Audit and Guidelines Midwife

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you keen to develop your skills in clinical guidelines and audit with the aim of improving the clinical care women receive and enhance their experience of their maternity care?

Then we are looking for you ..

We are looking for a band 6 midwife to be involved with clinical guidelines and lead on clinical audits.

You will need to be:

A band 6 midwife willing to learn about and undertake clinical audit and assist in reviewing and implementing new guidelines.

You will be required to maintain your clinical skills by also working clinically at BWH.

The working hours:

Maternity Governance- 17.5 hours per week: for the first 9 months worked on a Monday and Thursday, changing to a Wednesday and Friday after this period.

Clinical Area at BWH- minimum 7.5hrs/week

Main duties of the job

With support from the Specialist Audit and Guidelines Midwife, the post holder will be expected to undertake audit and assist with guidelines. By developing the audit question, you will analyse the information found and produce audit reports along with action plans. Presenting your findings to relevant groups will be another aspect of the role.

You will also be required to work alongside midwives and medical staff in the clinical areas, promoting new practice and implementing actions arising from audit.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your experience and CV.

Appointment to this post will be by NHS jobs application and interview.

For more information please contact Jessica Gregory, Specialist Audit and Guidelines Midwife by email or on ext 5102, or Victoria Cashmore, specialist Audit and Guidelines Midwife by email or ext. 5102

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.

Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Date posted

16 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9284-23-0040-DWPR

Job locations

Birmingham Womens Hospital Nhs Trust

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

B15 2TG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RM with current NMC registration
Band 6 Midwife having completed preceptorship
Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Evidence of further audit study

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge of current midwifery practice.
Able to undertake audit developing action plans
Ability to manage difficult/stressful situations and conversations
Excellent organisational and presentation skills
Excellent verbal, written and presentation/communication skills
Able to work as member of a team and on own
Ability to work to tight deadlines and competing demands
Attention to detail
Effectively manage own workload
Excellent numerical, analytical and problem solving skills
High level IT skills Powerpoint, Excel spreadsheets, databases and word-processing

Experience

Essential

Experience in using IT software, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

Experience of public speaking
Experience in conducting audit and developing audit proformas
Experience in developing or contributing towards guidelines

Practical requirements for the post

Essential

Able to work within a system that provides a 24 hour, 7 days a week service

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RM with current NMC registration
Band 6 Midwife having completed preceptorship
Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Evidence of further audit study

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Knowledge of current midwifery practice.
Able to undertake audit developing action plans
Ability to manage difficult/stressful situations and conversations
Excellent organisational and presentation skills
Excellent verbal, written and presentation/communication skills
Able to work as member of a team and on own
Ability to work to tight deadlines and competing demands
Attention to detail
Effectively manage own workload
Excellent numerical, analytical and problem solving skills
High level IT skills Powerpoint, Excel spreadsheets, databases and word-processing

Experience

Essential

Experience in using IT software, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

Experience of public speaking
Experience in conducting audit and developing audit proformas
Experience in developing or contributing towards guidelines

Practical requirements for the post

Essential

Able to work within a system that provides a 24 hour, 7 days a week service

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).