Consultant Midwife for Public Health developmental post

Job summary

Our whole maternity service is exciting and innovative and due to this, we have received awards for our service and midwives and have maintained a CQC rating of good since 2017 with our latest report by the CQC last year awarding us outstanding for Leadership and commending us on being a dynamic, culturally astute and inclusive place to work.

Have you got at extensive post registration experience? Do you feel ready for a new challenge? This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring Consultant Midwife to develop personally and professionally. The successfully candidate will be supported by the consultant midwives in post to facilitate and enhance Public Health choices.

Linking in to the 'Better Births' Agenda, this post will provide a unique opportunity for personal, professional, service and academic development and has been designed as a training and development post to prepare an individual for the role of Consultant Midwife.

To fulfil this varied role, you will need a flexible approach, an ability to 'think outside the box' and a willingness to not only embrace but lead on system wide changes in practice.

This post will be based at University Hospital Lewisham but requires cross site working.

Leading by example is crucial in collaborative working within the multidisciplinary team to maintain the Trusts Maternity philosophy of care.

Main duties of the job

This is a training and development post to prepare you for the role of Consultant Midwife. It provides a unique opportunity for personal, professional, service and academic development.

You will be expected to deliver clinical care within your remit.

You will work cross-site as part of the multi-disciplinary team in Maternity services, across organisational boundaries in order to develop expert practice in midwifery, with a focus on women needing complex care and public health during pregnancy, labour and postnatally.

You will support the development and implementation of public health initiatives.

You will help to develop initiatives to reduce maternal health inequalities

You will be involved in working with key stakeholders and community organisations to implementation of maternity care strategies.

You will also be involved in the leadership and development of: education, research, practice and specific service initiatives in midwifery.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

London

SE13 6LH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

London

SE13 6LH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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