Head of Women's Health Governance and Assurance

Job overview

Due to promotion, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and forward thinking individual.

Are you a motivated midwife with great organisational skills and experience of working in Governance?

Are you ready to support and coordinate maternity services to ensure that all local and national safety standards and requirements are met?

Can you provide the link between governance and training to ensure learning from service user experience is directly translated into the service training syllabus?

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has a busy maternity unit with around 3600 births per year. The maternity, perinatal, and women's health service strive for excellence, with quality improvement service development, and user-experience being at the forefront of our journey to excellence. We are a  strong partnership with our Local Maternity and Neonatal System and regional perinatal team and fully believe in collaborative working to drive services forward.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assist the Child Health and Women's Health Service (CHaWS) quadrumvirate in the continued development of the professional  agenda to achieve consistency of practice, high standards of care and innovation with a strong patient safety focus.  Leading the service in all areas of clinical governance and risk management alongside the team, the post holder will ensure quality assurance, achieving safety and clinical governance objectives within Maternity and Women's Health services.

The post holder will provide the key link between Maternity services and the Corporate Governance team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.