Maternity inpatient ward manager

Job summary

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the senior team at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust as the inpatient ward manager. Please note, this is a temporary role whilst we are recruiting to the substantive post.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Maternity inpatient matron, the delivery suite manager and other senior management team members and clinical leads to continue to develop best practice on the inpatient wards and transitional care.

We are seeking applicants with maternity inpatient ward clinical experience and experience in management elements would be advantageous. The position requires potential applicants to have demonstrable experience as a midwife including some experience in a managerial role.

The post holder will be responsible for the day to day management of the service promoting high standards of care, efficient and effective use of resources, achieving safe staffing levels, troubleshooting operational issues and ensuring targets and KPI's are met within the maternity inpatient ward .

You will provide Midwife leadership, ensuring high standards of care working in partnership with the multidisciplinary team supporting the successful implementation of the care programme approach.

You will contribute to and develop operational procedures and take an active role in the development of the service, deputising for the Matron when required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is a senior clinical and managerial lead for the maternity inpatient ward and transitional care. They will manage and take responsibility for governance and team working that delivers excellent patient care within a framework that promotes efficient, safe clinical care and good use of resources. The post holder will act as the deputy to the matron in her absence and participate in the senior midwifery management on-call rota.

In addition, the post holder will be expected to act in a manner that upholds the Trust's values and that of the profession. Ensuring that the service delivered contributes to supporting the principles of clinical governance, with the woman and her family at the centre of everything we do.

Our Maternity unit conducts approximately 3,700 births per annum. We are determined in our quest to promote a continuity of care model. We are currently undergoing a refurbishment of our maternity services to include an on site MLU, the relocation and refurbishment of our bereavement suites and the induction of labour bay.

About us

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development of our Pleck Road site was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children's Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from some 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Covering Walsall and beyond, our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care, so that those with long-term conditions and the frail and elderly, can remain in their own homes to be cared for wherever appropriate.