Job summary
The Maternal Medicine Specialist Midwife will play a
pivotal role in leading the implementation and delivery of the Maternal Care
Bundle (MCB) across County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT).
The MCB establishes best practice standards across five key clinical areas
associated with maternal mortality and morbidity, with the overarching aim of
improving maternal outcomes and reducing health inequalities.
This specialist role
will provide strategic leadership and coordination for the implementation of
the MCB across both acute and community maternity services. The postholder will
be responsible for developing and overseeing a Trust-wide approach to delivery,
ensuring alignment with national standards and local quality improvement
priorities.
Main duties of the job
This specialist role will provide strategic leadership and
coordination for the implementation of the MCB across both acute and community
maternity services. The postholder will be responsible for developing and
overseeing a Trust-wide approach to delivery, ensuring alignment with national
standards and local quality improvement priorities.
Given the multidisciplinary nature of maternal medicine,
the role will require effective collaboration with a wide range of
stakeholders, including obstetric, medical and anaesthetic teams, emergency and
ambulance services, mental health services, primary care colleagues, and
regional networks. A whole-system approach will therefore be essential to
achieving sustainable improvements in care.
A key initial responsibility will be to establish a
baseline assessment of current practice against the five elements of the
Maternal Care Bundle:Element 1: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)Element 2: Pre-hospital and Acute Care Element 3: Epilepsy in PregnancyElement 4: Maternal Mental Health Element 5: Obstetric Haemorrhage
These elements have been identified nationally due to their
significant contribution to maternal mortality and morbidity, and because there
is considerable opportunity to reduce unwarranted variation in care.
NHS Provider Trusts are required to achieve full implementation of the
Maternal Care Bundle by March 2027.
About us
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We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The Maternal Medicine Specialist Midwife will be
responsible for implementing:
benchmarking
current compliance and developing an improvement plan with trajectories for
sign off by the service, care group and trust board.
providing
regular reports to the service, care group and trust board on implementation
against this plan and trajectories, so that the board can oversee, support and
challenge local delivery. To deliver against this aim the postholder will need
to work closely with other stakeholders including relevant medical and surgical
specialties, gynaecology and urgent and emergency care, as appropriate.
ensuring
that where local plans do not meet nationally recommended pathways, timescales
or performance, or where local delivery subsequently deviates from these plans,
this is escalated within the service, care group and trust and if required to
the regional NHS England team.
engaging
with maternal medicine networks. This means co-producing and complying with the
local networks protocol for the management and referral of medical problems in
pregnancy, across all relevant medical specialties and settings.
local
reporting of routine care data relating to key process and outcome measures for
each element as defined in the national implementation tool.
The aim is to provide equitable and expert support for
women with pre-existing or pregnancy-induced significant medical issues, to
ensure sustainability of that care wherever in the region they may live, and
additionally, to provide local best practice care or another onward referral as
required.
The post holder will work for CDDFT and coordinate care for
service users requiring support from either one of the specialist centres
alongside services delivered within the region.
The postholder will
have responsibility for the effective and efficient maternal medicine service
within CDDFT. S/he/they provide clinical and professional management and
leadership for the maternal medicine service. The postholder is responsible for
ensuring the assessment of care needs and development, implementation, and
evaluation of programmes of care are maintained to a high standard. S/he/they
manages the reporting aspects of the maternal medicine and ensures cost
effective use of resources
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Maternal Medicine Specialist Midwife will be
responsible for implementing:
benchmarking
current compliance and developing an improvement plan with trajectories for
sign off by the service, care group and trust board.
providing
regular reports to the service, care group and trust board on implementation
against this plan and trajectories, so that the board can oversee, support and
challenge local delivery. To deliver against this aim the postholder will need
to work closely with other stakeholders including relevant medical and surgical
specialties, gynaecology and urgent and emergency care, as appropriate.
ensuring
that where local plans do not meet nationally recommended pathways, timescales
or performance, or where local delivery subsequently deviates from these plans,
this is escalated within the service, care group and trust and if required to
the regional NHS England team.
engaging
with maternal medicine networks. This means co-producing and complying with the
local networks protocol for the management and referral of medical problems in
pregnancy, across all relevant medical specialties and settings.
local
reporting of routine care data relating to key process and outcome measures for
each element as defined in the national implementation tool.
The aim is to provide equitable and expert support for
women with pre-existing or pregnancy-induced significant medical issues, to
ensure sustainability of that care wherever in the region they may live, and
additionally, to provide local best practice care or another onward referral as
required.
The post holder will work for CDDFT and coordinate care for
service users requiring support from either one of the specialist centres
alongside services delivered within the region.
The postholder will
have responsibility for the effective and efficient maternal medicine service
within CDDFT. S/he/they provide clinical and professional management and
leadership for the maternal medicine service. The postholder is responsible for
ensuring the assessment of care needs and development, implementation, and
evaluation of programmes of care are maintained to a high standard. S/he/they
manages the reporting aspects of the maternal medicine and ensures cost
effective use of resources
Person Specification
Statutory Registration
Essential
- Registered Midwife with NMC
Special Requirement
Essential
- Commitment to drive service improvement
-
- Creative and innovative thinker, objective with high level of integrity
- Adaptable and flexible approach to work
- Team worker
- Able to foster positive relationships with co-workers and work across professional and organisational boundaries
- Able to motivate others
- Able to deal with difficult and complex situations
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife masters degree or demonstrable evidence they are working at that level
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Specials Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant National Services Frameworks
- Knowledge of Trust guidelines and policies
- Knowledge of care pathways for women with complex health need
- Awareness of current issues in midwifery
- Capable of lateral thinking
- Influencing and negotiation
- Skills in identifying and securing provision of training needs for the team
- Highly developed communication skills, written and verbal
- Delegation abilities and excellent time management skills
- Listening/counselling skills
- Well-developed problem solving and decision-making skills
- Flexibility/adaptability to meet the needs of the service
- Self-awareness
- Possess individual credibility
- Approachable
- Has strategic vision and demonstrates innovation in practice
- Ability to work under pressure, thinking and acting coherently and with respect for others
- Manage and identify stress in self and others
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and other workloads
- Understanding of skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
- Resource management
- Ability to take the lead in the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Excellent IT skills, including Word, Excel
- Power-point, and Outlook
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience post registration
- Experience of managing and leading a team
- Current issues on healthcare
- Experience of leading, motivation and supporting a team
- Experience of providing training
- Excellent presentation skills
- Experience of delegating workload and monitoring progress
- Evidence of managerial development
- Clinical audit and standard setting
- Experience of managing resources
- Service development and/or change management
- Experience of training staff
Desirable
- Service development and/or change management
- Experience of working within Maternal Medicine
Person Specification
Statutory Registration
Essential
- Registered Midwife with NMC
Special Requirement
Essential
- Commitment to drive service improvement
-
- Creative and innovative thinker, objective with high level of integrity
- Adaptable and flexible approach to work
- Team worker
- Able to foster positive relationships with co-workers and work across professional and organisational boundaries
- Able to motivate others
- Able to deal with difficult and complex situations
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife masters degree or demonstrable evidence they are working at that level
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Specials Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant National Services Frameworks
- Knowledge of Trust guidelines and policies
- Knowledge of care pathways for women with complex health need
- Awareness of current issues in midwifery
- Capable of lateral thinking
- Influencing and negotiation
- Skills in identifying and securing provision of training needs for the team
- Highly developed communication skills, written and verbal
- Delegation abilities and excellent time management skills
- Listening/counselling skills
- Well-developed problem solving and decision-making skills
- Flexibility/adaptability to meet the needs of the service
- Self-awareness
- Possess individual credibility
- Approachable
- Has strategic vision and demonstrates innovation in practice
- Ability to work under pressure, thinking and acting coherently and with respect for others
- Manage and identify stress in self and others
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and other workloads
- Understanding of skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
- Resource management
- Ability to take the lead in the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Excellent IT skills, including Word, Excel
- Power-point, and Outlook
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience post registration
- Experience of managing and leading a team
- Current issues on healthcare
- Experience of leading, motivation and supporting a team
- Experience of providing training
- Excellent presentation skills
- Experience of delegating workload and monitoring progress
- Evidence of managerial development
- Clinical audit and standard setting
- Experience of managing resources
- Service development and/or change management
- Experience of training staff
Desirable
- Service development and/or change management
- Experience of working within Maternal Medicine
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).
Employer details
Employer name
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 6HX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
