Quality, Safety & Learning Midwife - PMRT

Job summary

Band 6 Midwife - Quality, Safety and Learning Team - with a focus on PMRT Permanent

Full Time 37.5hrs

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Womens Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals as a Quality, Safety and Learning Midwife/Nurse. This role will work within the existing Quality Safety Learning Team who support the Womens Service on governance, quality and patient safety with a specific focus on the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool process and coordination. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic midwife/nurse who will have knowledge of risk and governance processes, ideally maternity specific, and be a caring and compassionate individual who is focussed on providing safe patient care, following the Leeds Way Values.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

• Date posted: 14 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 001551
• Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Emma Davies/Jennifer Bull

Position: Quality & Safety Team Leaders

Email: emma.davies153@nhs.net / jennifer.bull2@nhs.net

Phone number: 0113 2069226

Shortlisting Date - Week commencing 03/08/26

Interview Date - Week commencing 10/08/26

Why you should join our Team

We are a warm and friendly small but expanding team passionate in improving care for the families of Leeds. We work in a shared office space in a hybrid working pattern subject to service need.

What you will bring to the role

The post holder will show the ability to work autonomously and manage their own workload in a sometimes high pressure environment of shifting priorities. They will work collaboratively within the Quality and Safety team and the wider multidisciplinary team to support the patient safety and quality improvement agenda with a specific focus on the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool process and coordination. The ability to communicate well and maintain positive working relationships with the multidisciplinary team is essential. They will contribute to creating an organisational patient safety culture that focuses on high quality care standards and prevention of avoidable harm. This will be achieved by using evidence based practice, lessons learned and data to identify incident themes and areas for improvement.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting effective governance and risk systems across maternity services. They will work closely and collaboratively with the quality and safety team leaders and the womens services management team to ensure effective communication systems are in place and to ensure excellent standards of care and compliance with national and local standards. The post holder will be resilient and have the ability to communicate with families with sensitivity and compassion, putting them at the heart of the PMRT review process.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are.

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.