Create and maintain close working relationships with all key stakeholders across maternity and the wider Trust to enable integration of Maternity governance arrangements throughout the wider hospital
- In conjunction with the aims of the Maternity Risk Management Strategy, the post holder will support the clinical governance agenda by raising the profile of best clinical risk management practices to achieve improvements in client care and reduce adverse incidents
- Ensure robust methods of evidence collection for CQC requirements, developing an action plan where gaps in evidence are identified
- Support the Perinatal Mortality Review process, including being a member of the multidisciplinary panel, monitoring compliance against the latest version of MIS standards.
- Support the embedding of a culture of continuous quality improvement and assurance across all services.
- To work collaboratively with the Trusts Patient Experience Team and patient experience midwife, monitoring that services users feedback remain central to quality agenda.
- To ensure multi-disciplinary clinical audit is embedded at ward level, ensuring that patient care reflects the Trusts quality strategy.
Professional / Clinical Practice
The post holder will:
- Ensure that all care programmes are accurately documented and that the standard of record keeping reflects the NMC and Trust guidelines and standards.
- Fulfil the role of a midwife as defined by the World Health Organisation and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Midwifery Rules and Code of Practice and reflect the Trust's guidelines, policies and standards of practice
- Provide dynamic and visionary clinical leadership, giving advice and support to staff as required and acting as patients advocate at all times
- Challenge traditional boundaries and introduce new ways of working if applicable
- Ensure that midwifery practice is appropriate for each individual woman for whom care is provided
- Be expected to plan and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary activities
- Links and collaboration with the Practice Development Team, educationalists and other professional stakeholders in order to execute plans arising from QI methodologies
- Work at all times within the Trust and NMC guidelines and standards
- Undertake professional development, seeking opportunities to enhance skills as identified in annual appraisal
- Assist with the review and development of maternity and acute Trust guidance/policy formulation using midwifery specific knowledge
- Support with the annual audit programme to ensure compliance with national and Trust standards as well as adherence to clinical guidelines
- Assist all members of the multidisciplinary maternity team to understand and achieve their work streams using a continuous assessment process
Managerial practice:
- Ability to facilitate and lead change
- Identify any gaps of non-compliance to the maternity guidelines or national standards and escalate appropriately
- Report to the group management team any information received from other external agencies in relation to national maternity standards.
- To identify areas for improvement and work with the Practice Development Team to ensure emerging themes are incorporated into clinical practice.
- Provide professional support to other members of the MDT
- To develop good working relationships with other ward / departments / agencies within and outside the Trust, ensuring that all stakeholders understand, respect and recognise the Trusts values and operational policies
- To provide effective direction and support to the other members of the team by communication and role model example
- To maintain effective channels of communication within the Trust and LMNS
- To investigate complaints, incidents and accidents within the team and assist in their resolution and dissemination of learning outcome
Research and Service Development and Education:
- To understand new healthcare-related developments ensuring that midwifery practice is evidence-based, cost-effective and regularly benchmarked against best practice
- To understand all national initiatives and assist in their implementation in order to positively influence patient care and service delivery
- To be aware of and support local research projects as applicable
- To review audit reports.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide leadership and expert advice on delivering key national and local quality priorities jointly with the Obstetric Clinical Governance Lead and Womens and Childrens Risk Manager.
- Facilitate the design, production, prioritisation and allocation of the audit and QI programme to promote clinical excellence
- Create and maintain close working relationships with all key stakeholders across maternity and the wider Trust to enable integration of Maternity governance arrangements throughout the wider hospital
- In conjunction with the aims of the Maternity Risk Management Strategy, the post holder will support the clinical governance agenda by raising the profile of best clinical risk management practices to achieve improvements in client care and reduce adverse incidents
- Ensure robust methods of evidence collection for CQC requirements, developing an action plan where gaps in evidence are identified
- Support the Perinatal Mortality Review process, including being a member of the multidisciplinary panel, monitoring compliance against the latest version of MIS standards.
- Support the embedding of a culture of continuous quality improvement and assurance across all services.
- To work collaboratively with the Trusts Patient Experience Team and patient experience midwife, monitoring that services users feedback remain central to quality agenda.
- To ensure multi-disciplinary clinical audit is embedded at ward level, ensuring that patient care reflects the Trusts quality strategy.
Professional / Clinical Practice
The post holder will:
- Ensure that all care programmes are accurately documented and that the standard of record keeping reflects the NMC and Trust guidelines and standards.
- Fulfil the role of a midwife as defined by the World Health Organisation and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Midwifery Rules and Code of Practice and reflect the Trust's guidelines, policies and standards of practice
- Provide dynamic and visionary clinical leadership, giving advice and support to staff as required and acting as patients advocate at all times
- Challenge traditional boundaries and introduce new ways of working if applicable
- Ensure that midwifery practice is appropriate for each individual woman for whom care is provided
- Be expected to plan and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary activities
- Links and collaboration with the Practice Development Team, educationalists and other professional stakeholders in order to execute plans arising from QI methodologies
- Work at all times within the Trust and NMC guidelines and standards
- Undertake professional development, seeking opportunities to enhance skills as identified in annual appraisal
- Assist with the review and development of maternity and acute Trust guidance/policy formulation using midwifery specific knowledge
- Support with the annual audit programme to ensure compliance with national and Trust standards as well as adherence to clinical guidelines
- Assist all members of the multidisciplinary maternity team to understand and achieve their work streams using a continuous assessment process
Managerial practice:
- Ability to facilitate and lead change
- Identify any gaps of non-compliance to the maternity guidelines or national standards and escalate appropriately
- Report to the group management team any information received from other external agencies in relation to national maternity standards.
- To identify areas for improvement and work with the Practice Development Team to ensure emerging themes are incorporated into clinical practice.
- Provide professional support to other members of the MDT
- To develop good working relationships with other ward / departments / agencies within and outside the Trust, ensuring that all stakeholders understand, respect and recognise the Trusts values and operational policies
- To provide effective direction and support to the other members of the team by communication and role model example
- To maintain effective channels of communication within the Trust and LMNS
- To investigate complaints, incidents and accidents within the team and assist in their resolution and dissemination of learning outcome
Research and Service Development and Education:
- To understand new healthcare-related developments ensuring that midwifery practice is evidence-based, cost-effective and regularly benchmarked against best practice
- To understand all national initiatives and assist in their implementation in order to positively influence patient care and service delivery
- To be aware of and support local research projects as applicable
- To review audit reports.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
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Experience & Knowledge
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Skills
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Person Specification
Qualifications
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Desirable
Experience & Knowledge
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Desirable
Skills
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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).
