Band 7- Lead Midwife for Audit and Effectiveness
Band 7
Main area: Women and Children
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 162-6976-KI
Site: Clinical Gov. - Maternity
Town: Romford
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/04/2025 23:59
PEOPLE are at the HEART of everything we do.
We are looking to recruit an experienced band 7 midwife to join our Governance team as the Lead Midwife for Audit and Effectiveness. If you are an experienced & NMC registered midwife who has an NMC PIN number and would like to make a difference to women and their families, then we would like to hear from you. By joining our team you will have the opportunity to bring your wealth of knowledge and experience to our maternity service.
Main duties of the job
* To lead the maternity services programme of multidisciplinary audit developing action plans for the improvement of clinical practice and care for women.
* To work in collaboration with the maternity multidisciplinary team to develop specialist programmes of audit annually.
* To ensure our audit methods and programme remain contemporary and reflect the needs of the women, their babies and the maternity service.
* To lead, conduct and co-ordinate locally and across the Trust the local and national audits taking place within the maternity services.
* To act as the recognised source of midwifery audit information and expertise for the service.
* To engage and ensure participation of all clinicians in clinical audits by establishing and maintaining effective communication links.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better, and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
* Practicing midwife active on the NMC register
* Audit qualification or evidence of significant knowledge and experience of audit
* Quality improvement training
Skills/ Abilities
* Excellent communication skills
* Full understanding of audit and methodologies
* Quality improvement theory and techniques
* Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Experience/ Knowledge
* Relevant and recent post registration midwifery experience
* Experience of leading and developing audit initiatives
Ensuring people settle in and feel part of our Trust straight away is one of our top priorities. We hold two corporate welcome events each month for new staff.
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospital NHS Trust is committed to Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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: Koreisha Namah
Job title: Midwifery Project Lead
Email address: koreisha.namah@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01708 435000
Address: Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
Essex
RM7 0AG
There’s never been a better time to join the team. Apply online now.
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