South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
As the obstetric patient safety midwife, the post holder will work with the obstetric patient safety lead to maintain and enhance the knowledge, skills and experience needed to provide quality care for women, babies and families.
Main duties of the job
The patient safety midwife will assist in the day-to-day management of the datix system, emails, and answering queries, and participate in triage of datix in preparation for the learning response panel, working closely with the MDT team.
Attend the Obstetric Patient Safety Learning meetings and Perinatal Mortality Review meetings, and assist with writing up the chair's log and liaise with the Legal and Patient Safety department as required.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers.
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC registered Midwife
Experience
* Knowledge of patient safety framework and governance.
* Post qualification midwifery experience and ability to provide high-quality care in a variety of settings.
* Patient safety experience.
Knowledge and Skills
* Excellent communication skills and ability to work efficiently with the MDT.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 per annum (pro rata)
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