Job summary
Are you an experienced and compassionate leader?
Ashford & St Peters Maternity Hospital is seeking a dedicated Antenatal Clinic Team leader to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a dedicated team of professionals in providing exceptional care in Antenatal Clinic and Maternity Day Assessment Unit
As the Antenatal Clinic Team leader, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the antenatal clinic and maternity day assessment unit, ensuring high standards of care, safety, and patient experience.
You will lead and motivate a multidisciplinary team, manage staffing levels, and ensure compliance with hospital policies and healthcare regulations. You will play a key role in patient flow, staff development, and quality improvement initiatives.
The successful applicant will be someone who can offer strong organisational skills and will have a gift for inspiring multi-disciplinary team working and driving change.
If you are a passionate and skilled leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to make a difference at Ashford & St Peters Maternity Hospital.
For more information please contact claire.durkan@nhs.net or take a look at https://asph-careers.org/maternity/
Main duties of the job
The post holder will
- Provide clinical expertise in high risk pregnancy and leadership forthe antenatal clinic and maternity Day Assessment Unit andoversee day to day activities and smooth running of maternityreception.
- Work with multidisciplinary team to develop pathways of care for women with high risk pregnancies / experiencing complications in pregnancy
- Line manage staff within the clinical area including rosters, development, appraisal, absence and all HR processes.
- The post holder will be expected to be part of the on call 'Hands on help' rota.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical or technical
- Undertake clinical activity to satisfy NMC requirements for registration, act as a role model by maintaining clinical competence and credibility through evidenced based clinical practice, while being aware of the needs of their team.
- Provide clinical expertise and advice to midwives and all other health professionals within sphere of practice
- Will refer clients to other practitioners e.g. clinical specialist, obstetrician, paediatrician, anaesthetist etc when needs and risks are beyond the post holders scope of practice or requires other specialist input
- Will ensure that all members of staff work within their clinical capabilities and promote development of their clinical skills and confidence.
- Will be responsible for all stock and drug control for the team
- Will be an advocate for the woman as required empowering her to promote her own health and wellbeing. Raise concerns on her behalf with the medical team as required
- Ensure clients have the appropriate, evidenced based information to enable them to make informed choices during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period
Leadership or managerial
- Actively engage in the Trusts selection, recruitment, and retention strategies.
- Responsible for managing staff performance and competence within area of responsibility following Trust policies and procedures and to identify and manage poor performance.
- Utilise information technology for the benefit of care delivery to mothers and babies.
- Empower women to make informed choices and be involved in planning their care, acting as their advocate at all times.
- Support the matron to ensure the clinic and assessment unit environment is safe, clean, comfortable and well maintained in line with patient and public expectations.
- Take Professional responsibility for liaising with leads in facilities and infection control to ensure that prompt, appropriate and relevant actions are undertaken to properly maintain a clean and healthy environment.
- Act as clinical midwifery lead for the team and supervise the midwives and other staff within the team ensuring that clinical practice is evidenced based and safe. Demonstrate professional leadership and clinical expertise and foster a culture where all staff can develop their clinical expertise and confidence and feel valued.
- Will be responsible for mentoring and assessing new members of staff, student midwives, post registration and other students.
- Will lead and co-ordinate the clinical activities of the midwifery team in their area particularly in line with Government initiatives and Trust Strategy.
- Will review clinical incident forms and complaints, investigate and initiate action to minimise risks within the service.
- Will be responsible for all aspects of staff management including rostering, absence management, appraisal and development in line with Trust policy and lead on the preparation of orientation and support for new staff.
Information and reporting
- Will be actively involved in issues of Child Protection and may occasionally be required to attend case conferences.
- Critically appraise and apply relevant research findings. Identify and facilitate clinical audit projects and apply them to improve practice.
- Will participate in guideline review and disseminate throughout multidisciplinary setting.
- Participate in the development and implementation of protocols, documentation systems, standards, policy and clinical guidelines in collaboration with other disciplines.
Technology or system support
- Liaise with IT lead midwife to fully utilise electronic patient record for maternity.
- Utilise information technology for the benefit of care delivery to mothers and babies.
- Work alongside the lead obstetricians to take ownership of the ongoing provision of the Tommy's App in our maternity unit.
- This would include oversight and quality assurance of the Tommy's App at ASPH, at all stages of the maternity pathway, from registration to pregnancy outcome surveys after delivery.
- Registration and Training for new staff using the App and a rolling programme of updates when new versions are launched.
- Support the Q&S team to investigate any incidents, errors or omissions associated with the use of the Tool.
Service improvement
- Lead the team in delivering the best patient experience every time.
- To support the process of identifying areas of good practice and celebrating success within the department.
- Participation in critically evaluating the service provision providing suggestions for service improvements in collaboration with Matrons, CPEs , Q&S team and Ward managers
- Facilitating and promoting the sharing of good practice throughout the Trust via clinical practice forums and other Trust-wide and national forums.
- Strategically and practically support the matrons, Q&S team with the embedding of any service improvements identified from learning from incidents
- Support a culture that is open and honest giving opportunities to be heard.
- Strategically benchmark the department on outstanding maternity care
- Proactively seek servicer user feedback, share the feedback on multiple platforms and proactively respond to concerns raised.
Communications and Engagement
- Communicate clearly by actively listening and responding to what people are saying.
- Check information from other people and check its accuracy.
- Establish any help people require and act on this appropriately.
- Ensure confidentiality at all times. Employees of the Trust must not without prior permission disclose any information regarding patients or staff obtained during the course of employment except to authorised bodies or individuals acting in an official capacity. The Data Protection Act may render an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical or technical
- Undertake clinical activity to satisfy NMC requirements for registration, act as a role model by maintaining clinical competence and credibility through evidenced based clinical practice, while being aware of the needs of their team.
- Provide clinical expertise and advice to midwives and all other health professionals within sphere of practice
- Will refer clients to other practitioners e.g. clinical specialist, obstetrician, paediatrician, anaesthetist etc when needs and risks are beyond the post holders scope of practice or requires other specialist input
- Will ensure that all members of staff work within their clinical capabilities and promote development of their clinical skills and confidence.
- Will be responsible for all stock and drug control for the team
- Will be an advocate for the woman as required empowering her to promote her own health and wellbeing. Raise concerns on her behalf with the medical team as required
- Ensure clients have the appropriate, evidenced based information to enable them to make informed choices during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period
Leadership or managerial
- Actively engage in the Trusts selection, recruitment, and retention strategies.
- Responsible for managing staff performance and competence within area of responsibility following Trust policies and procedures and to identify and manage poor performance.
- Utilise information technology for the benefit of care delivery to mothers and babies.
- Empower women to make informed choices and be involved in planning their care, acting as their advocate at all times.
- Support the matron to ensure the clinic and assessment unit environment is safe, clean, comfortable and well maintained in line with patient and public expectations.
- Take Professional responsibility for liaising with leads in facilities and infection control to ensure that prompt, appropriate and relevant actions are undertaken to properly maintain a clean and healthy environment.
- Act as clinical midwifery lead for the team and supervise the midwives and other staff within the team ensuring that clinical practice is evidenced based and safe. Demonstrate professional leadership and clinical expertise and foster a culture where all staff can develop their clinical expertise and confidence and feel valued.
- Will be responsible for mentoring and assessing new members of staff, student midwives, post registration and other students.
- Will lead and co-ordinate the clinical activities of the midwifery team in their area particularly in line with Government initiatives and Trust Strategy.
- Will review clinical incident forms and complaints, investigate and initiate action to minimise risks within the service.
- Will be responsible for all aspects of staff management including rostering, absence management, appraisal and development in line with Trust policy and lead on the preparation of orientation and support for new staff.
Information and reporting
- Will be actively involved in issues of Child Protection and may occasionally be required to attend case conferences.
- Critically appraise and apply relevant research findings. Identify and facilitate clinical audit projects and apply them to improve practice.
- Will participate in guideline review and disseminate throughout multidisciplinary setting.
- Participate in the development and implementation of protocols, documentation systems, standards, policy and clinical guidelines in collaboration with other disciplines.
Technology or system support
- Liaise with IT lead midwife to fully utilise electronic patient record for maternity.
- Utilise information technology for the benefit of care delivery to mothers and babies.
- Work alongside the lead obstetricians to take ownership of the ongoing provision of the Tommy's App in our maternity unit.
- This would include oversight and quality assurance of the Tommy's App at ASPH, at all stages of the maternity pathway, from registration to pregnancy outcome surveys after delivery.
- Registration and Training for new staff using the App and a rolling programme of updates when new versions are launched.
- Support the Q&S team to investigate any incidents, errors or omissions associated with the use of the Tool.
Service improvement
- Lead the team in delivering the best patient experience every time.
- To support the process of identifying areas of good practice and celebrating success within the department.
- Participation in critically evaluating the service provision providing suggestions for service improvements in collaboration with Matrons, CPEs , Q&S team and Ward managers
- Facilitating and promoting the sharing of good practice throughout the Trust via clinical practice forums and other Trust-wide and national forums.
- Strategically and practically support the matrons, Q&S team with the embedding of any service improvements identified from learning from incidents
- Support a culture that is open and honest giving opportunities to be heard.
- Strategically benchmark the department on outstanding maternity care
- Proactively seek servicer user feedback, share the feedback on multiple platforms and proactively respond to concerns raised.
Communications and Engagement
- Communicate clearly by actively listening and responding to what people are saying.
- Check information from other people and check its accuracy.
- Establish any help people require and act on this appropriately.
- Ensure confidentiality at all times. Employees of the Trust must not without prior permission disclose any information regarding patients or staff obtained during the course of employment except to authorised bodies or individuals acting in an official capacity. The Data Protection Act may render an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information
Person Specification
Qualification and Registration
Essential
- Midwifery Degree or Diploma or equivalent
- NMC registered Midwife
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Further qualifications or training, ie NLS
- Independent prescriber
Experience & skills
Essential
- Knowledge surrounding service improvement
- Demonstrate leadership skills
- Significant all round Band 6 experience
- Ability to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support
- Evidence of previous ward management experience
Desirable
- Experience of leading change management
- Experience in providing midwifery care in High risk setting
Person Specification
Qualification and Registration
Essential
- Midwifery Degree or Diploma or equivalent
- NMC registered Midwife
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Further qualifications or training, ie NLS
- Independent prescriber
Experience & skills
Essential
- Knowledge surrounding service improvement
- Demonstrate leadership skills
- Significant all round Band 6 experience
- Ability to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support
- Evidence of previous ward management experience
Desirable
- Experience of leading change management
- Experience in providing midwifery care in High risk setting
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).
