Job Description

"We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic band 6 midwife to join our governance team. The successful post holder will coordinate and facilitate timely, structured reviews of perinatal deaths using the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT), ensuring the involvement of all relevant clinical staff. To promote high-quality, objective, and standardised reviews that align with national guidelines and best practices. To engage with bereaved families, ensuring they are informed about the review process and that their feedback is respectfully incorporated. The postholder will help identify themes and learning points from reviews and support the implementation of changes aimed at improving care and reducing future perinatal deaths. They will produce quarterly reports on the PMRT data and findings, ensuring that reports contribute to local governance and national learning initiatives. Additionally, be responsible for achieving compliance with the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) Safety Action 1.



To provide a full range of health education, psychological and social care advice to women, including preconception care where required and in various settings.



To be responsible and accountable for the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programs of care throughout the antenatal, intra partum and postnatal period for women and their babies.

To undertake clinical shifts; 1 per week.



To act as a preceptor for newly qualified midwives and other staff.

To work autonomously within guidelines and spheres of professional practice. To lead on the coordination of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool within the Trust.



To work collaboratively with the Quality and Safety Team to ensure compliance with the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) Safety Action 1 is achieved.



To act as a liaison with bereaved families, ensuring they are informed about the review process and support the inclusion of parental feedback and concerns within the reviews.



To aid in the identification of themes and learning points from reviews and support the implementation of changes to improve care and reduce future perinatal deaths.



To ensure actions taken and improvements made are effective and relevant learning is embedded within clinical practice.

To attend the specialist PMRT clinic with the Obstetric Lead for Bereavement to discuss the outcomes of reviews with bereaved families.



We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.



We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the 35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.



Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.



These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.



The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.



We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.



For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed and Person Specification.



The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.



Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.



All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.



Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact KeKe Igere, Recruitment Advisor on 01708 435000 ext. 5208.



Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.