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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a new role of Risk and Governance Lead Midwife across Hywel Dda University Health Board. 

Do you have the skills and experience to provide a high level of specialised knowledge and skills to lead in this role? If you feel you would like to be part of taking our service forward, then this could be the opportunity for you and we would really like to hear from you.

The right candidate will hold enthusiasm for taking the responsibility of the daily oversight of the Maternity risk and governance team, ensuring clinical risk management activities are undertaken in a forward thinking and driven manner.

Interviews to be held on 13/6/24

Main duties of the job

This role will require the post-holder to work at an operational and strategic level within the Women and Child Health Directorate to deliver the maternity service governance and risk management agenda. Activities will include writing reports, investigations and monitoring action plans with provision of evidence. 

The post holder will have excellent communication skills, fanatical attention to detail, and drive to ensure that our Risk and Governance agendas are delivered within tight deadlines.

The post holder will be responsible for the development of the clinical safety management strategy. In conjunction with the senior team be responsible for monitoring and reviewing service performance ensuring agreed targets are met. Report on performance and implementing remedial action as necessary.

Work collaboratively and provide expertise to create strategies to support the implementation of enhanced and effective clinical safety management at directorate and corporate level. Engage with partner stakeholders and represent the Health Board at regional and where necessary national level to ensure strategic implementation of safety initiatives and improvements in line with local and national publications to optimise services and outcomes for service users

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.