Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, visionary Consultant Midwife to join our team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, part time to cover a secondment.
The role of the consultant midwife is to provide expert clinical care and leadership within the maternity service. By working in collaboration with the Director of Midwifery, Obstetric Unit Heads of Midwifery, Group Service Director ,Clinical Director and wider perinatal senior team, the Consultant Midwife will ensure there is effective leadership, education and training, practice and service development and research/evaluation within the maternity service.
They will be an expert, autonomous practitioner of midwifery, a role model for midwives, a lead for midwifery research and practice development and a reference for multi-professional colleagues within the Health Board
The Consultant Midwife will function as an expert midwifery advisor internally and externally. This will include acting as an ambassador for the Health Board's maternity and neonatal services, raising the profile of Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board as a maternity and neonatal centre of excellence internally and nationally as required by the Director of Midwifery or Executive Nurse Director.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant Midwife will work in conjunction with the Director of Midwifery and local Heads of Midwifery to lead the maternity transformation programme regarding professional issues to support the service on its journey of continuous improvement.
The post will be characterised by the following four principal functions of a Consultant Midwife:-
Expert Midwifery Practice and Service Development
Professional Leadership and consultancy
Education and Training
Quality Improvement, Research, Audit & Evaluation function
The Consultant Midwife will work with the Care Group Directors, Heads of Midwifery, and the wider multi-disciplinary team, providing strategic midwifery leadership which reflects and supports current and future needs of the maternity service through improving our population health & tackling inequalities. Involved in developing and maintaining collaborative working and effective communication within key stakeholder to provide evidence-based positive experience for women, pregnant and birthing people and their families.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months due to - meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work as part of the leadership team empowering midwives to meet the needs of the local population in line with key objectives outlined in local and national policy documents. They will work collaboratively across the Local Maternity and Neonatal Network and as part of the emerging national Maternity and Neonatal Safety Support Programme to ensure local, regional, and national midwifery strategic policy is achieved.
The Consultant Midwife will be the Maternity lead for Quality Improvement and Population Health. The Consultant Midwife will also have a key role to play in maintaining oversight of audit, guideline review and improvement and there is an expectation the role will take a significant contribution to the clinical governance agenda through the provision of advice on best practice and the support and development of staff. The post holder will not hold a portfolio for operational management but will strongly contribute to day-to-day operational issues ensuring any improvements required are embedded back into practice.
The successful candidate will be an expert clinician and role model, will have varied post qualification midwifery experience and will have strong leadership qualities. They will have experience of working within a broad range of maternity settings and senior level of responsibility.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work as part of the leadership team empowering midwives to meet the needs of the local population in line with key objectives outlined in local and national policy documents. They will work collaboratively across the Local Maternity and Neonatal Network and as part of the emerging national Maternity and Neonatal Safety Support Programme to ensure local, regional, and national midwifery strategic policy is achieved.
The Consultant Midwife will be the Maternity lead for Quality Improvement and Population Health. The Consultant Midwife will also have a key role to play in maintaining oversight of audit, guideline review and improvement and there is an expectation the role will take a significant contribution to the clinical governance agenda through the provision of advice on best practice and the support and development of staff. The post holder will not hold a portfolio for operational management but will strongly contribute to day-to-day operational issues ensuring any improvements required are embedded back into practice.
The successful candidate will be an expert clinician and role model, will have varied post qualification midwifery experience and will have strong leadership qualities. They will have experience of working within a broad range of maternity settings and senior level of responsibility.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of significant experience in midwifery practice and leadership with demonstrable achievements in: 1 changing clinical practice 2 developing staff 3 organisational change 4 leadership 5 teaching
- In-depth knowledge of maternity publications and strategy
Desirable
- Evidence of academic published work or research
- Experience of public speaking
Other
Essential
Desirable
- Evidence of academic published work or research
Person Specification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Recognised leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of significant experience in midwifery practice and leadership with demonstrable achievements in: 1 changing clinical practice 2 developing staff 3 organisational change 4 leadership 5 teaching
- In-depth knowledge of maternity publications and strategy
Desirable
- Evidence of academic published work or research
- Experience of public speaking
Other
Essential
Desirable
- Evidence of academic published work or research
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).
