Clinical Governance and Risk Midwife | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston

Join Our Inspiring Maternity Clinical Governance Team! Are you passionate about patient safety and dedicated to delivering exceptional care? We are looking for a dynamic individual to become a crucial part of our maternity clinical governance team—where your expertise can make a meaningful difference!

In this multifaceted role, you will be at the forefront of our mission to enhance the quality of care within Maternity and Neonatal Services. This position offers a unique opportunity to broaden your knowledge and skills in clinical governance and assurance.

The Division of Women and Children, including the Safe Centre, is seeking to recruit a Clinical Governance and Risk Midwife to join the Divisional Clinical Governance Team. Your focus will be on managing safety and quality processes related to incidents and risks related to maternity and neonatal governance agendas.

We are seeking an individual with in-depth knowledge and significant experience in clinical governance to lead the agenda within Maternity and Neonatal Services. You will collaborate closely with the Divisional Clinical Governance Maternity and Neonatal Lead, the Divisional Nursing and Midwifery Director, and clinical directors and leads within Maternity and Neonatal Teams.

This is a full-time, permanent position at Band 7. We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, organized, and dedicated individual to join the team and drive the governance agenda for the division, working collaboratively with the Trust's corporate governance and risk team.

You will be responsible for:

• Monitoring and triaging patient safety incidents for Maternity and Neonatal Services.
• Coordinating the investigation and response to clinical incidents alongside the senior management team.
• Collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure that operational performance indicators are met concerning the national MBRRACE-UK/PMRT collaboration.
• Ensuring timely notifications to relevant external bodies (e.g., NHS Resolutions Early Notification Scheme and Maternity and Neonatal Safety Investigations).

Excellent communication and negotiation skills are essential, as you will present reports and provide constructive challenge where necessary. Strong time management skills are needed to manage a busy workload, and a flexible approach is crucial to meet departmental needs. The ability to work independently and as part of a team is key to achieving objectives in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment.

We are looking for someone who thrives in collaborative settings and is dedicated to continuous quality improvement and patient safety. You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people, and do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills and enhance your career path.

Coordinating the delivery of the Trust Risk Management Strategy across the Division - maintaining compliance with clinical governance and patient safety standards. Coordinating and completing investigations into incident reports, managing investigation processes, and report collation in collaboration with clinical teams. Coordinating and supporting the leadership of the clinical governance agenda and line management of the clinical governance and risk facilitation team. Collating and approving Specialty and Divisional assurance reports and action plans. Supporting clinical governance risk monthly dashboard compliance and responding to reduced compliance. Coordinating and disseminating learning from incidents, risk assessments, complaints, and claims, ensuring actions are followed up and robustly completed with audit assurance.