Job summary
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced motivated midwife to join our Maternity Patient Safety Team at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust, ensuring a proactive and learning-focused approach to patient safety.
You will play a key leadership role in identifying, investigating and learning from incidents and work collaboratively with clinical teams to drive improvements in safety to ensure high- quality and safe care, meanwhile promoting a culture of learning across maternity services.
- Interview Date Wednesday 24 September 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The post holder, in conjunction with the Clinical Board management team and Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife will lead and advise on ongoing management and oversight of all aspects of risk management and patient safety. You will be an integral member of the Maternity Patient Safety team, fostering a culture of learning amongst our teams that ensures clinical quality and risk management remain one of the top priorities within our service through:
- Enabling all staff to actively participate in identifying, actioning and evaluating all patient safety, highlighting in practice the relationship between risk management and everyday clinical practice and the effects on women and families.
- Fostering a "just" culture in line with corporate objectives, resulting in the delivery of a high- quality, cost effective service.
- Aligning complaints and litigation to maternity incident investigation using the PSIRF principles, ensuring compassionate engagement with families and staff and share the emergent learning.
- Identifying and sharing learning from good practice.
Th post holder will have a fantastic opportunity to develop professionally and be involved in shaping the safety culture within a committed, collaborative and supportive working environment.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
Freeman Hospital
Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service
Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
In conjunction with the Director of Midwifery/Associate Director of Operations / Clinical Director and Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife lead and advise on all aspects of Risk Management and patient safety.
As an integral part of the Obstetric Governance Team, facilitate, develop and coordinate clinical risk management within the Directorate.
Foster a "fair blame" culture in line with the corporate objectives, resulting in the delivery of a high-quality, cost-effective service.
Promote a positive learning environment where lessons are learnt, and changes implemented to ensure a quality service working in partnership with the Director of Midwifery/Associate Director of Operations/ Clinical Director/ Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife and Matrons.
Deputise for the Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife when required.
To work regularly with colleagues in the clinical areas to:
- ensure professional midwifery skills are maintained
- to work closely with colleagues to raise the profile of Risk Management
- to highlight in practice the relationship between Risk Management and everyday clinical practice and the effects on women and families
- align complaints and litigation to incident investigation and share the emergent learning
- to identify areas of good practice and highlight areas that can be improved
Job description
Job responsibilities
In conjunction with the Director of Midwifery/Associate Director of Operations / Clinical Director and Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife lead and advise on all aspects of Risk Management and patient safety.
As an integral part of the Obstetric Governance Team, facilitate, develop and coordinate clinical risk management within the Directorate.
Foster a "fair blame" culture in line with the corporate objectives, resulting in the delivery of a high-quality, cost-effective service.
Promote a positive learning environment where lessons are learnt, and changes implemented to ensure a quality service working in partnership with the Director of Midwifery/Associate Director of Operations/ Clinical Director/ Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife and Matrons.
Deputise for the Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife when required.
To work regularly with colleagues in the clinical areas to:
- ensure professional midwifery skills are maintained
- to work closely with colleagues to raise the profile of Risk Management
- to highlight in practice the relationship between Risk Management and everyday clinical practice and the effects on women and families
- align complaints and litigation to incident investigation and share the emergent learning
- to identify areas of good practice and highlight areas that can be improved
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oRegistered Midwife
- oRecognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent
- oExtensive experience as a registered midwife
- oEvidence of ongoing professional and personal development to Degree level
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrates a broad knowledge of current midwifery issues
- oManagement skills
- oA working knowledge of risk management/clinical governance/ quality and safety
- oConversant in national reports / guidelines on maternity services
- oAwareness of Trust & Directorate Policies
Desirable
- oRecent clinical experience
- oExperience of managing change
- oKnowledge of key ambitions and the National Strategy for Maternity Services
- oExperience of incident investigation and an understanding of MIS/MNSI/MBRRACE, NHS Resolution
- oPrevious involvement in audit/research
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oExcellent time management skills
- oPresentation/IT skills including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Databases, Internet
- oExcellent communication skills
- oExcellent leadership skills
- oAbility to network
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oRegistered Midwife
- oRecognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent
- oExtensive experience as a registered midwife
- oEvidence of ongoing professional and personal development to Degree level
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrates a broad knowledge of current midwifery issues
- oManagement skills
- oA working knowledge of risk management/clinical governance/ quality and safety
- oConversant in national reports / guidelines on maternity services
- oAwareness of Trust & Directorate Policies
Desirable
- oRecent clinical experience
- oExperience of managing change
- oKnowledge of key ambitions and the National Strategy for Maternity Services
- oExperience of incident investigation and an understanding of MIS/MNSI/MBRRACE, NHS Resolution
- oPrevious involvement in audit/research
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oExcellent time management skills
- oPresentation/IT skills including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Databases, Internet
- oExcellent communication skills
- oExcellent leadership skills
- oAbility to network
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).
