Patient Safety Lead Midwife (INTERNAL)
The closing date is 08 February 2026
Job summary
***INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY***
An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced midwife to join our maternity team asPatient Safety Leadon a 6-month secondment.
In this pivotal role, you will lead maternity governance activity to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality care. You will be responsible for overseeing governance processes, managing risk, and driving continuous quality improvement across maternity services.
We are seeking a motivated and well-organised individual with strong leadership skills and a genuine passion for promoting safety, learning, and excellence in maternity care.
The post holder will work closely with the DeputyDirector of Midwifery, Perinatal Quality & Safety Matron, and specialty clinical leads to foster a positive culture of safety and learning from experience. You will lead on the monitoring, investigation, and reporting of maternity-related safety incidents and risks, proactively developing systems and processes to support safer services and best practice.
Main duties of the job
Professional Responsibilities
- Create an environment in which effective learning from incidents can take place
- Coordinate the investigation and response to clinical incident, and serious incidents requiring investigation on behalf of the maternity services including facilitation of incident and panel reviews and feedback to staff and patients
- Ensure compliance with Duty of Candour requirements through monitoring and collaboration working with Associate Director of Midwifery, Perinatal Quality & Safety Matron and Trust Patient Safety and Governance leads
- Support the senior midwifery managers and trust complaints and legal team incoordination of complaints and claim requirements
- Work in partnership with a range of clinicians and managers in the planning or development of the service to promote patients safety and risk management
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
23 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-SUR-7737163
Job locations
Hereford County Hospital
Union Walk
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Union Walk
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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