Perinatal Governance and Quality Lead
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Prescot, L35 5DRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
18 November 2026
6 days leftJob description
The post holder has a key role within the perinatal services in supporting the delivery of National and Regional safety and quality requirements inclu...
The post holder has a key role within the perinatal services in supporting the delivery of National and Regional safety and quality requirements including the provision of evidence and continuous monitoring of governance and quality improvements within the service.
To act as the divisional lead within the Perinatal Service to ensure an integrated approach to patient safety and embedding a safety culture and early escalation of risks and issues.
Support the Divisional Director of Midwifery and Divisional deputy Directors of Midwifery and nursing across the W+C Division to provide assurance that perinatal services meet its statutory requirements and clinical governance objectives by overseeing, monitoring and reporting on progress of national and local drivers.
Drive sustainable improvement in learning and practice.
Deliver improvements in quality and safety within maternity and neonatal services ensuring compliance with Trust, National / regional policies, guidelines and legislation.
Collaborate with the senior leadership team to enable a positive safety culture within the division, working with clinical teams to agree and ensure the maintenance of high standards of practice and behaviours.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Values
Essential: - We are kind; - We are open; - We are inclusive
Qualifications
Essential: - Registered Midwife; - Evidence of post registration education; - Educated to degree level; - Management/ Leadership qualification or equivalent
Desirable: - Masters' qualification or evidence of working towards
Knowledge
Essential
- An in-depth understanding of all aspects of evidence-based midwifery practice
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of governance processes
- Able to demonstrate significant personal involvement in change management/ implementation of new systems
- Able to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial teams in the delivery of performance targets, service delivery and change programmes
- Ability to deliver objectives within an agreed timeframe
- Knowledge of CQC and MIS compliance
- Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams
- Good understanding of quality improvement techniques, clinical audit, risk management and complaints
- Experience of improvement measurement systems and understanding of the role of measurement in performance improvement
- Ability to design and develop support programmes and engagement plans, evaluation and monitoring of plans
- Evidence of guideline, research and audit experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels in a sensitive manner
- Effective leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and IT skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to engage and build effective relationships
- Presents concepts and ideas clearly so that others understand what is being communicated.
- Evidence of excellent report writing skills
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Proven ability to negotiate, persuade, influence, motivate, support and gain the respect of other health care professionals
- Able to apply action learning and other methods to facilitate staff development
- Ability to prioritise work in the face of competing demands
- Able to work within a given resource and demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
- Ability to support reflective practice
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
10 November 2026
Last checked
12 November 2026
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