Patient Safety Midwife in Carshalton

Site Epsom and St.Helier University Hospitals Town Carshalton Salary £55,524 - £62,652 pa, pro rata incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 10/08/2026 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

The Patient Safety Midwife provides senior support to the perinatal leadership team and coordinates maternity safety, incident management, learning systems, and regulatory compliance. The postholder ensures high quality investigations, robust governance, compassionate family engagement, and effective dissemination of learning across the maternity service.

Whilst the post holder will be mainly based at the St Helier Hospital site, they are expected to work flexibly across all locations of the Trust. The post holder will work in close partnership with the Patient Safety Midwife based at the Epsom Hospital Site and provide cross cover as required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for:

• Managing incidents raised using the Trust’s incident management system (DatixWeb) including screening, cleansing, ensuring the level of harm allocated is appropriate and allocating incident to the appropriate manager for onward investigation where a formal PSIRF learning response is not indicated.
• Assessing whether a formal learning response may be required and progressing this through the local Incident Review Panels.
• Chairing or contributing to the maternity incident review panel, ensuring robust discussion, learning, and action development.
• Reporting eligible, late miscarriages, stillbirths and neonatal deaths via the national Submit a Perinatal Event Notification (SPEN) portal and ensuring that MBBRACE-UK surveillance information is completed in line with national guidance and timeframes.
• Completing factual questions on the PMRT tool and collating evidence for PMRT reviews.
• Arranging PMRT panel meetings: preparing and circulating agendas, sourcing external panel members, and ensuring documentation is complete.
• Ensuring families are informed of the role of MNSI and where applicable the role of the NHS Resolution Early Notification Scheme (ENS).
• By liasing with the Trust Legal Team, ensuring they are informed of all cases that meet the ENS criteria.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further in depth details regarding the position and job responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications and Education

• Band 7 midwife with UK professional registration or senior Band 6
• Patient Safety/Risk Qualification or equivalent experience of clinical governance
• SEIPS, PSIRF and/or Human Factors training

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Computer skills, with a robust knowledge of working with Excel spreadsheets
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Ability to analyse problems and implement solutions
• Knowledge of risk management strategies and PSIRF
• Able to write complex reports

Experience

• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance issues within Maternity
• Evidence of implementing change in practice
• Experience of drafting clinical reports
• Experience of working with the MNVP/wider regional teams
• Current or recent experience of working in a Patient safety role

Safeguarding and DBS Checks

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Laura Rowe Job title Lead midwife for Clinical Governance and Risk Email address laura.rowe4@nhs.net Telephone number 01372 735604 Additional information

You can also contact the practice development team if you have any questions relating to this post.

esth.pdm@nhs.net

* This post may close sooner than the closing date if maximum applications are reached. *