Perinatal Mortality & Safety Coordinator

Main area Midwifery Grade NHS AfC:
Band 6 Contract Secondment: 12 months Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The post holder will be expected to work clinically 0.2 WTE to support the maternity service as needed, and contribute to the on call roster.) Job
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Site Womens Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

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12 month Secondment
- Band 6 Midwife- 37.5 hours per week

The post holder will be expected to work clinically 0.2 WTE to support the maternity service as needed, and contribute to the on call roster.

The Band 6 Perinatal Mortality and Safety Coordinator midwife will work within the Maternity Directorate in the multidisciplinary team to promote a culture of staff and patient safety.

To co-ordinate data collection, meetings and administration to ensure timely and effective investigations of perinatal mortality incidents. To ensure PMR reviews are undertaken in accordance with the current CNST Maternity Incentive Scheme requirements relating to perinatal mortality review.

The post holder will support the implementation of the Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), contributing to learning responses, safety reviews, investigations and the identification of opportunities for system learning and improvement.

To support the maternity clinical governance team and deputise for the patient safety midwives as needed.

• Support the Patient Safety Midwives to identify any deaths eligible for the Perinatal Mortality Review (PMR) Process

• Responsible for coordinating the perinatal mortality reviews using the perinatal mortality review tool (PMRT) and liaising with the Patient Safety Midwives.

• Provide support to the Bereavement midwives to ensure all deaths eligible for the PMR process are reported to MBBRACE in line with the requirements of the current CNST Maternity Incentive Scheme.

• To undertake a rapid review of all perinatal deaths to identify any immediate safety concerns with a senior clinician. If care concerns are identified, then raise these with the Patient Safety Midwives and the Maternity Clinical Governance Manager.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the…