Quality Improvement Midwife

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about quality and improvement in Maternity Services?

Do you want to make a real difference in empowering staff todeliver positive sustainable changes?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Quality Improvement Midwife to play a lead role in shaping and delivering our ambition toembed QI and continuous improvement which is at the heart of all we do.

This is a fixed term/secondment opportunity for a period of 12 months based across both of our hospital sites at Ipswich & Colchester

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a strong, visible clinical leader and will assist the Head of Midwifery and Matrons in the quality improvementand transformation of clinical services.

The post holder will have managerial responsibility for the Risk and Governance, Clinical Effectiveness and Practice Development/ Improvement Teams.

The post holder will be a key member of the senior midwifery management team.

If you are passionate about service transformation then this exciting new role may be your next challenge.

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

19 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£48,526 to £54,619 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2275-22

Job locations

Colchester/Ipswich

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Ability to demonstrate significant experience in midwifery practice including responsibility for aspects of case management, managing a clinical area, leading elements of service provision and of supporting staff in the clinical environment.
Evidence of continuing professional development
Evidence of research experience.

Desirable

Published material

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife
Teaching accreditation: ENB 997/ or equivalent
Master's degree in relevant subject or due to complete within 1 year of appointment.
Recent relevant practice at Band 7 and above
NIPE trained

Desirable

PRINCE2 Project Management qualification
ALSO/PROMPT trainer

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Ability to demonstrate significant experience in midwifery practice including responsibility for aspects of case management, managing a clinical area, leading elements of service provision and of supporting staff in the clinical environment.
Evidence of continuing professional development
Evidence of research experience.

Desirable

Published material

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife
Teaching accreditation: ENB 997/ or equivalent
Master's degree in relevant subject or due to complete within 1 year of appointment.
Recent relevant practice at Band 7 and above
NIPE trained

Desirable

PRINCE2 Project Management qualification
ALSO/PROMPT trainer

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).