Job summary
Employer heading
Quality Improvement Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 7
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
To lead quality improvement initiatives utilising Quality, Service, Improvement and Redesign (QSIR) principles on a range of service improvement initiatives within maternity services. In addition, facilitate the development of quality improvement initiatives from local and national safety recommendations including helping to progress the maternity transformation agenda. The post holder will require a high level of motivational skills and extensive experience of influencing behaviour in often challenging and complex situations. Working collaboratively within the multi professional team both within maternity services, the wider organisation and local maternity and neonatal system.
Main duties of the job
- Facilitate the development of quality improvement initiatives from local and national safety recommendations including helping to progress the maternity transformation agenda, teaching staff quality improvement skills and project outcomes and encouraging clinical staff involvement in improvements.
- Use recognised quality improvement tools and methodologies to facilitate and lead projects.
- Provide cross cover for the day to day management of audit and guideline management in the absence of the audit/guideline midwife.
- Provide status reports on the quality improvement initiatives to the Women’s Health Quality Board that includes safety and experience themes in order to identify further areas for improvement and monitoring.
- Prepare and deliver presentations at meetings and forums on the progress and action plan development.
- Organise the dissemination of QI project findings to all relevant staff within the maternity service using tools such as the QI displays in the clinical areas.
- Work effectively and facilitate collaborative working between the multi professional teams towards common shared goals, new ways of working, policy development.
- Act as a catalyst for sustainable change encouraging / facilitating collaborative working where appropriate.
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support the operational and clinical teams to deliver and sustain performance improvement across the health community by enabling sustainable change and offer visible support to staff and teams through the process of change and sustainability.
- Facilitate group discussions, encourage participation and collaborative working of stakeholders.
- Facilitate collaborative working in teams and across boundaries to improve services/ performance minimising or overcoming resistance to change.
- Develop robust communications processes for a portfolio of service improvement projects.
- To participate and contribute to the Women and Children’s Care Group annual planning process.
- Practice as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with professional, ethical, and legal
framework for midwifery.
- To work a minimum of one rostered clinical shift per month to maintain clinical skills andcredibility.
Person specification
marking Criteria
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Qualified QSIR Practitioner
- Knowledge of current midwifery issues
- Project management experience
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Attended a clinical leadership program
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
- carey Galbraith
- Job title
- Maternity Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01524583850
- Additional information
Donna Southam
Quality, Safety and Assurance lead Midwife
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