Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 408-25-529
- Employer
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital
- Town
- Upton
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Risk Midwife
Band 7
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Job overview
The post holder is responsible for the co-ordination of clinical governance procedures and frameworks within Maternity & Neonatal Services, ensuring systems are in place to effectively manage clinical risk. The post holder will provide leadership, guidance and expertise within the multi-professional team on clinical governance and risk management.
This post supports the quality and governance agenda within Maternity and is key to ensuring that nursing, midwifery and medical practice is safe, evidence based and up-to-date. The post holder will be responsible for the oversight and monitoring of incidents and presentation of key performance indicators including the monitoring and review of action plans and recommendations from Serious Incidents.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job Description for further information
about the Risk Midwife position available at WUTH.
If you have any further questions please contact the named professionals below.
Working for our organisation
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for further information
about the Risk Midwife position available at WUTH.
If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have an enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.
As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.
Person specification
Qualifications, specific experience and training
Essential criteria
- Clinical Qualification (e.g. Registered Midwife with NMC)
- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent relevant experience
- Extensive experience as a Band 6
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex information.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation
- Knowledge of risk management and national quality improvement processes
- Expert midwifery skills and knowledge
- Knowledge of the risk management process. Can demonstrate a broad understanding of women’s health needs within the context of changing health care provision
Desirable criteria
- Root Cause Analysis training
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate a forward thinking approach towards midwifery care, women’s choice and student learning
- Ability to produce and deliver presentations and or teaching to mixed audiences
- Use of internal computer systems: - Cerner Millennium - BadgetNet - Ulysses Reporting System
- Experience of collating portfolios of evidence for assurances against external recommendations or standards
- Good working knowledge of up-to-date IT software packages such as Microsoft Word, and Excel Spreadsheets
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Project Management
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to create working relationships and build teams
- Able to respond positively to change and able to learn from experience
- Self-motivated – able to act on own initiative
- Treat other staff and visitors with dignity and respect
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Lavery
- Job title
- Divisional Director of Midwifery and Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 604 7523
- Additional information
Jo Lavery
Divisional Director of Nursing and Midwifery (W&C)
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