Job summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our wonderful teams of midwives and obstetricians as a Senior Midwifery manager for our community teams, midwifery led unit and screening team to continue to develop our maternity services.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate midwife who wants to make a difference, by implementing quality improvement initiatives and continue to build our community services. Your role will play a key part in improving the service we provide to our clients in Whipps Cross University Hospital alongside our vision of maternity transformation. You will be working closely with obstetric and midwifery teams to implement national strategy and drive the message of quality care across the
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be accountable for overall provision of excellent, evidence-based care within the areas of responsibility. They will also work in collaboration with all the relevant multidisciplinary teams, agencies, and service users, to continuously improve the care that is provided.
The post holder has a specific responsibility to support the promotion of high standards of care, and to embed patient safety. This will be through effective translation of learning from incidents and embedding this at a service level. The successful candidate must be able to support clinically when required and will be a role model who can lead and coordinate wherever necessary in relation to the post.
If you feel that you are the right candidate for this post, please contact:
Lynn Maycroft Deputy Associate Director of Midwifery Email: lynn.maycroft1@nhs.net
Mobile: 07712855443
Or
Cameisha Oyabayo Consultant Midwife for Intrapartum Care
Email: Cameisha.oyabayo@nhs.net
Mobile 07810813096
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered midwife
- First Degree or Graduate level education
- Relevant experience and working towards a master's level.
- Evidence of recent post registration continuous registration/development
Desirable
- Management Qualification
- Working towards a Masters
- NIPE trained
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Band 7 or above
- Able to demonstrate a track record in implementing change
- Able to demonstrate experience in training and developing staff
- Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams
- Experience of working with staff at all levels
Desirable
- Prior experience of writing reports/complaint responses/ serious incident reports
- Experience of chairing management meetings
- Experience of leading projects/ programmes with measurable outcomes
Knowledge
Essential
- Clear understanding of the national and local Maternity strategy /agenda and wider healthcare agenda
- Knowledge of Antenatal and newborn screening
- Able to appropriately convey complex ideas and information to audiences, at all levels across an organisation and to stakeholders, through a range of media.
Skills
Essential
- Clear and strong communication skills
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide range of professionals
- Excellent IT skills and ability to use Word, Excel and Power point to be able to present qualitative data
- Experience of patient/service user engagement
- Demonstrate capacity to identify problems in order of importance and develop actions to address these
- Ability to take decisions but with sound judgement about reporting "up-line"
- A comprehensive understanding of own development and others training needs
- A clear understanding and application of the principles of professional accountability and confidentiality
- Innovative and creative in the development and leadership of new approaches to care and systems of working
- Ability to understand and analyse financial, numerical and statistical data
- Excellent time management skills/Able to work to deadlines
Desirable
- A good understanding of governance and CNST.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered midwife
- First Degree or Graduate level education
- Relevant experience and working towards a master's level.
- Evidence of recent post registration continuous registration/development
Desirable
- Management Qualification
- Working towards a Masters
- NIPE trained
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a Band 7 or above
- Able to demonstrate a track record in implementing change
- Able to demonstrate experience in training and developing staff
- Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams
- Experience of working with staff at all levels
Desirable
- Prior experience of writing reports/complaint responses/ serious incident reports
- Experience of chairing management meetings
- Experience of leading projects/ programmes with measurable outcomes
Knowledge
Essential
- Clear understanding of the national and local Maternity strategy /agenda and wider healthcare agenda
- Knowledge of Antenatal and newborn screening
- Able to appropriately convey complex ideas and information to audiences, at all levels across an organisation and to stakeholders, through a range of media.
Skills
Essential
- Clear and strong communication skills
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide range of professionals
- Excellent IT skills and ability to use Word, Excel and Power point to be able to present qualitative data
- Experience of patient/service user engagement
- Demonstrate capacity to identify problems in order of importance and develop actions to address these
- Ability to take decisions but with sound judgement about reporting "up-line"
- A comprehensive understanding of own development and others training needs
- A clear understanding and application of the principles of professional accountability and confidentiality
- Innovative and creative in the development and leadership of new approaches to care and systems of working
- Ability to understand and analyse financial, numerical and statistical data
- Excellent time management skills/Able to work to deadlines
Desirable
- A good understanding of governance and CNST.
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).
