Audit & Guidelines Midwife

Audit & Guidelines Midwife

Closing date is 05 March 2026

The post holder will provide expert advice, practical support, and guidance, reporting to the Head of Midwifery, to coordinate a portfolio of audit projects arising from National, Regional, Trust, Local priorities, or Risk issues.

They will oversee the development and dissemination of clinical guidelines and the audit quality improvement strategy, working collaboratively with clinical services, specialties, and professional groups to plan, support, and report on related activities while maintaining the highest standards of care.

Ensuring clinical quality, effectiveness, and the improvement of patient outcomes will be a key priority. The post holder will promote and support a culture that embeds these standards across the clinical area and department.

They will coordinate the guideline development and implementation programme across the division, maintaining a robust audit trail, and ensure staff actively contribute to the Trust's proactive approach to quality and safety management.

Coordinate the development and implementation of multi-professional and multidisciplinary clinical audit and effectiveness initiatives across the division, clinical services, and professional groups within the organisation.

Liaise with clinical service leads to encourage participation in relevant national and regional audits, ensuring that audit findings are acted upon.

Oversee the division's audit programme, aligning it with the Trust's overarching audit strategy to prioritise audits appropriately and ensure findings are implemented and shared across the organisation.

Communicate audit findings clearly and constructively to relevant stakeholders and contribute to the organisation-wide dissemination of outcomes and actions.

Provide specialist support to Trust staff, including teaching clinical audit and service evaluation methodologies at all stages, to enable robust clinical audit and quality improvement projects across the organisation.

Conduct literature searches to identify evidence-based standards for auditing practice or developing care standards, protocols, and guidelines, and provide guidance to clinical staff to ensure these standards are applied effectively.

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.

Assist in compiling evidence to demonstrate compliance with national standards, including requirements set by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and contribute to the preparation of Quality Accounts or action plans to address identified gaps.

Undertake the analysis, interpretation, presentation, and dissemination of audit findings,…