Job summary
Are you a registered Midwife with proven management skills and the ability to demonstrate excellent leadership skills/leadership potential?
Do you aspire to deliver excellent maternity care?
Do you inspire, motivate and empower others through effective, compassionate clinical leadership and role modelling?
If your answers are yes, you are just what we are looking for and there has never been a better time to join our team.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational, enthusiastic midwife and leader, to manage a team of midwives and midwifery support workers who provide triage services within the maternity service. You will be supported by the Director and Head of Midwifery, the Matron team and the wider multidisciplinary team.
The post holder will need to have a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, to manage, develop and lead care in this area.
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are committed to creating the best place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
About us
Why join our team?
As a Service we believe in choice. We are passionate about women centred care and are committed to offering a wide range of experiences and development for our staff. We aim to provide the best possible standards of care in a warm, relaxed, friendly environment and we are committed to providing this in partnership with women, their families and the multidisciplinary team.
We can offer you a supportive environment where you can flourish and grow
Job description
Job responsibilities
With a diverse community and around 4700 births at home, or on one of our two sites, we have an ambitious plan across the Local Maternity System for transforming maternity services aligned with the Better Births recommendations in order to meet the needs of the women within the local population.
Join our team and support our vision of delivering the right care first time, every time
Job description
Job responsibilities
With a diverse community and around 4700 births at home, or on one of our two sites, we have an ambitious plan across the Local Maternity System for transforming maternity services aligned with the Better Births recommendations in order to meet the needs of the women within the local population.
Join our team and support our vision of delivering the right care first time, every time
Person Specification
Organisational Skills
Essential
- Ability to lead, manage and supervise staff, delegate work appropriately and develop a team acting as a positive role model at all times
- Ability to priorities, meet deadlines, and foster similar behaviours within the team.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to create and articulate the vision of the ward.
- Approachable manner in both verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Calm under pressure
- Ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude in the presence of others.
- Committed to quality improvement
- Can demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately
Desirable
- Demonstrate visionary and strategic ability
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills within difficult or challenging circumstances
- Demonstrable influencing skills
- Able to manage personal emotions and stress
- Understand the need for confidentiality
- Able to manage personal emotions and stress
- Effective decision-making skills
Qualifications/ Training
Essential
- Current NMC registration as a midwife
- Recognised management / leadership qualification
- Commitment to professional development and evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) including cannulation.
- Teaching qualification
- Current driving licence and use of own vehicle
Desirable
- Post graduate degree at Master level or relevant experience.
- NLS trained
- NIPE Qualification
- QI Qualification
- Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- At least 3 years' experience as a Band 6 midwife
- Experience of induction of labour management including use of CRB
- Evidence of experience of taking charge or managing a caseload and can demonstrate the ability to undertake 24 hour responsibility for the ward / department
- Broad range of senior post qualification clinical experience
- Experience of service development, leading and managing change
- Evidence of change management experience
- Experience of staff management / staff supervision
- Conversant with NMC rules and code of governing practice
- Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care and their implications
- Experience with the collation and analysis of BR+ data or other data system to ensure safe staffing levels
Desirable
- Experience of guideline and policy development and implementation.
- Experience in dealing with complaints and implementing lessons learned in the clinical setting.
- Experience of research or audit in clinical practice which has been used to improve care provided for patients
- Experience of BSOTS pathway for maternity triage
- Experience of antenatal day unit
Person Specification
Organisational Skills
Essential
- Ability to lead, manage and supervise staff, delegate work appropriately and develop a team acting as a positive role model at all times
- Ability to priorities, meet deadlines, and foster similar behaviours within the team.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to create and articulate the vision of the ward.
- Approachable manner in both verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Calm under pressure
- Ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude in the presence of others.
- Committed to quality improvement
- Can demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately
Desirable
- Demonstrate visionary and strategic ability
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills within difficult or challenging circumstances
- Demonstrable influencing skills
- Able to manage personal emotions and stress
- Understand the need for confidentiality
- Able to manage personal emotions and stress
- Effective decision-making skills
Qualifications/ Training
Essential
- Current NMC registration as a midwife
- Recognised management / leadership qualification
- Commitment to professional development and evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) including cannulation.
- Teaching qualification
- Current driving licence and use of own vehicle
Desirable
- Post graduate degree at Master level or relevant experience.
- NLS trained
- NIPE Qualification
- QI Qualification
- Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- At least 3 years' experience as a Band 6 midwife
- Experience of induction of labour management including use of CRB
- Evidence of experience of taking charge or managing a caseload and can demonstrate the ability to undertake 24 hour responsibility for the ward / department
- Broad range of senior post qualification clinical experience
- Experience of service development, leading and managing change
- Evidence of change management experience
- Experience of staff management / staff supervision
- Conversant with NMC rules and code of governing practice
- Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care and their implications
- Experience with the collation and analysis of BR+ data or other data system to ensure safe staffing levels
Desirable
- Experience of guideline and policy development and implementation.
- Experience in dealing with complaints and implementing lessons learned in the clinical setting.
- Experience of research or audit in clinical practice which has been used to improve care provided for patients
- Experience of BSOTS pathway for maternity triage
- Experience of antenatal day unit
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).
