Job responsibilities

The post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of the five corporate aims of the Trust as described earlier in the advert. Further information can be found in the full Job Description, however some examples of main responsibilities in accordance with the five corporate objectives are below.

• Provide midwifery and clinical leadership, coordinating and assuring the highest standards of care for patients as measured by performance indicators
• Provide professional midwifery leadership on the organisation and management of care
• Facilitate and lead team working, innovation and practice development
• Recognise and identify midwifery practice issues and under-performance, manage using the appropriate human resource policies
• Be the named budget holder for their area of responsibility, maximising the use of manpower and resources and delivering a balanced budget. Lead the contribution to the delivery of the Divisions efficiency targets. Work with the Divisionalmanagement team to prioritise cost pressures
• Allocate duties to staff in accordance with their individual levels of competence
• Lead and encourage practice development initiatives, encouraging innovation and development and ensuring that teams participate in patient safety and quality improvement programmes
• Lead the implementation of the Patient Experience and Involvement strategy, improving the patient experience by being visible, listening to and resolving problems for patients and their relatives and building links with PALS
• To be aware of local and national improvement drivers and implement change that benefits women, babies and their families
• Represent the Department and or Division on working groups, committees etc appropriate to clinical and professional role

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree in midwifery or health related subject or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years working at a senior level.
• Evidence of Teaching/mentorship qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Management or Leadership qualification
• Education to master level or equivalent (working towards)
• Current PMA or willingness to undertake programme

Experience

Essential

• Team management experience
• Evidence of excellent managerial, leadership and organisational skills.
• Evidence of ability to work across professional teams and organisational boundaries.
• Proven track record of being able to delegate and prioritise.
• Evidence of excellent understanding of Trust policies and procedures and ability to translate these into action.
• Evidence of Performance Management skills.
• A sound understanding of National Midwifery and Patient Agendas.
• Budgetary Management Expereince
• An understanding of Clinical Governance and the application to practice.
• Change management experience
• Evidence of ability to motivate and develop all teams of midwifery and support staff
• Evidence of taking lead in an area of work across more than one clinical area.
• Evidence of excellent understanding of Trust Personnel policies and procedures

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills and able to deal with complex and sensitive situations
• Good interpersonal skills
• Punctual and reliable
• Ability to lead and motivate a team
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Able to cope with pressure / resilient
• Basic computer literacy
• Enquiry/problem solving skills
• Coaching/clinical supervision.
• Up to date and evidenced based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• Clinically credible and competent
• Leadership skills
• Able to prioritise
• Excellent professional and leadership skills
• Facilitation skills

Desirable

• Safeguarding supervision trained

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of National and local Trust objectives
• Legal and professional issues
• Diversity and Equality
• Safe Guarding/ Vulnerable adults
• Public Health
• Sound financial management

Communication / Relationship

Essential

• Evidence of excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to vary communication style according to audience and situation.
• Proven track record of being able to break bad news and managing difficult situations sensitively
• Evidence of ability to co-ordinate and motivate the multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of experience of conflict resolution
• Ability to identify and collaborate with external agencies to improve services.
• Evidence of experience in co-ordinating and chairing meetings and recording accurate notes

Analytical / Judgmental

Essential

• Evidence of excellent ability to monitor the quality of work in others, to identify their learning and development needs and devise strategies to meet those needs
• Evidence of excellent ability to demonstrate a problem solving approach and have evidence to demonstrate actions arising have been implemented
• Proven experience of audit, benchmarking or research and the ability to use results to inform change and development
• Proven ability to devise and monitor systems of work.

Planning / organisational

Essential

• Proven track record of excellent ability to co-ordinate the work of the multidisciplinary team and lead on any actions required
• Proven ability to support staff to maintain an environment conducive to the delivery of excellence in care
• Able to develop short, medium and long term strategies for the development of the clinical areas.
• Evidence of experience in recruitment, selection and retention process
• Experience in management of change
• Capable of shifting between operational and strategic functions at pace
• Evidence of experience in management of sickness / absence
• Able to plan, manage, monitor resources (staff management and financial management)

IT

Essential

• Computer literate, proven ability to use Word and Excel and email

Abilities

Essential

• Physically fit as determined by Occupational Health Department
• Able to stand and sit for long periods of time and able to undertake midwifery duties
• Ability to move and handle patients and inanimate loads using appropriate equipment in accordance with Trust Policy

Mental

Essential

• Proven ability to work under pressure both professionally and managerially
• Proven ability to concentrate and maintain high degree of accuracy
• Proven ability to emotionally support other 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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).