Quality & Safety Midwife – CIC

Quality & Safety Midwife – CIC: (Company Name - Subscribers only)

Quality & Safety Midwife Band 7 – 22.5 Hours available

The post holder will work closely with the Perinatal Quality & Safety Lead to develop and facilitate implementation of the Perinatal incident review process and lead the MBRRACE PMRT review process within the Trust. They will also provide specialist quality, safety and governance advice to staff within the Perinatal service.

Providing leadership and support for healthcare governance activities across the services, with a particular focus on incident review following using PSIRF methodology.

To deputise for the Maternity Quality & Safety Lead in their absence or as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Midwifery Duties

Compliance with Band 7 Lead Midwife role within NCIC.

• Lead the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of Midwifery led care for mothers, babies and families during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period in the hospital setting. Use developed specialist clinical knowledge to ensure women and family centred care
• Quality, Safety & Governance
• Management / Strategy and Policy Development
• Service Development
• Administration
• Education

A full in depth description of each point is available in the job description attached.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details

Date posted

21 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share

Reference number

262-A-25-7577705

Job locations

CIC

Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle

CA2 7HY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

(Company Name - Subscribers only) Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive (Company Name - Subscribers only) Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

(Company Name - Subscribers only) Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive (Company Name - Subscribers only) Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Postgraduate Diploma in a relevant subject or equivalent
• Essential IT Skills

Desirable

• PMA
• Teaching qualification
• SEIPS qualification
• HSSIB Investigation
• PSIRF qualifications

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• oRecent midwifery practice
• oLeadership role
• oRisk Management
• oExperience of incident review
• oResearch practices and procedures
• oAudit
• oGuidelines
• oContinuing professional development, with portfolio.
• oTrust policies and procedures
• oProfessional leadership within the clinical governance framework
• oResearch practices and procedures
• oChange management

Desirable

• Equality impact assessment.
• oPSII Incident Investigation

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Able to work independently delivering targets with agreed timescales.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Teaching skills.
• IT Skills.
• Leadership skills.
• Clinical competence.
• Ability to use research enquiry and scholarship to plan, implement and evaluate concepts and strategies to lead to improvement in service provision.
• Able to prioritise and organise work appropriately.
• Change management skills.
• Ability to motivate others.
• Can maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Able to encourage critical appraisal of existing practices and develop these skills in others.

Other requirements

Essential

• Able to travel independently between sites as required.

Desirable

• Driving Licence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Postgraduate Diploma in a relevant subject or equivalent
• Essential IT Skills

Desirable

• PMA
• Teaching qualification
• SEIPS qualification
• HSSIB Investigation
• PSIRF qualifications

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• oRecent midwifery practice
• oLeadership role
• oRisk Management
• oExperience of incident review
• oResearch practices and procedures
• oAudit
• oGuidelines
• oContinuing professional development, with portfolio.
• oTrust policies and procedures
• oProfessional leadership within the clinical governance framework
• oResearch practices and procedures
• oChange management

Desirable

• Equality impact assessment.
• oPSII Incident Investigation

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Able to work independently delivering targets with agreed timescales.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Teaching skills.
• IT Skills.
• Leadership skills.
• Clinical competence.
• Ability to use research enquiry and scholarship to plan, implement and evaluate concepts and strategies to lead to improvement in service provision.
• Able to prioritise and organise work appropriately.
• Change management skills.
• Ability to motivate others.
• Can maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Able to encourage critical appraisal of existing practices and develop these skills in others.

Other requirements

Essential

• Able to travel independently between sites as required.

Desirable

• Driving Licence.