Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking leadership team. The service covers 3 sites and is the largest maternity unit in Birmingham. There is an engaging MNVP, proactive consultant midwives and exciting new consultant. we are looking for a postholder who wants an exciting opportunity to lead a large site that delivers 6000 births and has a level 3 neonatal unit.
The Head of Midwifery role is a key position within the Clinical Delivery Group (CDG), responsible to the Director of Midwifery with a prime focus on the day-to-day delivery of high standards of patient care across integrated care pathways and services.
The purpose of the role is to provide operational midwifery leadership across the women's services to ensure and consistently develop high quality efficient service provision for all
women accessing maternity care.
Reporting to the Director of Midwifery, the post holder will develop, maintain, and provide assurance on clinical and operational governance systems and processes, specifically clinical risk management, CQC standards, clinical policy and procedure, clinical quality, health and safety, patient experience, complaint systems and resolution, incident reporting and resolution, contractual quality measures, safeguarding.
Main duties of the job
The Head of Midwifery role is a key position within the Clinical Delivery Group (CDG), responsible to the Director of Midwifery with a prime focus on the day-to-day delivery of high standards of patient care across integrated care pathways and services.
The purpose of the role is to provide operational midwifery leadership across the women's services to ensure and consistently develop high quality efficient service provision for all
women accessing maternity care.
Reporting to the Director of Midwifery, the post holder will develop, maintain, and provide assurance on clinical and operational governance systems and processes, specifically clinical risk management, CQC standards, clinical policy and procedure, clinical quality, health and safety, patient experience, complaint systems and resolution, incident reporting and resolution, contractual quality measures, safeguarding.
The post holder will assist the Director of Midwifery and the Clinical Directors -- Obstetrics and the CDG to ensure that the delivery group and corporate objectives in relation to the workforce, service delivery, quality improvement, clinical quality, safety and leadership elements of the service are carried out. The responsibility includes covering for board assurance and Quality committee reports and presenting them in the absence of the Director of Midwifery.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration as a registered
- Midwife on the NMC register.
- * First Degree in Midwifery.
- * Masters in a Health-Related Subject
- or equivalent demonstrable
- experience supplemented by
- specialist training, experience or
- short courses to doctorate level or
- equivalent
- * Evidence of recent post registration
- continuous professional
- development/qualification
- * Evidence of accredited management
- / leadership training or evidence of
- practical application of expertise at
- this level
- * Teaching and assessing qualification
- or equivalent
Desirable
- Project management/ service
- improvement qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience post
- registration to include Senior
- midwifery posts at Band 8a or
- equivalent in an acute NHS provider
- or equivalent complex health care
- provider manging a number of
- services/departments as part of an
- MDT
- * Experienced operational service
- manager familiar with managing
- capacity and demand for service
- users within acute services
- (scheduled and unscheduled)
- * Experience in setting and achieving
- objectives/KPI's
- * Experience in leading and
- implementing safety/quality
- Application form and experience
- initiatives and sustainable service
- Improvement
- * Experience in writing
- reports/presenting information
- Internally/externally in a timely
- manner to a range of Senior
- Manager's including
- Directors/Executive Directors
- * Experience resource manager with
- experience in staff/performance &
- management and financial control
- mechanisms
- * Demonstrable experience of leading
- change & problem solving in clinical
- settings, patient care and experience
- * Evidence and experience in
- delivering midwifery operational and
- strategic performance including
- strategic safe staffing and skill mix
- reviews, infection control, risk
- management, complaints and
- adverse incidents across range of
- services
- * Experience of working on own
- initiative and as part of a team
- working with local and external
- teams, acting as an ambassador of a
- speciality
- * Proven experience of leading
- engagement that drives behavioural
- and or practice change
- * Experienced of managing a large
- complex professional workforce and
- associated budgets
- * Proven experience of quality and risk
- management including experience in
- analysing and resolving complex
- complaints/ incidents, human
- resource and professional issues
- * Ability to lead and or support the
- management of change within a
- complex operational environment
- building engagement and
- involvement to ensure sustainability
- * Can demonstrate knowledge of the
- national health agenda as it relates
- to the CDG
- * Demonstrable appreciation of the
- relationship between the
- Department of Health, NHS England
- and individual provider and
- commissioning organisations --
- demonstrates breadth and depth of
- understanding of current NHS policy
- and ability to interpret and
- implement in practice
- * Clear understanding of the concept
- and working arrangements of diverse
- clinical areas, health and social care
- partners and local councils, including
- those within Primary, Secondary and
- Tertiary care, or charitable/voluntary
- services & community leaders
- * Can demonstrate a working
- knowledge of Health & Safety
- legislation, the concept of Clinical
- Governance, Quality Improvement
- and evidence-based practice
- associate with the portfolio
- * Can demonstrate working knowledge
- of relevant statue, intercollegiate
- guidance, literature, research and
- legislation relating to quality and
- safety of patient care. with a clear
- understanding and knowledge of
- National Policy directives/changes
- associated with midwifery practice
- * Able to think strategically and
- translate vision for local service into
- delivery by collaboration and
- partnership
- * Track record of success in the
- management of significant changes
- and innovation with demonstrable
- results
- * Demonstrate experience of the NHS
- strategic agenda together with an
- understanding of the current issues
- in maternity policy and practice and
- how this impacts on the CDG
- * Understanding of the regulatory and
- statutory frameworks associated
- with NHS operating environment
- * Understanding of the business
- planning process
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly and where
- necessary outside of core working
- hours
- * Ability to work at any site premises
- and travel within the UK on Trust
- business
- * Ability to participate in the on-call
- rota
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration as a registered
- Midwife on the NMC register.
- * First Degree in Midwifery.
- * Masters in a Health-Related Subject
- or equivalent demonstrable
- experience supplemented by
- specialist training, experience or
- short courses to doctorate level or
- equivalent
- * Evidence of recent post registration
- continuous professional
- development/qualification
- * Evidence of accredited management
- / leadership training or evidence of
- practical application of expertise at
- this level
- * Teaching and assessing qualification
- or equivalent
Desirable
- Project management/ service
- improvement qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience post
- registration to include Senior
- midwifery posts at Band 8a or
- equivalent in an acute NHS provider
- or equivalent complex health care
- provider manging a number of
- services/departments as part of an
- MDT
- * Experienced operational service
- manager familiar with managing
- capacity and demand for service
- users within acute services
- (scheduled and unscheduled)
- * Experience in setting and achieving
- objectives/KPI's
- * Experience in leading and
- implementing safety/quality
- Application form and experience
- initiatives and sustainable service
- Improvement
- * Experience in writing
- reports/presenting information
- Internally/externally in a timely
- manner to a range of Senior
- Manager's including
- Directors/Executive Directors
- * Experience resource manager with
- experience in staff/performance &
- management and financial control
- mechanisms
- * Demonstrable experience of leading
- change & problem solving in clinical
- settings, patient care and experience
- * Evidence and experience in
- delivering midwifery operational and
- strategic performance including
- strategic safe staffing and skill mix
- reviews, infection control, risk
- management, complaints and
- adverse incidents across range of
- services
- * Experience of working on own
- initiative and as part of a team
- working with local and external
- teams, acting as an ambassador of a
- speciality
- * Proven experience of leading
- engagement that drives behavioural
- and or practice change
- * Experienced of managing a large
- complex professional workforce and
- associated budgets
- * Proven experience of quality and risk
- management including experience in
- analysing and resolving complex
- complaints/ incidents, human
- resource and professional issues
- * Ability to lead and or support the
- management of change within a
- complex operational environment
- building engagement and
- involvement to ensure sustainability
- * Can demonstrate knowledge of the
- national health agenda as it relates
- to the CDG
- * Demonstrable appreciation of the
- relationship between the
- Department of Health, NHS England
- and individual provider and
- commissioning organisations --
- demonstrates breadth and depth of
- understanding of current NHS policy
- and ability to interpret and
- implement in practice
- * Clear understanding of the concept
- and working arrangements of diverse
- clinical areas, health and social care
- partners and local councils, including
- those within Primary, Secondary and
- Tertiary care, or charitable/voluntary
- services & community leaders
- * Can demonstrate a working
- knowledge of Health & Safety
- legislation, the concept of Clinical
- Governance, Quality Improvement
- and evidence-based practice
- associate with the portfolio
- * Can demonstrate working knowledge
- of relevant statue, intercollegiate
- guidance, literature, research and
- legislation relating to quality and
- safety of patient care. with a clear
- understanding and knowledge of
- National Policy directives/changes
- associated with midwifery practice
- * Able to think strategically and
- translate vision for local service into
- delivery by collaboration and
- partnership
- * Track record of success in the
- management of significant changes
- and innovation with demonstrable
- results
- * Demonstrate experience of the NHS
- strategic agenda together with an
- understanding of the current issues
- in maternity policy and practice and
- how this impacts on the CDG
- * Understanding of the regulatory and
- statutory frameworks associated
- with NHS operating environment
- * Understanding of the business
- planning process
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly and where
- necessary outside of core working
- hours
- * Ability to work at any site premises
- and travel within the UK on Trust
- business
- * Ability to participate in the on-call
- rota
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
