Lead Midwife for Public Health

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

- Registered midwife with active registration

- Evidence of post-qualification education

- Mentorship qualification/training

- Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience

- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate at all levels within the multidisciplinary team

- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

- Ability to make independent decisions and work autonomously

- Developed IT skills with good understanding of windows applications and clinical records systems

- Effective presentation skills

- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

- Ability to act as a role model to junior and senior staff alike

- Ability to prioritise a busy workload

- Works well on own initiative as well as working well within a team

- Evidence of ability to influence and motivate others

- Able to recognise limitations and need for advice and support

- Ability to apply research to practice and to support changes in practice as a result of clinical audit

- Assertive and able to challenge when needed

- Use of evidence in practice

- Can demonstrate professional leadership and influencing skills

- Negotiating skills

- Teaching skills

- Research and audit skills

- Report writing

- Substantial midwifery practice which must include work at senior level

- Clinical Teaching

- Experience of midwifery service /practice development /leadership/change management

- Understanding of NMC Codes of Practice

- Understanding the needs of those from marginalised groups, and those at risk of or experiencing health inequalities

- Knowledge of clinical governance and patient feedback and engagement processes

- Knowledge /understanding of confidentiality issues

- Detailed knowledge of current midwifery issues

- Excellent understanding of the public health agenda for midwives

- Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit

- A specialist interest in and passion for public health

- Excellent understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change

- Understanding of research and assessing evidence

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- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

- Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion

Education/qualifications

Essential

• -Registered midwife with active registration
• -Evidence of post-qualification education
• -Mentorship qualification/training
• -Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience

Desirable

• -Managerial / leadership training
• -Public health qualification

Skills/abilities

Essential

• -Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate at all levels within the multidisciplinary team
• -Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• -Ability to make independent decisions and work autonomously
• -Developed IT skills with good understanding of windows applications and clinical records systems
• -Effective presentation skills
• -Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• -Ability to act as a role model to junior and senior staff alike
• -Ability to prioritise a busy workload
• -Works well on own initiative as well as working well within a team
• -Evidence of ability to influence and motivate others
• -Able to recognise limitations and need for advice and support
• -Ability to apply research to practice and to support changes in practice as a result of clinical audit
• -Assertive and able to challenge when needed
• -Can demonstrate professional leadership and influencing skills
• -Negotiating skills
• -Teaching skills
• -Research and audit skills
• -Report writing

Desirable

• -Motivational interviewing skills
• -Evidence of collaborative working across health and social services
• -Ability to facilitate change

Experience

Essential

• -Substantial midwifery practice which must include work at senior level
• -Clinical Teaching
• -Experience of midwifery service /practice development /leadership/change management

Desirable

• -Previous experience within similar role at Band 7 or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

• -Understanding of NMC Codes of Practice
• -Understanding the needs of those from marginalised groups, and those at risk of or experiencing health inequalities
• -Knowledge of clinical governance and patient feedback and engagement processes
• -Knowledge /understanding of confidentiality issues
• -Detailed knowledge of current midwifery issues
• -Excellent understanding of the public health agenda for midwives
• -Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit
• -A specialist interest in and passion for public health
• -Excellent understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change
• -Understanding of research and assessing evidence

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).