Quality & Safety Midwife - PMRT & ATAIN

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and forward-thinking Registered Midwife to join our Maternity Governance Team as a Quality & Safety Midwife (PMRT & ATAIN). This is a unique opportunity for a midwife with a passion for patient safety, quality improvement and learning from care reviews to make a real difference to outcomes for women, babies and families across our Trust.

Working closely with maternity, neonatal, governance and bereavement colleagues, you will support the delivery of our quality and safety agenda through the coordination and facilitation of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) and Avoiding Term Admissions into Neonatal Units (ATAIN) programmes. You will help ensure that reviews are undertaken effectively, learning is identified and shared, and improvements are translated into meaningful change in clinical practice.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop expertise in maternity governance, patient safety, audit, quality improvement and national maternity safety programmes, while remaining connected to clinical practice and improving care at a service-wide level.

Main duties of the job

You will be passionate about improving safety, quality and outcomes for women, birthing people, babies and families.

You will bring:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational abilities and attention to detail.
• Interest in clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement.
• Ability to analyse information, identify themes and contribute to service development.
• Confidence working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Compassion, professionalism and a commitment to learning and continuous improvement.

Experience of PMRT, maternity governance, audit, incident review, quality improvement, Datix, PSIRF, SEIPS methodology or patient safety work would be advantageous, but is not essential, as development and support will be provided.

• Coordinating and supporting PMRT and ATAIN review processes in line with national requirements.
• Supporting the dissemination of learning and monitoring progress against safety recommendations and action plans.
• Contributing to quality improvement initiatives across maternity and neonatal services.
• Supporting compassionate engagement with families throughout review processes, ensuring their perspectives are heard and considered.
• Preparing reports, reviewing data and presenting findings through governance and quality forums.
• Working collaboratively across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and reduce avoidable separation of babies and families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is an exciting time to join our maternity teams across York and Scarborough. Following our recent CQC inspection, maternity services at both York and Scarborough were rated Good across all five domains: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. This achievement reflects the dedication, compassion and professionalism of our workforce, and our commitment to listening to women, families and colleagues to continually improve the care we provide.

You will be joining a service that has made significant progress and is proud of what has been achieved, while recognising there is still more to do. We are committed to continuous learning, innovation and improvement, building on strong foundations to shape the future of maternity care across our Trust.

This is an opportunity to be part of that journey, joining a forward-looking team that values collaboration, ambition and the voices of women, families and staff as we continue to develop and strengthen our services for the future.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

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.