At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
The Patient Safety Midwife provides senior support to the perinatal leadership team and coordinates maternity safety, incident management, learning systems, and regulatory compliance. The postholder ensures high quality investigations, robust governance, compassionate family engagement, and effective dissemination of learning across the maternity service.
Whilst the post holder will be mainly based at the St Helier Hospital site, they are expected to work flexibly across all locations of the Trust. The post holder will work in close partnership with the Patient Safety Midwife based at the Epsom Hospital Site and provide cross cover as required.
The post holder is responsible for:
- Managing incidents raised using the Trust’s incident management system (DatixWeb) including screening, cleansing, ensuring the level of harm allocated is appropriate and allocating incident to the appropriate manager for onward investigation where a formal PSIRF learning response is not indicated.
- Assessing whether a formal learning response may be required and progressing this through the local Incident Review Panels.
- Chairing or contributing to the maternity incident review panel, ensuring robust discussion, learning, and action development.
- Reporting eligible, late miscarriages, stillbirths and neonatal deaths via the national Submit a Perinatal Event Notification (SPEN) portal and ensuring that MBBRACE-UK surveillance information is completed in line with national guidance and timeframes.
- Completing factual questions on the PMRT tool and collating evidence for PMRT reviews.
- Arranging PMRT panel meetings: preparing and circulating agendas, sourcing external panel members, and ensuring documentation is complete.
- Ensuring families are informed of the role of MNSI and where applicable the role of the NHS Resolution Early Notification Scheme (ENS).
- By liasing with the Trust Legal Team, ensuring they are informed of all cases that meet the ENS criteria.
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
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Safeguarding and DBS Checks
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.
