Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Guideline & Audit Midwife - Saving Babies Lives

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic midwife to join our Midwifery team as the lead midwife for the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle, for 12 months (fixed term contract).

The post holder will work with midwifery, obstetric, and neonatal colleagues to lead on the continued implementation and monitoring of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle across the Trust. The postholder is expected to have excellent communication skills and be able to manage their own workload.

If you think you are able to inspire and motivate, and have a passion to make a difference and provide high quality care, we would like to hear from you. We support flexible working, and can offer the opportunity to work from home on occasion as well.

Main duties of the job

To build on the current practice and lead and facilitate improvements and innovations to enable the full delivery of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle version 3 at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust which includes:

Reducing smoking in pregnancy
Fetal growth
Raising awareness of reduce fetal movements (RFM)
Effective fetal monitoring
Reducing preterm birth
Management of pre-existing diabetes

In addition, you will be expected to undertake and support QI work and audits that evidence compliance, and be jointly responsible for completion of the SBL implementation toolkit.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Date posted

06 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-23-1027-2

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife to lead on the implementation of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle version 3 (SBLCBv3).

We are looking for a midwife who has experience of implementing and managing a programme with key deliverables. The midwife must have excellent communication skills, work well under pressure and be able to prioritise work to timescales.

We are working towards continuous development of our services to meet the maternity transformation agenda and this role is key.

The midwife must have a philosophy of woman-centred care and good knowledge of the SBLCBv3, with a passion for embedding continuous learning and improvement.

The full job description can be found in the supporting documents section.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife to lead on the implementation of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle version 3 (SBLCBv3).

We are working towards continuous development of our services to meet the maternity transformation agenda and this role is key.

The midwife must have a philosophy of woman-centred care and good knowledge of the SBLCBv3, with a passion for embedding continuous learning and improvement.

The full job description can be found in the supporting documents section.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
Educate to Degree level or equivalent
Mentorship qualification evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

Experience of reporting and presenting complex data analysis in a variety of reports and media, including oral presentations
Evidence of professional development
Knowledge of research methodologies and audit
Experienced user of MS Office programmes, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Desirable

Clinical Audit Experience
Evidence of effective team working
Experience of leading , motivating & supporting a team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
Educate to Degree level or equivalent
Mentorship qualification evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

Experience of reporting and presenting complex data analysis in a variety of reports and media, including oral presentations
Evidence of professional development
Knowledge of research methodologies and audit
Experienced user of MS Office programmes, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Desirable

Clinical Audit Experience
Evidence of effective team working
Experience of leading , motivating & supporting a team

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

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

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)