Maternity Quality & Safety Lead Midwife

We are an award winning organisation providing care at two main hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and a number of community-based services across London, such as sexual health and HIV clinics.

With 6,700 members of staff, we are proud to care for a diverse population of one million people. We are committed to ensuring that our workforce is just as diverse with a strong mix of skills and abilities.

Our staff are at the very heart of our organisation and we recognise the valuable contribution that each and every person working at the Trust makes. One of our Trust priorities is to be an employer of choice—a place where people want to start their career and to grow with us through continued education, professional development and support .

Main area Midwifery Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8A Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

Site Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Town London Salary £66,274 - £73,496 per annum incl. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 23:59

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated and passionate midwife to join our established senior leadership team at West Middlesex University Hospital as the Maternity Quality & Safety Lead Midwife.

The successful candidate will take theleadroleindeliveringthequality,governanceandsafetyagendasacrossthematernity service by e nsuringthereisarobust governance frameworkinplacetodeliveronall aspects of safety and clinical quality agendas.

We are seeking an experienced midwife with a proven breadth of experience in all areas of midwifery as a leader with demonstrable success in quality improvement work alongside being a confident communicator; with excellent written and verbal skills.

They will be empathetic by nature and a good listener. They will have strong analytical skills, with the ability to give balanced and measured responses. They will have the ability to identify themes and trends within data which warrant further investigation.

They will be able to support members of the maternity team at all levels with governance and risk management processes to include supporting with statements, investigations and potentially coroners inquests.

They will need to remain clinically visible and respected. This will be maintained with working clinically as required, and supporting the day to management of the unit.

They will have lead responsibility for Clinical Governance, Safety and Quality Management to ensure full implementation of the risk management strategy which supports internal reporting and communication across the Trust and to external partners.

Responsible for leadingimprovementsinqualitystandardsacross

Maternity services,participating in

National benchmarking and clinical validation as required.

They will be instrumentalinmonitoringandsupportingriskissuesandthereportingofriskwithinthe department.

The successful candidate will promoteandencourageriskandsafetyawarenessacrossthe area.

Usinginformationandlearningfromincidentstobeproactiveindevelopingpracticeand ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of care provided within the service.

They willprovideprofessionalandmanagerialsupporttothe Divisionalmanagementteamin relation to clinical risk, complaints and quality standards.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5…