Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 9 months
- Hours
- Part time - 3.75 hours per week (1 day of 7.5 hours fortnightly)
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3235
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 pro-rata per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Risk Specialist Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 7
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Job overview
The post holder will be responsible for: -
Management of the Datix system for Women’s Health services patient safety incidents
Support the area matrons/clinical leads in the day to day management of clinical risk.
In conjunction with the Clinical Governance manager, participates in the clinical risk management process within Women’s Health Services
Liaise with the central governance team in regards to risk management.
Foster co-operative relationship between medical staff / midwives /nurses and other health professionals within Women’s Health Services.
Main duties of the job
Investigate patient safety incidents
Document findings of the investigations and close all maternity patient safety incidents on Datix
Write and distribute the ‘Message of the Week’
Write the monthly risk management newsletter
Write the monthly and quarterly incident reports.
Chair the incident review group
Prepare incident reports/action plans in conjunction with Clinical Governance Manager and maternity Matrons.
Prepare papers/sent out the minutes/participate in Women’s Health services governance meetings.
Participate in Incident Reviews (e.g. PSI, PSII, RAR, AAR)
Attend and participate in the weekly perinatal meetings.
Work and liaise closely with the Clinical Governance Manager and Trust Risk Management Office.
Work with the Clinical Governance Manager, Midwifery Management Team, and Clinical Leads to develop action plans to address practice deficits / improvements in practise / service provision.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for: -
Management of the Datix system for Women’s Health services patient safety incidents
Support the area matrons/clinical leads in the day to day management of clinical risk.
In conjunction with the Clinical Governance manager, participates in the clinical risk management process within Women’s Health Services
Liaise with the central governance team in regards to risk management.
Foster co-operative relationship between medical staff / midwives /nurses and other health professionals within Women’s Health Services.
Please see job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • NMC Registered midwife (RM)
- • Up to date professional portfolio demonstrating ongoing professional development including midwifery mandatory skills & drills and other regulatory mandatory training
- • Registered mentor
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Woman-centred approach to care
- • Previous comprehensive midwifery experience- at least 3 years post qualification
- • Ability to demonstrate an expert working knowledge and clinical experience of safeguarding and midwifery in all areas of the maternity service
- • Use of computerised information systems
Desirable criteria
- • Have worked in a multi-agency approach
- • Involvement with clinical audit and research, including implementation and review
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of current research / reports / guidelines relating to maternity care and their implication
- • Demonstrate awareness of clinical governance
- • Understanding of the distinctive roles of related health professionals
Desirable criteria
- • Involvement in participating in the production of evidence-based guidelines / policies
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Able to carry out the full range of midwifery skills in accordance with job description
- • Effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills
- • Computer literate, including analysis of data
- • Demonstrate ability to manage maternal medicine caseload, with high levels of complex needs, with compassion whilst maintaining appropriate professional boundaries
- • Excellent verbal and professional standard written, presentation and communication skills
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Filipa Braga
- Job title
- Women's health Clinical Governance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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