Job summaryThe clinical audit midwife will be an experienced midwife who will work within the maternity governance team and will responsible for the management and completion of maternity audits including CNST, Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle v, Maternity Care Bundle 3 & Ockenden and Amos requirements.
The main component of the role will be to utilise their expert midwifery clinical knowledge to provide advice and promote and complete clinical audit, quality improvement and assurance projects relevant to Maternity Services.
The postholder will consult and provide advise to clinical staff on the design and development of proposed audit projects. This may include advice on selecting topics to audit, carrying out literature searches, advising on the appropriate methodology to promote the completion of the clinical audit cycle.
The post holder will also present and deliver the audit data at relevant meetings within the directorate.
Main duties of the jobFacilitate the development and implementation of the Maternity Clinical Audit Programme through planning, design, project management, data input, data analysis, report preparation and the dissemination of audit results.
Support the development of the Midwifery Clinical Audit Plans in conjunction with Clinical Audit Leads taking account of local, national and mandatory requirements e.g. MIS/Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle/Maternity Care bundle/Ockenden/Amos, National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA), CQC to reflect the Trust's governance, contractual and national clinical standards obligations.
Benchmark data and findings against local and national expectations.
Be responsive and proactive in identifying themes requiring prompt audit and development of Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Timely (SMART) action plans.
To provide the agreed support to audit projects, and delegate selected tasks to other Department staff where appropriate. Where tasks are delegated, to be responsible for the quality assurance of those tasks.
About usUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job responsibilitiesPlease see attached job description for full details.
For further information please contact Lead Midwife for Governance Kate Tomlinson
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Midwifery Degree or educational equivalent
- Full and Active NMC Midwifery PIN
Desirable- Teaching or mentoring qualification
ExperienceEssential- Minimum 2 years band 6 experience
- Good working knowledge of MS office including Word and Excel
- Understanding of national drivers in maternity services
Desirable- Experience of undertaking audits
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
