Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 151-JLM597
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley, Camberley
- Salary
- £50,008 - £56,908 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Midwife for Patient Safety
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Frimley Park Hospital as the Lead Midwife for Patient Safety. As part of this full-time permanent opportunity you will work within the Clinical Governance Team.
This role is a clinical split:
- 20% of time will be spent in the clinical area, with responsibility for shift management of the labour ward or the maternity ward area.
- 80% of time will be spent undertaking risk management duties.
The purpose of this role is to provide strategic and operational leadership for patient safety within maternity services. The post holder will lead the implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), ensuring the service moves beyond traditional risk management toward a proactive, systems-based learning culture. The post holder will ensure the service meets all national safety requirements (CQC, MIS and MNSI), while maintaining clinical credibility through active shift coordination.
Main duties of the job
- Safety leadership: Chair of the Maternity Patient Safety Group and lead investigator for complex clinical incidents.
- Compliance: Primary lead for evidencing Safety Actions 1 and 10 of the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS).
- Culture: Champion of a 'Just Culture', ensuring psychological safety for staff and transparency for service users.
- Equity: Monitoring safety outcomes to reduce health inequalities in line with MBRRACE-UK findings.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife currently on NMC register
- Mentorship/PSPA/SLIP or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Diploma in Clinical Risk management or other relevant study
- Leadership/management training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing a ward area/or labour ward.
- Experience of clinical audit/quality issues within the health care setting.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in guideline development and implementation.
- Experience of implementing and influencing clinical governance processes
- Experience of undertaking midwifery research.
- Able to demonstrate successful change management and innovation.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills.
- Leadership skills.
- Able to demonstrate excellent
- Interpersonal skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Simon Pejcic
- Job title
- Clinical Governance and Quality Lead - Maternity
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07545191922
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