Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated midwife to join ourWomen's and Children'sGovernance Team as a Patient Safety Midwife with lead responsibility for the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) process.

This is a substantive 15-hour-per-week role working across our maternity services. The post offers a flexible hybrid working arrangement, with a combination of on-site working across both hospital sites and working from home, according to service requirements.

Main duties of the job

You will take a lead role in the coordination and delivery of the Trust's PMRT process, ensuring that reviews are timely, thorough,multidisciplinaryand centred on the experiences and voices of women, birthingpeopleand their families.

You will work closely with the maternity and neonatal colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to support high-quality reviews,identifylearningand ensure that recommendations contribute to meaningful and sustained improvements in maternity and neonatal care.

A key aspect of the role will be supporting sensitive and compassionate engagement with bereaved families, ensuring they are offered the opportunity to contribute to the review of their care and that their questions and perspectives are appropriately represented within the PMRT process.

Responsibilities will include coordinating PMRT reviews and meetings, preparing cases and reports, monitoring actions and timescales, analysing themes and trends, and supporting the dissemination of learning across the service.

You also contribute to the wider maternity patient safety and governance agenda, promoting a positive culture of learning, opennessand continuous improvement.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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Details

Date posted

05 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR910-26

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

Job description Job responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife with Current NMC Registration
• Teaching & Assessing Qualification
• Evidence of recent study in a relevant subject at master's level/post graduate qualification

Desirable

• Management Qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Experience of a senior clinical/ managerial position
• Experience of leading a team
• Managing conflict
• Experience of research/audit and bench marking
• Management of clinical incidents & complaints
• Experience in the management of human and financial resources

Desirable

• Experience in identifying education & training needs of staff

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Midwife with Current NMC Registration Teaching & Assessing Qualification Evidence of recent study in a relevant subject at master's level/post graduate qualification Desirable Management Qualification or equivalent Experience Essential Experience of a senior clinical/ managerial position Experience of leading a team Managing conflict Experience of research/audit and bench marking Management of clinical incidents & complaints Experience in the management of human and financial resources Desirable Experience in identifying education & training needs of staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)