Employer heading
Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife
Band 8a
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen across Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to recruit a self-motivated and dynamic midwife to lead our Governance, Quality and Safety team across perinatal services.
The successful candidate will live by our trust values and share our drive to ensure that patients receive quality and compassionate care. They will report to the Director of Midwifery and work in collaboration with the perinatal quadrumvirate leadership team to ensure effective governance systems are in place.
- Interview Date: 5 March 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 will have responsibility for developing and coordinating these robust systems of governance in order to monitor clinical effectiveness, manage risk and oversee actions. They will ensure that our governance systems align to national, regional and trust level frameworks to ensure compliance with quality and risk management standards and achievement of key performance indicators.
Working for our organisation
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 Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The post-holder will :
Have a Trust wide remit to support the delivery of the clinical effectiveness and clinical audit agenda, with specific focus on the Perinatal services
Coordination and quality assurance of evidence for Quality and Risk Management external assessments including NHSLA and Care Quality Commission.
Work closely with the Perinatal leadership team, to develop and maintain the standards of clinical care throughout the service.
Develops and implements systems for monitoring of real-time patient information in order to triangulate with clinical incident reporting and investigation
Lead and co-ordinate rapid case reviews, reporting serious incidents through Trust wide Pathways.
Job Purpose
- The post holder will have responsibility for developing and coordinating robust systems of governance in order to monitor clinical effectiveness, manage risk, oversee actions and lead the Governance, Quality and Safety Team with the Maternity Services.
- Systems will align to national, regional and Trust level frameworks to ensure compliance with quality and risk management standards, achieving key performance indicators associated with CNST, Saving Babies Lives, Health Service Investigation Bureau (HSIB) and the Maternity Transformation Programme.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- First degree, relevant qualification in public sector, clinical or health service management field
- Significant theoretical and practical experience of clinical governance, risk management, clinical audit and policy development in Maternity Services to Masters level or equivalent
- NMC Registered Midwife
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of the NHS at various levels, relevant to clinical governance, clinical audit and policy development
- Significant experience of working within multi-professional teams
- Experience of managing people and budgets
- Extensive involvement in clinical effectiveness and audit activity
- Management development.
- Experience leading on clinical effectiveness / audit / policy developments
- Awareness of fundamental national and local policies
- Comprehensive knowledge of national Maternity policy and strategic ambitions
- Evidence of relevant continuous professional development
- Experience of working as a clinical Midwife with current NMC Registration
- Experience of incident investigation within the Maternity Services
Desirable criteria
- A working knowledge of the NHS
- Extensive experience of committee work and the chairing of meetings
- Broad IT skills
- Broad experience of quality and clinical effectiveness initiatives.
- Experience of service redesign and improvement
- Experience of managing change
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data
- Presentation and teaching skills
- Report writing and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Organisation and planning skills
- Leadership skills
- Negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Project management skills
- Ability to use evidence in practice
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Quality and Clinical Effectiveness Midwife (PDF, 201.8KB)
- Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
Apply online now
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Jenna Wall Job title Director of Midwifery Email address [email protected]
