Perinatal Mortality & Safety Coordinator

Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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 to raise these with the Patient Safety Midwives and the Maternity Clinical Governance Manager.

Working for our organisation

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 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. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care
• Mentorship of students
• Able to work as an advocate for women, families and colleagues

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered as a Midwife with the NMC
• Education/Mentorship Qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of Ongoing Development/Education

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of current midwifery issues and continuity of carer provision
• Knowledge of clinical governance processes
• Evidence of a flexible and innovative approach to service provision

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to apply evidence into practice
• Ability to cope with daily experience of families dealing with grief and trauma
• Ability to undertake audit
• IT skills i.e. report writing and data entry and analysis as necessary
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with the multi- professional team

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.

Documents to download

• JD & PS Perinatal Mortality & Safety Coordinator (PDF, 744.3KB)