Job summary
Are you an experienced Midwife looking for a new opportunity? We have a senior leadership role in our Maternity services which is an exciting career opportunity for ambitious and dynamic Midwives.
In this role you will work closely with the Maternity Matron team, the Band 7 labour ward co-ordinators and the centralised Triage department to ensure that the Maternity unit is operationally safe, effective and well led.
You will have the clinical oversight of the Maternity Unit to improve the flow and capacity management. You will ensure compliance with the national safety recommendations. You will provide real time situational awareness and enable early escalation of risks.
You will demonstrate a high level of communication and organisational skills and be a key stakeholder for the development and management of the individuals within the team.
If you have a sound clinical knowledge base and a passion for high standards of care at all times and you enjoy working in maternity services which can be unpredictable and challenging, we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Provides real-time situational awareness of staffing levels, acuity, and bed availability across all maternity areas.
- Enables early escalation of clinical or operational risks to senior leadership or obstetric teams.
- Ensures efficient patient movement between triage, labour ward, and postnatal areas to prevent bottlenecks.
- Reduces delays in induction of labour, theatre access, and discharges.
- Enhances ability to manage surges in demand, including out-of-hours.
- Supports the centralised telephone triage service by overseeing calls and managing admissions
About us
Our maternity department has 5200 births each year. Our involvement in world renowned research has led to the development of PROMPT. At our last CQC inspection, we were rated as 'good'. We have a consultant led Obstetric Unit with 2 HDU rooms, 9 birthing rooms and a pool room. We have an alongside birth centre and active home birth service. We host the Regional Maternal Medicine service, including a Fetal Medicine service.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.We offer aninduction programme and will support you with achieving your career goals. You will work a day/night shift pattern, to include being part of the on-call rota.
Midwives working here describe the kindness and care that is demonstrated to each other. Great importance is placed on civility and a team ethos of going the extra mile together. Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay
- Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
- Staff car parking
- Physiotherapy Direct
- Career development and training opportunities
- Award winning and comprehensive wellbeing provisions.
- Maternity coffee shop and 'Garden room' wellbeing space.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities for this role are:
Enhanced safety and clinical oversight
Improved flow and capacity management
Communication and escalation
Governance and Quality improvement
Supporting the centralised telephone triage service
Please see the job description and Additional Information document for more details
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main responsibilities for this role are:
Enhanced safety and clinical oversight
Improved flow and capacity management
Communication and escalation
Governance and Quality improvement
Supporting the centralised telephone triage service
Please see the job description and Additional Information document for more details
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Practicing Midwife with significant experience in all clinical areas
- Experience of leading, managing and supervising staff and able to delegate appropriately acting as a positive role model at all times.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills within difficult or challenging circumstances demonstrating assertiveness, tact, diplomacy as appropriate
- Evidence of being in charge of a shift and ability to provide relevant advice to juniors on a variety of clinical and management issues
Desirable
- Evidence of post registered education in leadership
- NIPE trained or willing to undertake
- Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Practicing Midwife with significant experience in all clinical areas
- Experience of leading, managing and supervising staff and able to delegate appropriately acting as a positive role model at all times.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills within difficult or challenging circumstances demonstrating assertiveness, tact, diplomacy as appropriate
- Evidence of being in charge of a shift and ability to provide relevant advice to juniors on a variety of clinical and management issues
Desirable
- Evidence of post registered education in leadership
- NIPE trained or willing to undertake
- Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
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).
