Maternity Patient Safety and Learning Lead

Maternity Patient Safety and Learning Lead Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Hours: Fixed Term, Part time 30 hours 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.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone with:

1. Professional curiosity and a desire to improve and innovate services
2. Experience of PSIRF and applying its principles through incident investigation and learning events
3. Knowledge and experience of maternity governance and safety processes
4. Skills in programme management
5. Courage to challenge colleagues and speak up with concerns and ideas
6. 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.

About us

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
• 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.

Date posted

12 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

430-WC999B-B7

Job locations

Milton Keynes Hospital, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes MK6 5LD

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification Qualifications and knowledge

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Human Factors Training
• Understanding of confidentiality/Data Protection/legal issues/ Information Governance issues
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
• Knowledge of the new PSIRF Incident Investigation methods and learning tools
• RM/RGN or other professional healthcare qualification
• Quality Improvement methodology Training

Experience

• Experience of Risk Management and Clinical Governance
• Experience of developing and delivering training programmes
• Advanced IT skills i.e. PowerPoint/Excel/ Word & Access
• An understanding of risk management databases / RADAR
• Experience in statistical analysis
• Experience of clinical audit
• Experience in maternity risk management and governance
• Experience of collaboration with system partners
• Experience of working with a wide range of staff to deliver effective risk management strategies and quality improvement.
• Experience of presenting and articulating safety information to meetings or committees
• Analysis of complex issues and evidence of dealing with these in a planned manner.
• Experience of writing thematic reviews and investigation reports using a systems focused approach
• Experience of supporting maternity services during a CQC inspection

Skills

• Good numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to effectively manage and prioritise own workload
• Ability to make decisions but with sound judgement about reporting up the line
• Ability to drive through high quality standards and manage change effectively
• High level IT skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and databases
• An understanding of the current issues relating to risk management and governance within the NHS and specific to maternity services
• Excellent presentation and training skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders and Women & Families
• Ability to communicate information internally and externally with an influencing approach to drive quality improvement and safe care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Employer details Employer name

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Risk Management (Dept)

Milton Keynes Hospital, Eaglestone,

Milton Keynes

MK6 5LD

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