Patient Safety Lead for Maternity and Neonatal Services
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £53,755.00 to £60,504.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53755.00 - £60504.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 June 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9249-25-0267 |
Summary
Identify and ensure appropriate responses to recommendations from national and regional bodies are reported to relevant Governance Group and ensure that appropriate plans are made to address these, i.e. NICE, the Healthcare Commission, Department of Health, National Confidential Enquiries, Royal Colleges etc. Maintain records of responses and actions taken. Work with the Matrons to ensure that quality assurance processes are in place to meet Trust wide, regional and national recommendations across relevant areas in the service. Ensure that perinatal records are audited and maintained and managed within current national and local guidance. Ensure there are appropriate systems in place on the reporting, management and investigation of clinical incidents, in line with The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework. Ensure that learning is shared throughout the Division/wider organisation. Ensure accurate data is provided to inform the maternity dashboards both locally, regionally and nationally. . Be responsible for supporting the clinical audit department, ensuring appropriate audits are undertaken as outlined in the audit programme. Develop robust processes to ensure that lessons learned/recommendations from incidents and complaints are disseminated to all relevant staff in a timely manner and embedded in practice Ensure that robust and comprehensive governance arrangements exist within the service and implementing information governance requirements and compliance with Equality Schemes. Oversee the timely completion of externally required reporting including Perinatal Mortality Tool, MBRRACE, Each Baby Counts, MNSI etc. . Provide leadership and expert advice on Patient Safety coordinate all aspects of Governance across the maternity service, ensuring integration of the Divisional Quality objectives with that of the professional Clinical Governance objectives. For further details please see attached Job Description