Bank Quality Governance Lead

Are you passionate about improving quality, safety and governance in maternity services? We are seeking an experienced and motivated leader to drive the development and implementation of our Maternity Quality Assurance Framework and support delivery of the Mat Neo Intensive Support and Governance Review improvements.

Working closely with the Director of Midwifery, Clinical Director, General Manager and wider multidisciplinary teams, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across quality governance, clinical effectiveness, patient safety, audit, risk management, education and research. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring robust governance arrangements, embedding continuous improvement, and assuring compliance with local and national quality standards.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic leader with strong clinical governance experience, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a passion for improving outcomes for women, babies and families.

Join us and help shape the future of maternity quality assurance and governance excellence.

The primary aim of the role is to support the development and embedding of the Quality Assurance Framework, including the implementation of the outcomes of the Mat Neo Ist  governance review  role will provide assurance that the maternity services have established guidelines, processes and procedures that facilitates on-going plan for consistent compliance with all locally and nationally agreed quality standards based on clinical governance framework.

These are in the domains of clinical audit, effectiveness, risk management, education, training and research.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff.

As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

Lead on the development of quality assurance framework, including the outcomes of the outcomes of the Mat Neo Ist  governance review.

• Lead on monitoring standards of a range of clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and patient safety activity, in liaison with other multidisciplinary professionals and functional heads within the Maternity and Quality and Safety Team with direct line management of these teams on both sites.
• Work closely with the Director of Midwifery, Clinical Director and General Manager to progress the Quality Services Assurance Framework, and the Mat Neo Ist  Milestones
• Work closely with the Head of Women’s Governance and Quality Improvement, Heads of Midwifery and the Divisional triumvirate and the Trust Governance Team.
• Maintain strong working relationships with clinical colleagues.
• Ensure the triangulation of information and intelligence from across the Service, the division and the Trust, in order to provide leadership and direction in relation to Quality Governance, Effectiveness and Quality Improvements.
• Work in partnership with the senior obstetric and midwifery team to assist in driving forward the wider Maternity leadership, operational and strategic agendas.