# Risk and Governance Midwife

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Keighley
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Midwife
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-07T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21T11:21:33.451Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Steeton/Airedale_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8167856
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8167856?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Women's directorate risk and governance team as the Risk and Governance Midwife.

The post holder will support the coordination of risk and governance within the women’s services directorate.

The post holder will lead on the coordination of serious incidents, complaints, and audit, ensuring learning is embedded into practice and aligned with national priorities including Ockenden, National reports, the NHS Patient Safety Strategy, and Maternity Incentive Scheme and MBRRACE UK. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams and system partners, you will be responsible for oversight of governance frameworks, support assurance processes, and promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

The post holder will play a key role in leadership, development and transformation to support the delivery of the highest possible quality of services for service users through highly developed robust Risk Management & Clinical Governance processes. To work in partnership and in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary services actively learning from clinical incidents or complaints. Participate in service improvement projects or development programmes that contribute to the continued development of women’s services, providing both professional and clinical advice as necessary.

### Main duties of the job

- In liaison with the Women, Children and Specialist Service senior management team; develop, implement, monitor, review and embed strategies and frameworks to underpin the principles of clinical governance in Women’s Services, this will include effectively managing clinical risks.
- Take the lead in the service to co-ordinate clinical governance activities and clinical risk management.
- Provide leadership, guidance and expertise within the multi-professional team for Women’s Services for clinical governance and risk management.
- Co-ordinate investigations into clinical incidents

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to motivate and lead a clinical team
- Prioritisation and delegation skills
- Continuing development of clinical leadership skills
- Decision making, diplomacy, negotiation and conflict resolution
- IT skills including report writing and spreadsheets

**Desirable**

- Competent in use of SystmOne health records including reporting processes
- Competent in use of electronic incident reporting systems including obtaining data and reports

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge and experience of dealing with Risk Management, Clinical Governance, Policy & Audit
- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’
- Knowledge of current local and national midwifery agenda and priorities
- Demonstrate wide knowledge of health policy and application to practice
- In-depth knowledge of midwifery and obstetric practice
- Demonstrable knowledge of PSIRF

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant experience in maternity services
- Experience of maternity risk & governance
- Incident investigation
- Change management

**Desirable**

- Managing complaints
- Managing staff

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Midwife
- Relevant Health Related Degree
- Teaching & assessing qualification
- Management / leadership training
- Evidence of ongoing professional development

**Desirable**

- Master’s Degree or working towards
- Management / leadership qualification

## Documents

- [links (pdf, 207.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1669)
- [ai statement (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2960)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 70.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1621)
- [probation policy (pdf, 323.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2588)
- [applying for a job (pdf, 286.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3022)
- [values & behaviours (pdf, 681.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1615)
- [airedale welcome brochure (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2741)
- [trust inclusion statement (pdf, 266.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2502)
- [information for applicants (pdf, 285.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2587)
- [disclosure & barring policy (pdf, 334.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3061)
- [airedale recruitment process guide (pdf, 142.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1885)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 880.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10473311)

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