Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7312765
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross Site working: QMC and CHN
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Quality, Risk and Safety Midwife
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Midwife to join the Quality, Risk and Safety (QRS) team within NUH Maternity Services. NUH cares for over 6,500 women and babies annually, operating as a tertiary referral unit and recognised for its excellence in teaching and research with university affiliations. This role offers significant job satisfaction, directly impacting patients and staff.
As part of the QRS team, you'll be active across both hospital sites and community teams. You'll need a strong understanding of the clinical governance agenda in Maternity Services, plus awareness of key national guidance, including:
- Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (v2 & 3)
- Ockenden Review (parts 1 & 2)
- NICE guidelines
- Royal College of Obstetricians guidance
The successful candidate will be responsible for;
· Developing and managing incident and risk programmes
· Supporting the Clinical Effectiveness agenda
· Supporting patient safety improvement initiatives
· Ensuring effective communication and coordination with internal and external stakeholders
This role requires excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached Job description and Personal specification for further details regarding the role.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description and Personal specification for further details regarding the role.
Person specification
Training and qualification
Essential criteria
- NMC registered Midwife
- Demonstration of ongoing continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Leadership experience
- Experience of using Quality Improvement methodology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of incident investigation including the use and update of the datix database
- Knowledge of clinical governance and external review processes
Desirable criteria
- Experience in writing and developing guidelines
- Experience in audit process and data collection
Communication and Relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate complex written and verbal information in a clear and precise manner
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Maria Shallow
- Job title
- Deputy Lead for Quality, Risk and Safety
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812 268646
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