Maternity Risk Manager

The post holder is responsible for:

• The co-ordination of all obstetrics and gynaecology risk. All midwifery, nursing and health care assistant staff working in the ward/department/community team when on clinical duties


• Working with the Associate Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology in developing, implementing and monitoring an effective and compliant system of working to ensure robust maternity and gynaecology governance which is in line with national best practice and aligns across divisions for managing the governance staff dealing with all activities relating to patient safety, risk, compliance and audit and patient experience and act as the lead and central point of contact for Women's divisional governance activities.


• Acting as a self-relating practitioner who horizon scans to ensure the divisional governance activities remain in line with current best practice.
  
  We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the role of Maternity Risk Manager. This is a full time role and would suit any individual with good experience in patient safety, governance or risk who is looking to move into a management position.
  
  North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.


Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing.

We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.