Trosolwg o'r swydd

The post holder will be part of the Women and Children’s Clinical Governance team, which specifically supports the Trust’s governance agenda. They will be responsible for attending and contributing to a range of meetings, including Maternity Quality and Safety, Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality with the purpose of ensuring completion of the minutes and disseminating learning throughout the maternity department.

The post holder will provide expert advice, practical support and facilitation of a wide range of patient safety, governance and improvement activities. The post holder will develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of the Women and Children’s Division to ensure incidents are identified, reported and investigated, and that shared learning and improvements are implemented using PSIRF.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Working as part of the Women and Children’s Clinical Governance team, the Patient Safety Midwife will be responsible for providing clinical governance expertise to support the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework Policy (PSIRF) and Trust’s Plan. The Patient Safety Midwife will primarily be responsible for, working collaboratively with a wide range of staff, reviewing all incidents within the division (across Maternity, Gynaecology and Paediatrics) coordinating patient safety event investigations, creating actions and providing assurance regarding their completion.

The Patient Safety Midwife will include ensuring the compassionate engagement and effective communication with all members of the clinical and non-clinical team, patients, carers and relatives. They will support the weekly Divisional Patient Safety Incident Response Group and work with the Women and Children’s Clinical Governance team to coordinate the effective review and proportionate response to incidents and safety issues. They will use their expertise and skills in investigating and analyzing incidents to write incident reports and provide reports to the Division and the Division’s SBUs. They will support the completion of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool within the Division, and will be required to work with the Maternity and Neonatal Safety Investigation Team and ensure reporting requirements to MBRRACE, NHS Resolution and the Early Notification Scheme are met.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

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