Are you a highly motivated and dynamic experienced senior midwife looking to make a real difference to service user and staff experience? Are you able to inspire and motivate teams? If you have a passion for providing high quality care and you are looking for a development opportunity to lead midwifery care within the framework of the national maternity agenda then we would welcome your talents and skills. We are a university hospital delivering 6500 babies a year supported by a level 3 neonatal unit.
Main duties of the job
Leading on the Public Health agenda you will provide outstanding results in your area of expertise, including Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle v2 requirements, smoking cessation and immunisations plus addressing health inequalities for women in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire. We are forward thinking with motivated staff who strive to improve the quality of the service that we offer to our women, their babies and their families.Working closely with the Head of Midwifery, you will be an important member of the senior leadership team within the Women and Children Division of the trust, working collaboratively with the Consultant team to implement changes in practice in line with national guidance.You will have excellent communication skills along with visible, dynamic and inspirational leadership enabling the workforce to deliver safe and high quality standards of care.
About us
The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.
Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior experienced, dynamic, high performing midwife to join the team as a Consultant Midwife Public Health. We are looking for a clinically credible midwife with a broad range of midwifery experience and exceptional clinical ability. We need someone who possesses strong clinical leadership and who has excellent communication and networking skills, able to support the maternity team on our Journey to Outstanding. You will need to be self -motivated, enthusiastic and have a distinct passion for maternity services and a drive for continuous improvement in maternity safety and experience.
We can promise you a challenging and diverse role that will both stretch and develop you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Registered midwife
Masters degree
Teaching or leadership qualification
Desirable
PhD
Working towards PhD
Experience
Essential
Senior midwide band 7 minimum 5 years
Experience in leading change
Experience in public health
Desirable
published articles
research and audit experience
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.
