We are looking for a midwife to specialise in Perinatal Mortality Reviews with the use of the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) who is motivated and dynamic, who has an ability to help to promote a culture of safety and learning from clinical understanding and evidence based practice within Maternity.

This midwife will be the specialist in the use of the PMRT resource designed to help clinicians to review the circumstances and care leading up to and surrounding late fetal loss, stillbirth and neonatal death in a systematic way; identifying any sub-optimal care factors whilst developing and embedding action within formal actions plans to mitigate these sub-optimal care factors. Ultimately this specialist midwife will provide parents with information about potential reasons why their baby died through the reports generated through the PMRT resource.

The successful applicant will need to have excellent IT skills, along with great communication, and presentation skills.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Data entry of all perinatal deaths eligible for MBBRACE/PMRT

Presentation of cases and learning at directorate meetings

Ensure review by Multidisciplinary team of all eligible cases

Be a point of contact for the bereaved parents and ensure their feedback is taken into consideration as part of case reviews

Be the liaison with other units to promote external review of cases

To share learning from PMRT findings at MDT meetings

To monitor actions from MDT findings

To audit and analyse data from the PMRT resource, including writing quarterly reports

To ensure compliance with CNST action 1, regarding reporting timeframes

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

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