Governance Lead Midwife

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Governance Team where you will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality maternity care. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will contribute to the continuous improvement of clinical standards, patient safety and service quality across our perinatal services. As an experienced midwife, you will bring excellent communication, leadership and relationship-building skills. You will be confident in inspiring and supporting colleagues, fostering a culture of learning, openness and continuous improvement, and driving positive change across the service. Working flexibly across the organisation, you will help monitor, evaluate and enhance clinical practice while supporting governance, quality improvement initiatives and organisational learning. This role offers an excellent opportunity to influence practice, champion high standards of care and make a meaningful difference to the experiences and outcomes of women, birthing people, babies and families. If you are committed to service excellence and want to be part of our supportive, forward-thinking organisation, we would be delighted to receive your application., To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification., To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Job description, To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Person Specification Knowledge Requirements Essential

• Evidence of Professional development
• Evidence of Professional and research awareness
  
  Are you an ambitious, compassionate and motivated midwife looking to take the next step in your career? Are you passionate about improving quality, safety and the experiences of women, birthing people, babies and their families? If so, we would love to hear from you., Computer Literacy
• Risk Management (NHSR)
• Clinical Governance
• Health and Safety issues
Qualifications Essential
• Registered Midwife
• Degree or Equivalent
Further Training Essential
• Teaching Qualification
• Perineal Repair
• Epidural training
• Cannulation training
• IV administration
• Management or Leadership Qualification
• Current Driving Licence, Essential
• Excellent Communication skills
• Experience as a Band 6 Midwife
• Experience of development and leadership of change in clinical practice
• Experience in all aspects of Midwifery care
Desirable
• Demonstration of tact and diplomacy
• Management of people
• Understanding of current clinical governance national and local drivers
Skills Essential
• The ability to develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
• The ability to develop a culture that improves quality
• The ability to work in partnership with and develop, take forward and evaluate direction, policies and strategies
• The ability to use data to inform changes required in care delivery and to effectively implement the change
• The ability to effectively support staff to achieve their full potential through effective supervision and direction
• The ability to demonstrate the SFH organisational care values and behaviours
Desirable
• Able to demonstrate significant personal involvement in change management
• Experience in clinical audit
Attitudes and Behaviours Essential
• Demonstrates a passion for improving care
• Demonstrates resilience in the face of complex issues
• Ability to treat all employees and other hospital information confidentially
• Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
• Supportive of equality and values diversity, Experience in normal midwifery and high risk obstetric care
• Knowledge of statutory regulations governing nursing and midwifery
• Knowledge of midwifery issues both strategically and nationally
• Practice is underpinned by research based evidence and theory
• Knowledge and understanding of managerial responsibilities
• Knowledge of the NHS governance agenda
Other Factors Essential
• Committed to organisation and achieving departmental goals
• Ability to coordinate and liaise within the multidisciplinary team
• Ability to achieve deadlines and work under pressure
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Adaptable and flexible
• Assertive and innovative
• Able to manage own stress
Contractual Requirements Essential
• Adherence to trust policy and guidelines
Person Specification Knowledge Requirements Essential
• Evidence of Professional development
• Evidence of Professional and research awareness
Desirable
• Computer Literacy
• Risk Management (NHSR)
• Clinical Governance
• Health and Safety issues
Qualifications Essential
• Registered Midwife
• Degree or Equivalent
Further Training Essential
• Teaching Qualification
• Perineal Repair
• Epidural training
• Cannulation training
• IV administration
• Management or Leadership Qualification
• Current Driving Licence, Experience in normal midwifery and high risk obstetric care
• Knowledge of statutory regulations governing nursing and midwifery
• Knowledge of midwifery issues both strategically and nationally
• Practice is underpinned by research based evidence and theory
• Knowledge and understanding of managerial responsibilities
• Knowledge of the NHS governance agenda
Other Factors Essential
• Committed to organisation and achieving departmental goals
• Ability to coordinate and liaise within the multidisciplinary team
• Ability to achieve deadlines and work under pressure
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Adaptable and flexible
• Assertive and innovative
• Able to manage own stress
Contractual Requirements Essential
• Adherence to trust policy and guidelines
  
  We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.