Safety and Quality Midwife

To support and deputise for the Lead midwife for Quality, Risk and Safety and to co-ordinate, ope rationalise and advise on all aspects of maternity safety, quality, and governance within the maternity department.

An integral member of the maternity team, facilitating, developing, and coordinating governance and quality processes within the maternity service.

Lead and chair the weekly incident review meetings with the MDT.

Support and collaborate with the Lead Fetal Monitoring midwife and nominated obstetric lead to disseminate learning from incidents.

To report and provide constructive feedback to the Obstetric and Gynaecology Safecare/SBU monthly, identifying and disseminating learning from audits, outcomes, practice, and teaching sessions.

Fostering a culture of transparency and learning within and between departments.

Co-chair PMRT review meetings.

Complete PMRT tool

Act as the clinical link and professional resource for service users, their families, and the multi-professional team.

Develop, audit, and maintain relevant policies, procedures, and practices, and ensure all relevant assessments and standards are complied with.

Contribute to the achievement of national standards for maternity at the appropriate level ensuring any quality improvements or changes are implemented and monitored. Ensure increased understanding amongst team members of the concept of Maternity Incentive Scheme and CQC standards influence on practice.

In conjunction with the Practice Development Midwife, provide enhanced teaching and additional support to staff to achieve and demonstrate the expected levels of knowledge, or who are identified as requiring further support through the risk management process.

Contribute to reporting within time frames to ensure compliance with key reports for external and internal stakeholders.

Demonstrate appropriate clinical practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation maternity care.

This will necessitate high levels of autonomy and advocacy.

• Be visible and provide proactive support on intrapartum areas, including community led care, triage and assessment, antenatal wards and/or lead discussion regarding dissemination of learning from incidents, audits, and new initiatives.
• Assist in the investigation of trigger incidents and the implementation of any recommendations arising from these investigations.
• Work in conjunction with other specialists and MDT to support the development and implementation of maternity quality and safety initiatives including.
• National directives from NHSE
  • Implementation of the Saving Babies Lives Care bundle.
  • Maternity Safety Improvement Plan
  • Maternity Incentive Scheme Safety Standards

Maternity Skills and Drills

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym
ICORE;
Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme  to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

• To provide professional support and guidance, ensuring all staff both midwifery and medical are supported in their…