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Maternity Patient Safety and Learning Lead | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 March 2025 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD |
| Company: | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7007270/430-WC999B-B7 |
Summary
Maternity Patient Safety and Learning Lead
Department:Patient Safety
Band:7, £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum, pro rata if part time
Hours: Part time, 30 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Are you passionate about providing safe, high quality care to pregnant women and their babies or to women receiving gynaecology care?
An opportunity has arisen at Milton Keynes University Hospital to work collaboratively with both the patient safety team and the women & children’s services as a maternity focussed Patient Safety and Learning Lead. This is a new role to bridge the gap between maternity, neonatal and gynaecology services and the broader patient safety initiatives.
This is an exciting time at the Trust as we continue to embed the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and start to align this with national maternity safety processes in order to ensure we are responding to patient safety incidents in a proportionate, caring and system focussed way.
Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.
Interview date: 10 March 2025
We are looking for someone with:
· Professional curiosity and a desire to improve and innovate services
· Experience of PSIRF and applying its principles through incident investigation and learning events
· Knowledge and experience of maternity governance and safety processes
· Skills in programme management
· Courage to challenge colleagues and speak up with concerns and ideas
· Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective professional relationships
This is a key role working across the Trust to lead, enable and facilitate the provision of safe, effective research-based care to be provided to patients, and linked with maternity and gynaecology teams. The post holder will work closely on all aspects of patient safety in line with the national Patient Safety Strategy and Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) alongside staff in every professional discipline.
NHS Staff Survey: Nurses and midwives lead the charge in acknowledging the significance of every voice, boasting an impressive score of 7.19/10 in the theme "We each have a voice that counts."
You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
• Free on-site parking
• Free Refreshments
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• On site nursery (chargeable)
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
The Maternity Patient Safety & Learning Lead is a new role that is crucial in ensuring that the PSIRF standards that direct the management of patient safety incidents and the guidelines for meeting the statutory duty of candour and learning from deaths are fully implemented.
This is a highly visible role, working with the Heads of Patient Safety to provide specialist advice, direction and support to Trust colleagues and will provide an excellent opportunity to enhance previous experience in patient safety and incident management.
Please refer to attached Job description for further information.
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouragingdiversity,and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date onceenoughapplications have been received.
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By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This isin accordance withthe streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Uponcommencingemploymentwith theTrust, allemployees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions)aresubjectto aprobationary periodlastingaperiod of sixmonthswithanoptiontoextendfor afurther sixmonths toatotalof 12months.
This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Feb 2025