Job summary
The Assurance Midwife will be responsible for leading and facilitating a programme to enable the delivery of the current National workstreams within Maternity Services including The Three Year Delivery plan, CNST Maternity Incentive Scheme and Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle within SFT which encompasses all six elements of the care bundle. This includes the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and audit of any guidance documents relating to The Three Year Delivery plan, CNST Maternity Incentive Scheme SBLCBv3 ensuring that they meet current practice and professional regulations.
Working in close collaboration with the MDT and wider Quality and Safety team within the Women's and Newborn Division, participating in the promotion of clinical governance, standard setting, implementation and audit, the development of clinical guidelines and, harmonisation of the Governance process across the LMNS.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Practising / NMC registered midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience
- Significant clinical post registration experience as a registered midwife
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience of reporting and presenting complex data analysis in a variety of reports and media, including oral presentations
- Experience in using PowerPoint, spreadsheets, databases and word processing
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and competing demands
- Extensive knowledge of NHS Resolution / Three Year Delivery Plan/Saving Babies Lives standards and process and other external regulatory organisations for Maternity and Neonatal Services
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of National and Local NHS and Midwifery agenda
Desirable
- Evidence of Quality Improvement training or qualification
- Experience of influencing internal change
- Experience of clinical audit and research
- A Masters level qualification relevant to the role
- Quality Improvement qualification
- Leadership Qualification
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Practising / NMC registered midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience
- Significant clinical post registration experience as a registered midwife
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience of reporting and presenting complex data analysis in a variety of reports and media, including oral presentations
- Experience in using PowerPoint, spreadsheets, databases and word processing
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and competing demands
- Extensive knowledge of NHS Resolution / Three Year Delivery Plan/Saving Babies Lives standards and process and other external regulatory organisations for Maternity and Neonatal Services
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of National and Local NHS and Midwifery agenda
Desirable
- Evidence of Quality Improvement training or qualification
- Experience of influencing internal change
- Experience of clinical audit and research
- A Masters level qualification relevant to the role
- Quality Improvement qualification
- Leadership Qualification
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
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).
