Quality Improvement Midwife – Deputy Practice Development: Sponsorship Available

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a midwife to join our Quality Improvement Team and support our Lead Practice Development Midwife (PDM). We are looking for an experienced and dynamic individual with a strong interest in education within the clinical environment. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, an exceptional track record in clinical practice, experience of interprofessional working, and the ability to teach, support, and motivate others. A positive and flexible approach is essential, and you must be an effective team player. You will assist in the development and delivery of the multi-disciplinary training programmes ensuring compliance to national reporting requirements including the Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS).

As Deputy PDM your primary role will be to support the education and development of staff within the clinical area. You will also need to be able to maintain accurate records and produce relevant reports on training activity and evaluation. In the absence of the Lead PDM, you will facilitate and lead multi-disciplinary training such as PROMPT and Mandatory Maternity Training.

The post holder will contribute the multi-disciplinary clinical audit and governance activities. They will also assist with the review of published evidence including relevant national, regional and local reports.

This role may be combined with a clinical Band 6 role – please indicate how many additional clinical hours you would be interested in in your application.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the department in maintaining and improving high standards of care and achieving safety throughout the maternity footprint by working with the clinical and governance teams.o To support the maternity service in fostering an environment that is woman centred and upholds the highest standards of safety.o To work closely with clinical teams to facilitate and foster the clinical governance, risk agenda and continual quality improvement initiatives.o To understand new health care developments ensuring that midwifery practice is evidence based, cost effective and regularly benchmarked against best practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Register Midwife with significant clinical experience

Desirable

  • Recognised Teaching and Assessor Qualification
  • Evidence of Quality Improvement working or training

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant clinical experience
  • Experience of providing education or training sessions

Desirable

  • Quality improvement experience

Skills

Essential

  • Knowledge of national initiatives within maternity
  • Research / audit awareness
  • Communication skills within MDT
  • Able to work on own initiative and within team

Desirable

  • Experience of working with clinical guidelines

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Personal and professional maturity
  • Good time management and able to prioritise work load.
  • Recognition of own limitations
  • Demonstrates enthusiasm
  • Adaptable and flexible to the needs of the service.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 18 October 2026

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