# Clinical Governance and Risk Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-governance-and-risk-midwife/a982c0f1-9135-4d1a-a23d-4195a79f50bf - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-governance-and-risk-midwife/a982c0f1-9135-4d1a-a23d-4195a79f50bf.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Preston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** ยฃ49,387 - ยฃ56,515 Per Annum, Pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-04T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-21T21:01:27.180Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8208535 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8208535?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ๐ŸŒŸ Join Our Inspiring Maternity Clinical Governance Team! ๐ŸŒŸ Are you passionate about patient safety and dedicated to delivering exceptional care? We are looking for a dynamic individual to become a crucial part of our maternity clinical governance teamโ€”where your expertise can make a meaningful difference! ๐Ÿ’ผ In this multifaceted role, you will be at the forefront of our mission to enhance the quality of care within Maternity and Neonatal Services. This position offers a unique opportunity to broaden your knowledge and skills in clinical governance and assurance. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโš•๏ธ The Division of Women and Children, including the Safe Centre, is seeking to recruit a Clinical Governance and Risk Midwife to join the Divisional Clinical Governance Team. Your focus will be on managing safety and quality processes related to incidents, risks, related to maternity and neonatal governance agendas. ๐Ÿค We are seeking an individual with in-depth knowledge and significant experience in clinical governance to lead the agenda within Maternity and Neonatal Services. You will collaborate closely with the Divisional Clinical Governance Maternity and Neonatal Lead , the Divisional Nursing and Midwifery Director, and clinical directors and leads within Maternity and Neonatal Teams. ๐Ÿ“… This is a full-time, permanent position at Band 7. ### Main duties of the job โœจ We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, organized, and dedicated individual to join the team and drive the governance agenda for the division, working collaboratively with the Trust's corporate governance and risk team. ๐Ÿ”Ž You will be responsible for monitoring and triaging patient safety incidents for Maternity and Neonatal Services, coordinating the investigation and response to clinical incidents alongside the senior management team. ๐Ÿค You will collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure that operational performance indicators are met concerning the national MBRRACE-UK/PMRT collaboration, ensuring timely notifications to relevant external bodies (e.g., NHS Resolutions Early Notification Scheme and Maternity and Neonatal Safety Investigations). ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Excellent communication and negotiation skills are essential, as you will present reports and provide constructive challenge where necessary. Strong time management skills are needed to manage a busy workload, and a flexible approach is crucial to meet departmental needs. ๐Ÿ’ก The ability to work independently and as part of a team is key to achieving objectives in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment. We are looking for someone who thrives in collaborative settings and is dedicated to continuous quality improvement and patient safety. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ Coordinating the delivery of the Trust Risk Management Strategy across the Division - maintaining compliance with clinical governance and patient safety standards. ๐Ÿ” Coordinating and completing investigations into incident reports, managing investigation processes, and report collation in collaboration with clinical teams. ๐Ÿฉบ Coordinating and supporting the leadership of the clinical governance agenda and line management of the clinical governance and risk facilitation team. ๐Ÿ“Š Collating and approving Specialty and Divisional assurance reports and action plans. ๐Ÿ“ˆ Supporting clinical governance risk monthly dashboard compliance and responding to reduced compliance. ๐Ÿ“š Coordinating and disseminating learning from incidents, risk assessments, complaints, and claims, ensuring actions are followed up and robustly completed with audit assurance. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Registered Midwife - Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent experience relating to the role - Relevant experience in an acute hospital setting - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Completion of a leadership and development programme equivalent to Band 6 Programme; or Level 4 ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) - Teaching / Assessing Qualification - Qualification in Risk Management or equivalent experience ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Experience and success in supporting and delivering the clinical governance agenda including experience in risk management. - Experience of undertaking risk assessments - Experience of completing investigations and understanding of PSIRF application to learning from incidents. - Knowledge and experience in action plan progression - Experience of management and leadership within healthcare - Significant post midwifery registration experience - An awareness, knowledge and experience of Clinical Governance and Risk Management - Knowledge of Databases, MS Word and Excel - Experience in writing reports - Experience in working with incident reporting systems - Experience of training and educating staff - Experience of undertaking risk assessments and contributing to the local risk register - Experience in dealing with sensitive situations with tact, diplomacy and professionalism - Experience in working with a broad range of staff **Desirable** - Experience and knowledge of the โ€˜Perinatal Mortality Review Toolโ€™ (PMRT) collaboration led by MBRRACE - Knowledge and experience of the Clinical Negligence Scheme (CNST) - Ability to analyse clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through - Datix experience - Experience of organising meetings and taking minute/notes - Demonstrate an understanding of the role CQC ## Documents - [what we can offer you (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2464) - [creating your best application (pdf, 6.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2433) - [clinical governance and risk midwife (pdf, 396.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10515472) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.