Job summary
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) has one of the largest maternity services in the UK, providing maternity care across Derbyshire and into Staffordshire.
We want to provide woman-centred, family friendly care and offer a range of models of midwifery and obstetric care provision. This includes midwife-led care, continuity of carer models, and specialist care provided by our obstetric teams for women with more complex needs, as well as community midwifery services.
As manager you will provide leadership and management skills to our intrapartum services. You will be required to work clinically to maintain competency and to support professional development within the team.
This is a full-time position to provide the managerial support and leadership to the service, however there is flexibility in working hours to support your development and your own wellbeing .
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic lead midwife for Intrapartum Care. We are looking for an individual who has experience of managing and leading a team, is committed to continuous development and improvement.
You will work closely with the whole multidisciplinary team including the obstetric labour ward lead consultant, intrapartum matron and the senior midwifery team across both sites and support staff in the deliverance of exceptional care together.
If you feel you have the attributes to fulfil this role and are able to rise to the challenges of today's changing maternity climate please call and discuss what could be a fabulous and exciting next step for you. We are going though an exciting period of investment and development at UHDB and would welcome the opportunity to share with you how we envisage this role will develop.
Closing date of applications: 18 October 2023
Date of interview: 31 October 2023
About us
At UHDB around 9,000 babies are born across our two sites each year at Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) and Queens Hospital Burton (QHB). We provide antenatal and postnatal care for 11,500 women each year and, at RDH, we offer an alongside birth centre.
We support women through low and high-risk care pathways, and some specialty pathways like diabetes and cardiology.We have staff who are kind, caring and compassionate, and who want to deliver exceptional care together for every person who needs us - and that remains our aspiration.
This is an exciting new era on our maternity improvement journey, following a £5.4million investment into our services to strengthen our workforce, our technology and our processes, so that we can further improve what we do and deliver the best quality care to women and their babies.
This is a great opportunity to join UHDB and make a real impact for the women and families we care for. As a University Trust we value learning, teaching, and training so that we help you to be the best that you can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop.
We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, and we always want to treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves.
An extensive induction package is offered to successful candidates joining our Maternity services to ensure you are well supported and have time to adjust to working in our teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have: An inclusive and supportive culture - our Trust encourages staff to bring their whole selves to work and active Staff Networks to identify areas for improvement. Employee Support and wellbeing - we have a comprehensive Employee Health & Wellbeing Programme which includes a counselling service and a range of activities. Staff benefits - We have a range of staff benefits and schemes to support staff health, engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.Details of UHDB sitesWe have three wards across two sites, with a total of 88 beds for antenatal, postnatal and induction of labour.At Royal Derby Hospital there are: 17 delivery rooms including one pool room and bereavement suite. Four bedded Midwife led birth centre. Four bedded Obstetric Enhanced Care area and a two bedded assessment bayQueens Hospital Burton has seven delivery rooms including one pool room and one bereavement suite.Samuel Johnson Community Hospital is currently does not provide intrapartum care but runs as a community midwifery hub.
Where we are now:We hold a CQC Good rating (from 2019) and we are focused on making progress in achieving compliance with the immediate and essential actions from Ockenden recommendations, as well as implementing valuable learning from recent external reviews and reports into the service.We want to: Be fully compliant against all national safety measures. Embed recommended changes from recent reviews of our service. Make sure we communicate well with families, so that every woman feels properly listened to and that we act on their feedback. Create the best possible environment at work for our teams to do their job. Do the things we have said we will do, including how we make sure we have learned and made changes when something has not gone well.A lot of work is underway already, and we welcome applications from those who want to be a part of that journey.
If you would like to look around our Maternity Unit and find out more about our Midwifery posts, please contact us.
See full job description for more information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have: An inclusive and supportive culture - our Trust encourages staff to bring their whole selves to work and active Staff Networks to identify areas for improvement. Employee Support and wellbeing - we have a comprehensive Employee Health & Wellbeing Programme which includes a counselling service and a range of activities. Staff benefits - We have a range of staff benefits and schemes to support staff health, engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.Details of UHDB sitesWe have three wards across two sites, with a total of 88 beds for antenatal, postnatal and induction of labour.At Royal Derby Hospital there are: 17 delivery rooms including one pool room and bereavement suite. Four bedded Midwife led birth centre. Four bedded Obstetric Enhanced Care area and a two bedded assessment bayQueens Hospital Burton has seven delivery rooms including one pool room and one bereavement suite.Samuel Johnson Community Hospital is currently does not provide intrapartum care but runs as a community midwifery hub.
Where we are now:We hold a CQC Good rating (from 2019) and we are focused on making progress in achieving compliance with the immediate and essential actions from Ockenden recommendations, as well as implementing valuable learning from recent external reviews and reports into the service.We want to: Be fully compliant against all national safety measures. Embed recommended changes from recent reviews of our service. Make sure we communicate well with families, so that every woman feels properly listened to and that we act on their feedback. Create the best possible environment at work for our teams to do their job. Do the things we have said we will do, including how we make sure we have learned and made changes when something has not gone well.A lot of work is underway already, and we welcome applications from those who want to be a part of that journey.
If you would like to look around our Maternity Unit and find out more about our Midwifery posts, please contact us.
See full job description for more information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Professional NMC qualification
Essential
Desirable
Evidence of management experience
Essential
- Management course, managerial experience
- Evidence of intrapartum experience and clinical competence
Desirable
Person Specification
Professional NMC qualification
Essential
Desirable
Evidence of management experience
Essential
- Management course, managerial experience
- Evidence of intrapartum experience and clinical competence
Desirable
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queens Hospital Burton
Belvedere Road
Burton on Trent
DE13 0RB
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
