The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Governance Midwife

The closing date is 02 December 2025

Job summary

The post holder will work as part of the maternity Governance team to support the delivery of safe, high-quality care across the service. The post holder will contribute to developing a strong patient safety culture, using evidence-based practice, lessons learned and data analysis to identify themes, improve standards, and prevent avoidable harm. The post holder will support the implementation and monitoring of effective governance, risk, and quality improvement systems, working collaboratively with the quality and safety teams, multidisciplinary colleagues and womens services management, to ensure effective communication systems are in place and to ensure excellent standards of care and compliance with national and local standards.

Main duties of the job

Support the implementation of Trust governance frameworks within maternity. Assist in the review, monitoring and dissemination of national and local policies, clinical guidelines and safety alerts. Support Duty of Candour processes, providing guidance to staff and ensuring timely communication with patients and families. Use incident data, audits, morbidity & mortality, and dashboards to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities. Maintain databases of adverse outcomes, incidents and service reviews. Contribute to the development of monthly, quarterly and annual governance reports. Participate in local review processes, including morbidity and mortality meetings, and support dissemination of learning. Escalate governance or safety concerns to senior leaders as appropriate.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Date posted

19 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,862 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

000803

Job locations

Trust-wide

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Registered Midwife/ BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
Evidence of ongoing professional and personal development
Demonstrable experience in all aspects of maternity
Recent experience working as a qualified midwife in a clinical setting.
Experience participating in incident investigations, reporting or governance processes.
Competent to ensure the delivery of evidence-based practice.
Demonstrates a broad knowledge of current nursing / midwifery issues
Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Registered Midwife/ BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
Evidence of ongoing professional and personal development
Demonstrable experience in all aspects of maternity
Recent experience working as a qualified midwife in a clinical setting.
Experience participating in incident investigations, reporting or governance processes.
Competent to ensure the delivery of evidence-based practice.
Demonstrates a broad knowledge of current nursing / midwifery issues
Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application)

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.