Band 7-Audit and Guidelines Lead Midwife, Maternity

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team at West Hertfordshire teaching Hospitals as a Band 7 Specialist Midwife for Audit and Guidelines.
We are looking for an organised and passionate Midwife who can lead audits, write and review guidelines, teach, provide written reports and is confident in providing constructive feedback and learning.
As the Audit and Guidelines Midwife, you will focus on using a variety of tools and techniques to assess the effectiveness of care within the maternity department. You will be expected to support the development and implementation of a robust system of auditing within the Maternity Services and will co-ordinate the development and updating of all guidelines within the maternity department.
You will be responsible for presenting your findings to a wide variety of clinicians and then creating, implementing and managing action plans agreed upon as a result of an audit. Following this, you will be responsible for assessing whether the changes you have helped to deliver have led to an improvement in patient care or experience.
You can expect a warm welcome at West Herts from our friendly Maternity Governance team . In addition, we pride ourselves on the way we support and nurture our colleagues and how we value progression for all of our midwives and support staff., We are passionate about supporting all those who work in the maternity department to fulfil their ambitions and achieve safe, high quality standards of care. The post holder will receive a full orientation to the team and access to ongoing development on successful appointment.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff.
The Audit and Guidelines Midwife will be responsible for ensuring the co-ordination of evidence based guidelines (including SOPS, LOCSIPS and patient information leaflets) and will support the clinical audit programme.
The post holder will provide support and promote clinical audit and quality improvement, which is relevant to the maternity department.
The post holder will contribute to creating a learning environment in the department acting as role model and mentor to less experienced midwives, student midwives and other staff.

Working for our organisation
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly. https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking/
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
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