Role Overview

The post holder will be part of the Women and Children’s Clinical Governance team, which specifically supports the Trust’s governance agenda. They will be responsible for attending and contributing to a range of meetings, including Maternity Quality and Safety, Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality with the purpose of ensuring completion of the minutes and disseminating learning throughout the maternity department.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice, practical support and facilitation of a wide range of patient safety, governance and improvement activities.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of the Women and Children’s Division to ensure incidents are identified, reported and investigated, and that shared learning and improvements are implemented using PSIRF.
• Work as part of the Women and Children’s Clinical Governance team, the Patient Safety Midwife will be responsible for providing clinical governance expertise to support the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework Policy (PSIRF) and Trust’s Plan.
• The Patient Safety Midwife will primarily be responsible for, working collaboratively with a wide range of staff, reviewing all incidents within the division (across Maternity, Gynaecology and Paediatrics) coordinating patient safety event investigations, creating actions and providing assurance regarding their completion.
• Ensure compassionate engagement and effective communication with all members of the clinical and non-clinical team, patients, carers and relatives.
• Support the weekly Divisional Patient Safety Incident Response Group and work with the Women and Children’s Clinical Governance team to coordinate the effective review and proportionate response to incidents and safety issues.
• Use expertise and skills in investigating and analyzing incidents to write incident reports and provide reports to the Division and the Division’s SBUs.
• Support the completion of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool within the Division, and work with the Maternity and Neonatal Safety Investigation Team and ensure reporting requirements to MBRRACE, NHS Resolution and the Early Notification Scheme are met.