Job summary
Role: Head of Midwifery and Womens Services
Location: The Portland Hospital, Great Portland Street, London
Salary: Competitive dependent on experience & skills + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits and excellent career development)
Main duties of the job
As The Head of Midwifery and Womens Services you will provide professional leadership to the Maternity Team, Gynaecology and Neonatal Nursing Teams and ensure the consistent delivery of high quality, evidence - based care to all patients ensuring the provision of competent and culturally sensitive services to the patients and their families.
The Head of Midwifery and Womens Services will oversee and monitor the patient care provision of the assigned Midwifery and Nursing Departments. All professional activities will be performed in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
About us
About our Services:
Internationally renowned for clinical excellence, The Portland Hospital is the only independent hospital in London and the UK entirely dedicated to women and children. Our inpatient and outpatient specialties reflect this providing clinical expertise in Obstetrics, Paediatrics and Women`s Health. As the only fully private maternity hospital in the UK, The Portland Hospital places emphasis on safety and quality as well as providing a premier service to all our women.
With approximately 2,000 deliveries a year, our ethos is to put women at the centre of their own maternity care and empower them to make decisions about how they want to give birth, all with the highest in healthcare quality and safety. The maternity unit currently has 16 inpatient beds as well as a 5 bedded delivery suite with a birthing pool, an emergency maternity theatre and HDU facilities. Outpatients provide a maternity day assessment, ultrasound scanning and a wide range of birth preparation classes. There are also 6 cots within the neonatal unit which provides Level 2 neonatal care to new-borns.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leadership
Has overall responsibility for the management of Midwifery and Womens Services, acting as a positive role model at all times
Accountable for patients and their families receiving timely, patient centred, safe, effective care
Represents Midwifery and Womens Services to relevant outside organisations, institutions and individuals
Managing Resources
The post holder has delegated responsibility for the value of all of the department budgets within Midwifery and Womens Services and optimises the resources to ensure revenue-generating targets and EBITDA are met.
Participates in the formulation of the Midwifery and Womens Services departments budgets in accordance with hospital budgeting processes.
Management of People
Has oversight and control of the development, ongoing improvement and implementation of safe, efficient and effective working practices, supporting and guiding the Midwifery and Nursing teams in delivering the outcomes.
Ensures own knowledge and skills (clinical and management) are maintained.
Clinical Governance, Quality and Risk
Work in collaboration with the Governance Team to ensure that Maternity and Womens Services contribute to the Clinical Governance strategy by standard setting, implementing clinical and medical audit programmes and developing action plans as required for deficit management.
Ensures that all departments within Midwifery and Womens Services comply with all statutory, organisational, accreditation and insurance standards
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leadership
Has overall responsibility for the management of Midwifery and Womens Services, acting as a positive role model at all times
Accountable for patients and their families receiving timely, patient centred, safe, effective care
Represents Midwifery and Womens Services to relevant outside organisations, institutions and individuals
Managing Resources
The post holder has delegated responsibility for the value of all of the department budgets within Midwifery and Womens Services and optimises the resources to ensure revenue-generating targets and EBITDA are met.
Participates in the formulation of the Midwifery and Womens Services departments budgets in accordance with hospital budgeting processes.
Management of People
Has oversight and control of the development, ongoing improvement and implementation of safe, efficient and effective working practices, supporting and guiding the Midwifery and Nursing teams in delivering the outcomes.
Ensures own knowledge and skills (clinical and management) are maintained.
Clinical Governance, Quality and Risk
Work in collaboration with the Governance Team to ensure that Maternity and Womens Services contribute to the Clinical Governance strategy by standard setting, implementing clinical and medical audit programmes and developing action plans as required for deficit management.
Ensures that all departments within Midwifery and Womens Services comply with all statutory, organisational, accreditation and insurance standards
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Skills & Experience
- - Registered Midwife with valid NMC registration
- - Masters degree in Midwifery or health related subject
- - Leadership/ management qualification
- - Previous experience with managing budgets
- - Experience of managing work force planning
- - Ability to work effectively with challenging situations, including - challenging poor practice and dealing with conflict
- - Able to deliver training to a range of staff
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Skills & Experience
- - Registered Midwife with valid NMC registration
- - Masters degree in Midwifery or health related subject
- - Leadership/ management qualification
- - Previous experience with managing budgets
- - Experience of managing work force planning
- - Ability to work effectively with challenging situations, including - challenging poor practice and dealing with conflict
- - Able to deliver training to a range of staff
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).
