Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 156-6192203
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Antenatal Ward Manager
Band 7
Job overview
We are looking for a self-motivated, resilient, agile, dynamic and energetic leader, who is passionate about the provision of high quality antenatal and bereavement care within the acute hospital environment and who will lead and develop services to ensure that they are patient focused and evidence based.
This post offers variety and challenge and the successful applicant will need to demonstrate an appetite for leading change, fostering an inclusive and agile leadership culture, developing antenatal care services as well as building a confident workforce.
With extensive experience of Midwifery care in a variety of settings the post holder will work closely with the senior midwifery team, the Speciality Lead for Obstetrics, Triage Lead Midwife and Bereavement Team. The successful candidate will have evidence of successfully implementing change and leading improvements in patient care, patient safety and patient experience.
Main duties of the job
Provide visual and accessible clinical, professional and managerial leadership within the antenatal inpatient ward and maternity services, ensuring the provision of high standards, safe, effective and cost effective midwifery care.
Coordinate the activity and further develop the Antenatal Ward and services in response to patient experience and national guidance
Work collaboratively with midwifery and obstetric leads to continue to develop services
Ensure the efficient management of the ward with allocated resource
Work to continually make improvements in the provision of care and the environment in partnership with women’s voices
Act as a role model to shape a positive organisational culture as set out in the Trust Strategy
Be an expert practitioner in the area of practice
Participate in the development of evidence based guidelines for practice within the multi-disciplinary working environment.
Promote autonomy in practice and encourage midwives to become confident in their care and decision making.
Promote women centred care in all forums and support midwives to become advocates for women.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Midwifery Degree
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Course
- Additional Midwifery Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Supporting/leading a team
- Experience in change management
- Experience with HR
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Expertise in area
- Experience of risk management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Harvey-Hurst
- Job title
- Maternity Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 252684
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