Job summary
The role of the consultant
midwife is to provide expert clinical care and leadership within the maternity
service. By working in collaboration with the Maternity Triumvirate (Director
of Midwifery, Clinical Business Unit Manager and Clinical Director) and wider
senior team the Consultant Midwife will deliver clinical care and ensure there
is effective leadership, education and training, practice and service
development and research/evaluation within the maternity service.
They will be an
expert, autonomous practitioner of midwifery, a role model for midwives, a lead
for midwifery research and practice development and a reference for obstetric
and nursing colleagues within the organisation.
The Consultant Midwife will function
as an expert midwifery advisor internally and externally. This will include
acting as an ambassador for the Trusts maternity service, representing it as a
centre of excellence internally and nationally as required by the Director of
Midwifery or Chief Nurse.
The Consultant Midwife will
work in conjunction with the Director of Midwifery to lead the maternity transformation
programme regarding professional issues to support the organisation to go from
good to outstanding.
The post will be characterised
by the following four principal functions of a Consultant Midwife:-
Expert Midwifery Practice and
Service Development
Professional Leadership and
consultancy function
Education and Training
Function
Research, audit and evaluation
function
Main duties of the job
They will work with the
Director and Head of Midwifery, Deputy Head of Midwifery and the wider
multi-disciplinary team, providing strategic and clinical midwifery leadership
which reflects and supports current and future needs of the maternity service. Involved in developing and maintaining collaborative
working and effective communication within Womens and Children Business Unit
to provide evidence based positive patient experience.
Work as part of the
leadership team empowering midwives to meet the needs of the local population
in line with key objectives outlined in local and national policy documents. They
will work collaboratively across the Local Maternity and Neonatal Maternity
System (LMNS) to ensure local, regional, and national midwifery goals and
policy are achieved.
The Consultant Midwife will be
the Maternity lead for the patient experience workstreams and will work closely
with the Maternity Voices Partnership. They will also have a key role to play
in maintaining oversight of audit, guideline review and improvement and there
is an expectation the role will take a significant contribution to the clinical
governance agenda through the provision of advice on best practice and the
support and development of staff. The post holder will not be charged with
operational management but will strongly contribute to day-to-day operational
issues ensuring any improvements required are embedded back into practice.
About us
The
maternity team at Warrington are an innovative, friendly, welcoming team with a
passion for positive change and quality improvement. In 2021 the team were
shortlisted for an HSJ Patient Safety Award and more recently earned the
regional Nursing and Midwifery Award at the 2022 NHS Parliamentary Awards.
The successful candidate will be an expert clinician and role model, will have varied post qualification midwifery experience and will have strong leadership qualities. They will have experience of working within a broad range of maternity settings and senior level of responsibility.
Interview Date: Friday 24 February 2023
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Consultant Midwife is to provide expert clinical
care and leadership within the maternity services. By working in collaboration
with the Maternity Triumvirate (Director of Midwifery, Clinical Business Unit Manager
and Clinical Director) and wider senior team the Consultant Midwife will
deliver clinical care and ensure there is effective leadership, education and
training, practice and service development and research/evaluation within the
maternity service.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Consultant Midwife is to provide expert clinical
care and leadership within the maternity services. By working in collaboration
with the Maternity Triumvirate (Director of Midwifery, Clinical Business Unit Manager
and Clinical Director) and wider senior team the Consultant Midwife will
deliver clinical care and ensure there is effective leadership, education and
training, practice and service development and research/evaluation within the
maternity service.
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Person Specification
Trust Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife on active part of NMC register
- Educated to Masters level
- Leadership qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
- Willing to undertake PhD/ Doctoral studies
Desirable
- Doctoral qualification
- Quality Improvement methodologies training
- Teaching Qualification
- Research qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a broad range of maternity settings and senior level of responsibility
- Expert knowledge of midwifery and the complex birth agenda
- In-depth knowledge of health policy
- Knowledge of quality standard setting and audit
- Research skills
- Proven ability to influence, motivate and inspire others and proven ability to negotiate and resolve conflict
- Proven ability to lead organisational change within the NHS and across multiple agencies and disciplines
- Team building skills
- Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines
Desirable
- Involvement with national / regional bodies or programmes/guideline development
- Leadership qualification
- Research qualification
- Portfolio of published articles
Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Experience at presenting at conference
- Self motivated , positive, adaptable and flexible approach to work
- Ability to engage with women and families from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds particularly those from disadvantaged groups
- A confident leader, able to coach, influence, motivate and develop people
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy, resilient and confident in adverse situations
- Innovative and creative in the development of new approaches to care and systems of working
- Proven project management skills and ability to co-ordinate the completion of a number of
- projects simultaneously
- Possesses general computing skills
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Research Qualification and published articles
- Quality Improvement
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Excellent understanding of wider NHS and Health inequalities agenda
- Ability to conduct audit and
- implement recommendations.
- Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex statistical data
- Proven ability to advocate and facilitate womens choice and personalised care.
Person Specification
Trust Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife on active part of NMC register
- Educated to Masters level
- Leadership qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development
- Willing to undertake PhD/ Doctoral studies
Desirable
- Doctoral qualification
- Quality Improvement methodologies training
- Teaching Qualification
- Research qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a broad range of maternity settings and senior level of responsibility
- Expert knowledge of midwifery and the complex birth agenda
- In-depth knowledge of health policy
- Knowledge of quality standard setting and audit
- Research skills
- Proven ability to influence, motivate and inspire others and proven ability to negotiate and resolve conflict
- Proven ability to lead organisational change within the NHS and across multiple agencies and disciplines
- Team building skills
- Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines
Desirable
- Involvement with national / regional bodies or programmes/guideline development
- Leadership qualification
- Research qualification
- Portfolio of published articles
Skills, Knowledge and Competencies
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Experience at presenting at conference
- Self motivated , positive, adaptable and flexible approach to work
- Ability to engage with women and families from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds particularly those from disadvantaged groups
- A confident leader, able to coach, influence, motivate and develop people
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy, resilient and confident in adverse situations
- Innovative and creative in the development of new approaches to care and systems of working
- Proven project management skills and ability to co-ordinate the completion of a number of
- projects simultaneously
- Possesses general computing skills
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Research Qualification and published articles
- Quality Improvement
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Excellent understanding of wider NHS and Health inequalities agenda
- Ability to conduct audit and
- implement recommendations.
- Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex statistical data
- Proven ability to advocate and facilitate womens choice and personalised care.
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
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT
Address
Warrington Hospital
Lovely Lane
Warrington
Cheshire
WA5 1QG
Employer's website
https://whh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
