Job summary
B6
Midwife - Quality, Safety and Learning Team
Fixed
term - 6 months 20 hours
An
exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Womens Service at Leeds Teaching
Hospitals as a Quality, Safety and Learning Midwife/Nurse.
This
part time role will work within the existing Quality Safety Learning Team who
support the Womens Service on governance, quality and patient safety. We are looking for a motivated and
enthusiastic midwife/nurse who will have knowledge of risk and governance
processes, ideally maternity specific, and be a caring and compassionate
individual who is focussed on providing safe patient care, following the Leeds
Way Values.
Main duties of the job
Describe
What the candidate will do : The post
holder will work collaboratively within the Quality and Safety team and the
wider multidisciplinary team to support the patient safety and quality
improvement agenda. They will contribute to creating an organisational patient
safety culture that focuses on high quality care standards and prevention of
avoidable harm. This will be achieved by
using evidence based practice, lessons learned and data to identify incident
themes and areas for improvement.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting
effective governance and risk systems across maternity and gynaecology
services. They will work closely and collaboratively with the quality and
safety team leaders and the womens services management team to ensure
effective communication systems are in place and to ensure excellent standards
of care and compliance with national and local standards.
About us
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process
of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As
such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right
to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do
experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please
bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if
you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Description Text JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Quality and Safety Midwife / Nurse
Reports to: Team Leader Quality and Safety
Band: 6
Department: Womens CSU
Location LTHT
AfC Job No: 3628
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
post holder will work collaboratively within the Quality and Safety team and
the wider multidisciplinary team to support the patient safety and quality
improvement agenda. They will contribute to creating an organisational patient
safety culture that focuses on high quality care standards and prevention of
avoidable harm. This will be achieved by
using evidence based practice, lessons learned and data to identify incident
themes and areas for improvement.
The
post holder will be responsible for supporting effective governance and risk
systems across maternity and gynaecology services. They will work closely and
collaboratively with the quality and safety team leaders and the womens
services management team to ensure effective communication systems are in place
and to ensure excellent standards of care and compliance with national and
local standards.
Please
see attached for full job description and personal specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Description Text JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Quality and Safety Midwife / Nurse
Reports to: Team Leader Quality and Safety
Band: 6
Department: Womens CSU
Location LTHT
AfC Job No: 3628
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
post holder will work collaboratively within the Quality and Safety team and
the wider multidisciplinary team to support the patient safety and quality
improvement agenda. They will contribute to creating an organisational patient
safety culture that focuses on high quality care standards and prevention of
avoidable harm. This will be achieved by
using evidence based practice, lessons learned and data to identify incident
themes and areas for improvement.
The
post holder will be responsible for supporting effective governance and risk
systems across maternity and gynaecology services. They will work closely and
collaboratively with the quality and safety team leaders and the womens
services management team to ensure effective communication systems are in place
and to ensure excellent standards of care and compliance with national and
local standards.
Please
see attached for full job description and personal specification
Person Specification
Other Criteria
Essential
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife or Registered Nurse
- Degree in Nursing/ Midwifery or evidence of working at degree level
- Evidence of continuing professional education and development
- Demonstrable experience in all aspects of maternity or gynaecology nursing care including changing practice .
Desirable
- Masters Degree or Working towards Masters level qualification.
- Risk management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the reporting requirements to external bodies
- Experience in clinical audit
- Knowledge and experience of national patient safety agenda and NHS England and CQC priorities
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the quality and safety agenda.
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations.
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff.
- Strong organisational and planning skills.
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
- Willingness to share knowledge and skills to contribute to the professional development of others.
- Resilient and able to maintain personal effectiveness and work well under pressure
Desirable
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Person Specification
Other Criteria
Essential
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife or Registered Nurse
- Degree in Nursing/ Midwifery or evidence of working at degree level
- Evidence of continuing professional education and development
- Demonstrable experience in all aspects of maternity or gynaecology nursing care including changing practice .
Desirable
- Masters Degree or Working towards Masters level qualification.
- Risk management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the reporting requirements to external bodies
- Experience in clinical audit
- Knowledge and experience of national patient safety agenda and NHS England and CQC priorities
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the quality and safety agenda.
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations.
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff.
- Strong organisational and planning skills.
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
- Willingness to share knowledge and skills to contribute to the professional development of others.
- Resilient and able to maintain personal effectiveness and work well under pressure
Desirable
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
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).
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).
