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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

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badgeadded for NUH

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

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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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