Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Governance Midwife
Band 7
Job overview
Join Our Inspiring Maternity Clinical Governance Team!
Are you passionate about patient safety and dedicated to delivering exceptional care? The National Care Agency (NCA) invites you to embark on a fulfilling journey with us as we seek dynamic individuals to join our maternity clinical governance team—where your expertise can truly make a difference!
Your Role Awaits
In this multifaceted position, you'll be at the heart of our mission to enhance the quality of care for mothers and their newborns. With us, you'll have the incredible opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills in clinical governance and assurance, all while making a tangible impact on patient outcomes.
As a Midwife, You’ll Shine
Bring your robust understanding of clinical care and pathways to the team, as you evaluate care practices and unearth valuable learning opportunities. Your insights will directly contribute to shaping safe, effective, and high-quality maternity services.
Why Join Us?
Be Part of a Transformative Culture: Work alongside dedicated professionals who are committed to excellence in patient care.
Professional Development: We provide ongoing support and training to help you thrive in your role.
Make a Lasting Impact: Contribute to meaningful change that enhances the lives of families in our community.
Main duties of the job
Exciting Opportunity in Perinatal Clinical Governance!
Are you ready to influence patient care? Join us as a Clinical Governance Lead, where your expertise will shine!
What You’ll Do:
In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate with a diverse multidisciplinary team to embed robust clinical governance systems. Manage your own perinatal clinical governance portfolio while flexibly contributing to other areas, making each day a new adventure!
Your Impact Matters:
You'll promote a restorative and just learning culture in response to patient safety events. Your leadership will drive improvements in clinical practices and empower colleagues to learn and grow, enhancing safety and quality of care.
Why Join Us?
Collaborative Environment: Work with a passionate team dedicated to improving perinatal care.
Flexibility and Growth: Explore various portfolios while developing your skills across governance.
Make a Difference: Shape a culture of safety and learning that benefits patients and healthcare professionals.
If you have a passion for clinical governance and a desire to lead transformative change in perinatal services, we want you! Apply now and be part of something impactful!
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- UK NMC Registered Midwife
- Educated to degree level or higher
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Post registration midwifery experience
- Excellent time management, communication and interpersonal skills
- Safeguarding Children L1-3 Training
Desirable criteria
- Experience of acting as a practice assessor/supervisor
- Awareness of change management theory
- Awareness of systems of clinical governance
- Awareness of PSIRF
- Competent in MS Office
- Understanding / experience of datix system
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jaine Jennings
- Job title
- Lead Midwife for Governance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977 758 975
- Additional information
Claire Darling
Assistant Director of Midwifery
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