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Trosolwg o'r swydd

Our maternity services provide high quality care for approx. 3600 women and families each year. The successful candidate will play an integral role in implementing initiatives to sustain continued improvement in the quality and safety of care through case reviews, data analysis and patient’s feedback.

We are looking for a midwife who is motivated and dynamic, who has an ability to influence others, manage changes and who wishes to support improvement within maternity services.

This programme was commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership on behalf of the Department of Health and the Welsh and Scottish Governments. This tool is designed to help clinicians to review the circumstances and care leading up to and surrounding stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a systematic way; identify any sub-optimal care factors; develop action plans as a consequence and provide parents with information about why their baby died.

The successful applicant will need to have excellent IT skills, along with great communication, and presentation skills. Knowledge of the PMRT tool and process would also be an advantage

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• Data entry of all perinatal deaths eligible for PMRT
• Ensure review by Multidisciplinary team of all eligible cases
• Be the main point of contact for the bereaved parents and ensure their feedback is taking into consideration as part of case reviews
• Be the liaison with other units to promote external review of cases
• To share learning from PMRT findings at Divisional meetings
• To monitor actions from MDT findings via a tracking system
• To audit and analyse data from the PMRT tool
• To ensure compliance with Maternity (and Perinatal) Incentive Scheme safety action 1
• Presentation of cases and learning at unit meetings
• Input data onto the Maternity Information Systems, ensuring information is prompt, correct and outcomes updated
• Utilise hospital systems to obtain patient information or test results
• To support staff with investigations and offer support via the Professional Midwifery Advocates.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.