Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join and lead our well established Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) Team across both our sites.
The successful candidate will join the senior leadership team, they will support the team to ensure our midwives can meet with and are supported when needed by the PMA team.
They will have good communication skills that ensures all PMAs are kept informed of current issues so that the A-EQUIP model is implemented within the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- Support midwives to identify their own personal action for quality improvement.
- The post holder will use their understanding of personal and professional resilience and support others to develop this attribute.
- Ensure that there is a strong interface between the PMA and clinical governance at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust.
- Use their expert knowledge in midwifery practice to support Head of Midwifery and Consultant Midwives in implementing and monitoring midwifery practice ensuring that there are robust clinical governance assurance systems in place relating to midwifery practice.
See attached Job Description, this list is not exhaustive
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection..
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached Job Description for full details.
- Meet with midwives on either an appointment or ad hoc basis.
- Use effective communication strategies and influencing skills to achieve desired outcomes and make appropriate referrals for advocacy, mediation or arbitration.
- Support midwives to work in partnership with women to develop plans of care which meet their individual needs, to listen to them and to advocate for them as required.
- Attend the bespoke training programme for Professional Midwifery Advocates to undertake Restorative Clinical Supervision (RCS) in order to become competent and confident in undertaking RCS sessions with midwives.
- Demonstrate understanding of the role of the Professional Midwifery Advocate within the context of national governance policies and procedures.
- Work with the maternity management team to assist in the implementation of any clinical guidelines or clinical practices as required to improve the quality and safety of the maternity services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached Job Description for full details.
- Meet with midwives on either an appointment or ad hoc basis.
- Use effective communication strategies and influencing skills to achieve desired outcomes and make appropriate referrals for advocacy, mediation or arbitration.
- Support midwives to work in partnership with women to develop plans of care which meet their individual needs, to listen to them and to advocate for them as required.
- Attend the bespoke training programme for Professional Midwifery Advocates to undertake Restorative Clinical Supervision (RCS) in order to become competent and confident in undertaking RCS sessions with midwives.
- Demonstrate understanding of the role of the Professional Midwifery Advocate within the context of national governance policies and procedures.
- Work with the maternity management team to assist in the implementation of any clinical guidelines or clinical practices as required to improve the quality and safety of the maternity services.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Practising midwife with evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery
- Have completed the PMA training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Mentor/Assessor qualification
- Degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- PMA level 7 training
- MSc in relevant subject
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of management skills, including chairing meetings, presentations, report writing, managing change and performance management.
- Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit
- Experience of Working in a Team and Effective Teamwork
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
Desirable
- Has Birth Planned women with complex needs/requesting care outside of guidance
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Previous comprehensive midwifery experience
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its Implementation
Desirable
- Led Bespoke Projects
- Mental Health First Aider Training
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Practising midwife with evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery
- Have completed the PMA training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Mentor/Assessor qualification
- Degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- PMA level 7 training
- MSc in relevant subject
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of management skills, including chairing meetings, presentations, report writing, managing change and performance management.
- Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit
- Experience of Working in a Team and Effective Teamwork
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
Desirable
- Has Birth Planned women with complex needs/requesting care outside of guidance
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Previous comprehensive midwifery experience
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its Implementation
Desirable
- Led Bespoke Projects
- Mental Health First Aider Training
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.
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.
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
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Mary Maternity Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital
Twickenham Road
Isleworth
TW7 6AF
Employer's website
https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)