Job summary
The Consultant Midwife for Public Health and Education has a specific role in leading on initiatives and developing strategies to promote optimum health and well-being for women in the preconception, antenatal and postnatal period. She/He will deliver innovative, evidenced based, high quality care, working with multiagency partners, across the hospital and community settings. Through partnership working the consultant midwife will seek to reduce health inequalities through improving maternal and child health, ensuring a healthy start in life.
Central to all you do will be the drive to improve women's experience and the development of care pathways that truly have the woman at the centre of care and improve continuity of care and carer.
She/he will support and encourage midwives view pregnancy and birth within the context of a social model of health and wellness including the social, psychological and emotional needs of women and their families and to develop a strong understanding of professional accountability and autonomy within midwives and other maternity care staff.
The post holder will work in clinical practice for 50% of the time.
She/he will develop educational and research programmes and contribute to the professional body of knowledge specific to this role through research, audit and evaluation; and contribute to formal teaching for pre and post registration students, curriculum planning and appropriate learning outcomes for students at Middlesex University.
Main duties of the job
There are four distinct role functions of the midwife consultant:
Expert practice
Professional leadership and consultancy
Education, training and professional development
Research, audit and evaluation, practice and service development
The Consultant Midwife will:
Provide clinical leadership; facilitate practitioners to improve their practice and maintain competence
Support and guide the team
Actively contribute to strategic planning of services
Lead the implementation of midwifery research and practice to enhance the body of midwifery knowledge
Actively participate in clinical audit and the development of evidence-based clinical standards of care. Ensure that recommendations from the National policy documents that relate to women and children's well-being, in particular Single Delivery Plan and guidance from NICE and The Royal Colleges are incorporated into local practice.
Audit practice and service; evaluate maternity care and service provision and develop appropriate service to meet the needs of diverse groups [populations]
Shares her [his] expertise and acts as a resource both internally and externally with health and social care
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for the details of the main duties.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is designed to strengthen the midwifery contribution to the public health agenda for women and families in Islington, Haringey and others outside these Boroughs who choose Whittington Health for their maternity care. Specifically, setting in place strategies and frameworks to address inequalities in health and access to health care for vulnerable women. The post holder will provide clinical leadership; advice and support to all colleagues providing midwifery care in primary and secondary care settings. S/he will be an expert practitioner and source of expertise for the multi-professional and organisational team involved in providing health care for pregnant women from vulnerable groups.
The Midwife Consultant for Public Health and Education will contribute some time to midwifery clinical practice. The expectations of this post will be met through professional leadership, consultancy, education and training, research, audit and evaluation, practice and service development. The focus of the role is to use midwifery expertise to define the public health role of the midwife, incorporating pre-conception advice, health promotion, services to support pregnant teenagers, smoking cessation, the effects and implications of domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, breastfeeding rates, parenting skills, postnatal examination, mental health, child protection and womens health. In addition, the Midwife Consultant will lead the strategy for continuity of care for vulnerable women and may hold a small personal caseload to whom she/he will provide continuity of care/carer.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for the details and main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is designed to strengthen the midwifery contribution to the public health agenda for women and families in Islington, Haringey and others outside these Boroughs who choose Whittington Health for their maternity care. Specifically, setting in place strategies and frameworks to address inequalities in health and access to health care for vulnerable women. The post holder will provide clinical leadership; advice and support to all colleagues providing midwifery care in primary and secondary care settings. S/he will be an expert practitioner and source of expertise for the multi-professional and organisational team involved in providing health care for pregnant women from vulnerable groups.
The Midwife Consultant for Public Health and Education will contribute some time to midwifery clinical practice. The expectations of this post will be met through professional leadership, consultancy, education and training, research, audit and evaluation, practice and service development. The focus of the role is to use midwifery expertise to define the public health role of the midwife, incorporating pre-conception advice, health promotion, services to support pregnant teenagers, smoking cessation, the effects and implications of domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, breastfeeding rates, parenting skills, postnatal examination, mental health, child protection and womens health. In addition, the Midwife Consultant will lead the strategy for continuity of care for vulnerable women and may hold a small personal caseload to whom she/he will provide continuity of care/carer.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for the details and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife (NMC)
- Post registration qualification in specialist field/Master's degree or equivalent.
- Educational qualification in Adult Education or equivalent.
- PhD/ taught doctorate, or a willingness to do so.
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma in education or equivalent
- Coaching skills course or equivalent
- Consultant Midwife trainee programme or equivalent
- Relevant Public Health experience
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
Skills and Interview
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care and act accordingly
- Demonstrable ability to disseminate information in both written format and in public speaking forum
- Evidence of participation in research / audit / service evaluation and education
Desirable
- Pro-active approach to practice development, and staff development personal
- Evidence of Guideline and Policy/ protocol development
- Enthusiasm for introducing and facilitating change
Kowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of effective leadership and practice development in specialist field
- Advanced practitioner skills
- Evidence of successful change management
- Significant recent post registration clinical experience within all domains of midwifery practice
- A minimum of 5 years registered experience
- Experience in teaching, facilitating and curriculum planning and management
- Understanding of Health inequalities and the application to current National agenda in maternity services
- Research training at master's level - Research experience
- A record of publication and/or scholarship
- Record of leading on CNST/MIS requirements for Public Health areas
- Experience of working with services users and Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership
Desirable
- Recognition as an expert and innovator in the field of public health and inequalities
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife (NMC)
- Post registration qualification in specialist field/Master's degree or equivalent.
- Educational qualification in Adult Education or equivalent.
- PhD/ taught doctorate, or a willingness to do so.
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma in education or equivalent
- Coaching skills course or equivalent
- Consultant Midwife trainee programme or equivalent
- Relevant Public Health experience
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
Skills and Interview
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care and act accordingly
- Demonstrable ability to disseminate information in both written format and in public speaking forum
- Evidence of participation in research / audit / service evaluation and education
Desirable
- Pro-active approach to practice development, and staff development personal
- Evidence of Guideline and Policy/ protocol development
- Enthusiasm for introducing and facilitating change
Kowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of effective leadership and practice development in specialist field
- Advanced practitioner skills
- Evidence of successful change management
- Significant recent post registration clinical experience within all domains of midwifery practice
- A minimum of 5 years registered experience
- Experience in teaching, facilitating and curriculum planning and management
- Understanding of Health inequalities and the application to current National agenda in maternity services
- Research training at master's level - Research experience
- A record of publication and/or scholarship
- Record of leading on CNST/MIS requirements for Public Health areas
- Experience of working with services users and Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership
Desirable
- Recognition as an expert and innovator in the field of public health and inequalities
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).
