Lead Midwife for Intrapartum Care

Job summary

Are you an experienced, dynamic and aspirational Midwife, keen to enhance your career progression in leadership?

We are seeking a motivated, proactive midwifery manager to join our senior leadership team in the role of Lead Midwife for Intrapartum care The post is based at the Royal Oldham Hospital.

The post holder will receive extensive opportunities and skills required to progress their career in senior management. The post holder will utilise their expert knowledge in midwifery practice to support and role model behaviours within our services. We are seeking someone special to join our team and get involved in the Maternity improvement programme in our services.

The post holder will work collaboratively with team leaders, departmental managers and the wider multi-disciplinary team. You will need to be willing to travel flexibly and to attendoutside events/meetings as and when necessary.

You will be involved in developing innovative and proactive guidance and policies to improve outcomes for all our service users. You will support the senior leadership team in delivering against key objectives.

The overarching aim of this exciting post is to gain experience and development in the management of a department. You will join a group of your peers, to enhance your learning and experience.

Main duties of the job

Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. The place where the world's first IVF baby was delivered, Oldham is a town of pioneering firsts. Today, Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital. As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West.As the Healthier Together plans continue across Greater Manchester the Oldham Care Organisation is planned to play a crucial role with the Royal Oldham Hospital being identified as a red/hub hospital for the area.The hospital has a full accident and emergency department and offers a comprehensive range of acute, general and specialist surgical services. The site also includes a dedicated Women's and Children's unit, offering one of only three Tertiary maternity units in the area. It is also home to the Alliance's state of the art pathology lab providing a range of pathology services across the region.Recently the Royal Oldham has received encouraging feedback from the CQC recognising various improvements and the dedication of the teams in their commitment to providing exceptional care.

About us

Our commitment to you

You will have the full support and guidance of the senior management team in all aspects of your role, and a comprehensive induction/handover will be provided. You will be included in all key meetings,and for your continuing professional development will be encouraged to attend relevant training/information and update events.

Our new Northern Care Alliance NHS Group unites four local hospitals to deliver high quality care across the North East of Greater Manchester.

The Alliance provides the benefits of scale but delivers this locally through multiple hospital sites which make up four new Care Organisations - Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford. Using our mantra of 'Saving lives, Improving lives', the aim is for our Care Organisations to work closely with the communities they serve to deliver safe, high quality and reliable care, which are trusted, connected and pioneering.

Our Care Organisations are designed to operate within our group arrangement of hospitals, community and healthcare services which bring together over 17,000 staff and the services of The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. Our size and geographical reach means we are creating an environment each individual will be inspired and empowered by to be the best they can be. This is a really exciting time to join our new team.