Are you passionate about Patient Safety?

Do you have the relevant skills topromote and facilitate the development of effective governance, risk and assurance?

Are you able toprovide advice and contribute solutions to ourclinical effectiveness and clinical quality agenda?

If so, look no further...

We are the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT).

We are a University teaching hospital full of hard working and dedicated staff providing community and hospital services across the Morecambe Bay area - an area covering a thousand square miles in south Cumbria and north Lancashire.

Our Trust is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dedicated individual to join our Governance team within our Women's and Children's Care Group as a Risk and Governance Manager.

Quality shines throughout the Trust, and the awards that our Care Groups, corporate teams and individuals have either won, or been shortlisted for, show the achievements are being recognised at a national level.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for promoting and facilitating the development of effective governance, risk and assurance across the Care Group.

You will provide direct support to the Care Group with the coordination, implementation and delivery of the Care Group

You will help us work towards our Clinical Quality Agenda with emphasis on risk and clinical effectiveness.

Lead on the development of sustainable processes for the management of patient safety with in the Care Group including changes to practice, standard operating procedures and service

About us

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 health care premises.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

We are working towards becoming atruly inclusive organisationbycelebrating inclusion and diversity, and arecommitted to eliminating discrimination,reducing health inequalities,promoting equal opportunitiesandrespect for all of our colleagues and patients.

We are working hard to enhance the health and wellbeing of our workforce,improving the qualityof their working life andvaluing their contributiontohigh quality patient care. Our Flourish at Work is a big part of that.

This post would also be attractive to individuals looking for an organisation who activelypromotes a healthy work and home life balance.

Whilst our Furness General Hospital has been stated within the advert the base for this post is negotiable and can be discussed at interview.

The successful applicant may be entitled toassistance with removal and other associated expensesfor those who may be required to move their home to take up employment with the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websitehttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife MSc or relevant equivalent experience
• Root Cause Analysis/Investigative or PSIF training
• SSSA training

Skills

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge in evidence based care/NICE standards and apply to practice
• A knowledge of awareness of patient safety ambitions i.e. SBLCBV2, MatNeoSiP etc
• Ability to apply learning into practice, to support changes in clinical practice as a result of learning, complaints and audit

Experience

Essential

• Significant midwifery experience ideally of both acute and community, with sound clinical skills in midwifery and intrapartum care.
• Management/Leadership experience
• Knowledge of all aspects of midwifery care across all maternity pathways (antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal) and relevant neonatal aspects such as Transitional Care.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Address

Furness General Hospital

Dalton Lane

Barrow-in-Furness

LA14 4LF

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