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Audit & Quality Lead Midwife

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Location
Salary
£51,883 - £58,544 N/A
Profession
Midwife
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
08 Jul 2025
Contract Type
12 months (secondment / fixed term)
Posted Date
25 Jun 2025

Job overview

Croydon University Hospital (CUH) maternity delivers 3300 babies every year from women of a wide and diverse background. CUH has been rated as 'Good' by the CQC and we are looking for strong, clinically credible leaders to help us in our journey to a CQC rating of 'Outstanding'.

As the Audit and Quality Lead Midwife, you will be expected to support the development and implementation of a robust system of auditing within the Maternity Services and will co-ordinate the development and updating of all guidelines within the maternity directorate.

Interview date - TBC

Main duties of the job

  • To develop a comprehensive audit plan in liaison with the Midwifery Manager Governance and Risk, Director of Midwifery, Clinical Director and Obstetric Audit Lead reflecting the requirements of the service. Ensure the audits are completed, reported, actions implemented and compliance reviewed
  • To act as a key knowledge resource and a key interface for those conducting clinical audit
  • Maintain an accurate and timely database on the current status of audits, recommendations and changes in practice implemented.
  • Provide results of clinical audit as required
  • Maintain accurate, up to date records off all maternity directorate guidelines
  • To lead the development and implementation of multidisciplinary evidence based guidelines to support practice. Promoting and developing guidelines and care pathways that promote and enable quality improvement.
  • Support the implementation of Trust guidelines ensuring that they are woman focused and amended in the light new evidence /national guidance and ensure these are available and highlighted to staff
  • Support the development of patient information leaflets in line with Trust Policy.

This list is not exhaustive. Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in job description and person specification

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the Job description attached, or contact Laura Spicer directly