Clinical Matron for Perinatal Patient Safety and Quality

This is an exciting leadership opportunity to play a pivotal role in driving patient safety and quality across perinatal services. As Clinical Matron for Patient Safety & Quality, you will lead the delivery of key maternity safety programmes, champion a positive safety culture, and support continuous improvement to ensure the highest standards of care.

Working at the heart of the Trusts patient safety agenda, you will provide expert clinical, managerial and educational leadership, overseeing national safety frameworks and ensuring compliance with key standards. You will work collaboratively across teams to strengthen governance, lead learning from incidents, and embed improvements that reduce harm and enhance patient outcomes.

As a key member of the Patient Safety Improvement Team and expert investigation function, you will contribute to robust risk management, assurance, and organisational learning, while leading engagement with patient safety partners and supporting the development of staff through education and best practice.

This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible difference to the safety and experience of mothers, babies and families, while influencing strategic priorities at Trust and Board level.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most., Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.