MNSI Clinical Advisor - Critical Care

The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation programme is part of a national strategy to improve maternity across the NHS in England.
The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation (MNSI) programme, formerly the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) maternity programme, moved to be hosted by the CQC on the 1 October 2023.
The maternity programme commenced under HSIB in April 2018, following the request from the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. The programme is part of the overall national maternity ambition to improve maternity safety and reduce harm by 50% by 2025. The programme was fully rolled out across England by April 2019. In 2022, a commitment was made to continue the programme for a further 5 years, until March 2027., The postholder will:
- Work as part of MNSI's clinical advisory team providing critical care clinical advice to support maternity investigators and team leaders undertaking MNSI investigations.
- Work collaboratively with other clinical advisors, the heads of each region, the clinical director, and their deputy, to support the requirements of the programme across England.
- Report to the lead anaesthetic and critical care team clinical advisor.
- Hold a concurrent consultant level post in an NHS organisation.

Person specification
You will enhance your current role and clinical responsibility, so it is essential that you hold a concurrent critical care consultant level post within an NHS trust with experience in safety investigations. You must be a member of a professional body.
You will work as part of MNSI’s clinical advisory team providing critical care clinical advice to support investigators and team leaders undertaking MNSI investigations and ensuring patient safety to the highest level. You will work collaboratively with other clinical advisors, the heads of each region, the clinical director, and their deputy, to support the requirements of the programme across England by providing expert critical care clinical advice and guidance.
You must be trained in intensive care (holding FFICM) and regularly work in an NHS critical care unit in a consultant level post. Ensuring investigation reports are representative of current clinical practice, representative of national guidance and initiatives and factually accurate, you will present extensive knowledge of critical care.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

The below benefits are available to candidates joining on a fixed-term contract. If you are joining on secondment, your standard NHS terms apply.
- 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 29-33 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking
We want to support you to succeed and be your very best, with opportunities for training and development along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.
We want to make working for MNSI a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.