Job summary
Band 8b - Maternity Quality, Governance, Assurance and Compliance Lead
Full Time - 37.5 Hours
An opportunity has arisen within the maternity service at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for a Maternity Quality, Governance, Assurance and Compliance Lead.
We are proud to offer the opportunity to work in a progressive environment where we are committed to an ambitious transformation of our maternity services. The Post holder will be an exceptional leader with in-depth knowledge of maternity governance and assurance mechanisms and will lead on monitoring standards of a range of clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and patient safety activity, in liaison with other multidisciplinary professionals and speciality leads within the Maternity Team.
The Maternity Service prides itself on supporting you to fulfil your career aspirations and you can expect a warm welcome at Hillingdon from our established and friendly multidisciplinary team. The post holder will receive a full orientation and access to ongoing development on successful appointment.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff.
For further information please contact Julie Cooper, Director of Midwifery on julie.cooper19@nhs.net or 01895 238282 ext: 3476.
Closing date: 7th September 2025
Main duties of the job
The post holder will inspire confidence and innovation amongst our incredible workforce who together, ensure the women/birthing people and staff are safe, cared for and listened too. They will work collaboratively with the Director of Midwifery, Head of Midwifery, Consultant Midwife, maternity matron, maternity managers, service managers, governance and education teams to provide seamless pathways of care and ensure a positive safety and team culture.
The aim of the role is to enhance the quality and safety of maternity care, showing leadership in the management of risk within the department and achieve consistency in practice, high standards of care and innovation with a strong patient safety focus. The post holder will support and contribute to the maternity department's quality priorities - ensuring they are understood and translated across a range of teams and professional groups. These include CQC, Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle V3, Maternity Incentive Scheme standards and the Maternity and Neonatal 3 Year Delivery Plan.
About us
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the main responsibilities of the Lead Midwife for Quality, Governance, Assurance and Compliance in Maternity
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the main responsibilities of the Lead Midwife for Quality, Governance, Assurance and Compliance in Maternity
Person Specification
Shortlist criteria
Essential
- First Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant specialised role
- Master's degree or equivalent level of experience in a highly specialised role
- Training/learning which demonstrates highly developed professional knowledge / continuing professional development
- Recognised qualification in the field of quality assurance, compliance and governance or relevant experience
- Trained in PSIRF (Patient Safety Incident Response Framework)
- Experience of staff management, able to persuade and influence and handle conflict utilising the principles of compassionate and inclusive leadership
- Strong evidence of service development and successful change management
- Understanding of principles of safety, quality assurance and governance framework pertinent to maternity services
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of current Clinical Governance/Risk Management issues
- Experience of audit and research across a range of platforms
- Experience of writing high quality reports relating to quality, safety and performance
- Experience of working in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of delivering teaching programmes
- Demonstrable evidence of leading on delivery, design and implementation of service/quality improvement initiatives
Desirable
- Trained in SEIPS with ability to analyse aggregated management systems
- Recognised Leadership/management qualification.
- Registered Midwife
- Experience of managing budgets
Person Specification
Shortlist criteria
Essential
- First Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant specialised role
- Master's degree or equivalent level of experience in a highly specialised role
- Training/learning which demonstrates highly developed professional knowledge / continuing professional development
- Recognised qualification in the field of quality assurance, compliance and governance or relevant experience
- Trained in PSIRF (Patient Safety Incident Response Framework)
- Experience of staff management, able to persuade and influence and handle conflict utilising the principles of compassionate and inclusive leadership
- Strong evidence of service development and successful change management
- Understanding of principles of safety, quality assurance and governance framework pertinent to maternity services
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of current Clinical Governance/Risk Management issues
- Experience of audit and research across a range of platforms
- Experience of writing high quality reports relating to quality, safety and performance
- Experience of working in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of delivering teaching programmes
- Demonstrable evidence of leading on delivery, design and implementation of service/quality improvement initiatives
Desirable
- Trained in SEIPS with ability to analyse aggregated management systems
- Recognised Leadership/management qualification.
- Registered Midwife
- Experience of managing budgets
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).
