Maternity Quality & Safety Lead Midwife

Job summary We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated and passionate midwife to join our established senior leadership team at West Middlesex University Hospital as the Maternity Quality & Safety Lead Midwife. The successful candidate will take the lead role in delivering the quality, governance and safety agendas across the maternity service by ensuring there is a robust governanceframework in place to deliver on all aspects of safety and clinical quality agendas. We are seeking an experienced midwife with a proven breadth of experience in all areas of midwifery as a leader with demonstrable success in quality improvement work alongside being a confident communicator; with excellent written and verbal skills.They will be empathetic by nature and a good listener. They will have strong analytical skills, with the ability to give balanced and measured responses. They will have the ability to identify themes and trends within data which warrant further investigation. They will be able to support members of the maternity team at all levels with governance and risk management processes to include supporting with statements, investigations and potentially coroners inquests. They will need to remain clinically visible and respected. This will be maintained with working clinically as required, and supporting the day to management of the unit. Main duties of the job They will have lead responsibility for Clinical Governance, Safety and Quality Management to ensure full implementation of the risk management strategy which supports internal reporting and communication across the Trust and to external partners. Responsible for leading improvements in quality standards across Maternity services, participating in National benchmarking and clinical validation as required. They will be instrumental in monitoring and supporting risk issues and the reporting of risk within the department. The successful candidate will promote and encourage risk and safety awareness across the area. Using information and learning from incidents to be proactive in developing practice and ensuring the delivery of the highest standards of care provided within the service. They will provide professional and managerial support to the Divisional management team in relation to clinical risk, complaints and quality standards. About us Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London. Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use. We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex. We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs. The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period. Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites. Details Date posted 25 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum incl. HCAS Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours Reference number 289-SC-462 Job locations Chelsea & Westminster Hospital 369 Fulham Road London SW10 9NH United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities To provide professional and managerial support to the Divisional Management team in relation to Complaints, Clinical safety and quality standards. The post holder will take responsibility for development and implementation of the maternity risk strategy ensuring that it complies with the Trust strategy and incorporates all required external influences. Support all elements of incident investigation under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) Support all elements of the Perinatal Mortality Review tool in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. Provide guidance, support and leadership to all staff within the maternity service with regard to Risk Management and Clinical safety and Governance issues. Coordinate the day to day maternity risk management procedures including the accurate reporting of incidents onto the local incident reporti