Quality Improvement Assurance Midwife

Job overview

Are you passionate about improving the safety, quality and experience of maternity care?

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Midwife to join our Maternity Quality & Safety Team as a Quality Improvement Assurance Midwife. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and support quality improvement initiatives, clinical audit, patient safety programmes and service development activities that directly influence outcomes for women, babies and families.

Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across maternity and neonatal services, you will use data, learning from incidents and national recommendations to drive meaningful change, support innovation and embed a culture of continuous improvement. You will play a key role in ensuring maternity services deliver safe, effective and personalised care while supporting compliance with national standards, safety programmes and regulatory requirements.

This role is ideal for an experienced midwife with a passion for quality improvement, governance and patient safety who is looking to broaden their leadership experience and make a significant contribution to the future development of maternity services.

Main duties of the job

The Quality Improvement Assurance Midwife will play a key role in improving the safety, quality and experience of maternity care. Working as part of the Maternity Quality & Safety Team, the post holder will lead and support quality improvement projects, clinical audit programmes, service evaluations and patient safety initiatives across maternity services.

The successful candidate will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to identify areas for improvement, analyse data and learning from incidents, complaints, audits and national reports, and support the implementation of sustainable changes that improve outcomes for women, babies and families.

The role includes developing and monitoring action plans, producing reports and presentations, facilitating quality improvement activities, supporting compliance with national maternity safety standards and contributing to service development projects. The post holder will also provide advice and support to clinical teams on quality improvement methodologies, governance requirements and patient safety priorities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Quality Improvement Assurance Midwife will support the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective maternity services through leadership of quality improvement, audit, assurance and patient safety activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and supporting quality improvement projects aligned to national and local maternity priorities.
• Coordinating clinical audits, service evaluations and quality assurance activities.
• Supporting the implementation and monitoring of action plans arising from incidents, complaints, reviews, inspections and national recommendations.
• Collecting, analysing and presenting data to identify trends, measure improvement and support decision-making.
• Supporting compliance with NHS Resolution Maternity Incentive Scheme standards, national maternity safety programmes and Trust governance requirements.
• Producing reports, presentations and assurance documentation for maternity governance meetings and senior leadership groups.
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to embed learning, improve practice and deliver sustainable service improvements.
• Providing advice and guidance to clinical teams on quality improvement methodologies, governance processes and patient safety initiatives.
• Supporting the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and the development of a positive learning and safety culture.
• Facilitating engagement with staff and stakeholders to drive innovation and continuous improvement across maternity services.

The post holder will be expected to work autonomously while maintaining close working relationships with the Head of Midwifery, Maternity Quality & Safety Matron, multidisciplinary colleagues and external partners to support the ongoing development of maternity services and improve outcomes for women, babies and families.

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.