Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 470-24-0004-SB
- Employer
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's
- Town
- Isle of wight
- Salary
- £70,417 - £81,138 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Midwifery
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join our team, at Isle of Wight Maternity services as our new Head of Midwifery. Are you an exceptional midwife looking for an opportunity to progress into an important senior midwifery role? We are looking for a dynamic and motivated midwife who will provide inspirational and positive professional leadership working closely with the Director of Midwifery.
Across the Isle of Wight we have around 1000 births. A very exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Head of Midwifery on a permanent contract. The successful applicant will be provided with an individualised leadership and coaching programme, supported by the Director of Midwifery.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
This is an exciting opportunity to compassionately lead and inspire a dedicated maternity service, who are committed to a culture of safety and continuous service improvement.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the senior leadership team, the Head of Midwifery will provide guidance, support and leadership to midwifery and support staff to ensure patient safety, service quality and excellent patient experience is consistently monitored and maintained in all maternity settings.
Through responsive leadership you will act as a strong patient advocate ensuring that a culture of continuous improvement and development is supported in order to drive quality care delivery across the service.
With professional integrity, wisdom and compassion you will support the Director of Midwifery to promote a culture where all staff thrive to participate in growing change to provide maternity services where women/birthing people and their families are at the heart of all decisions. We have an excellent relationship with our Maternity Voices Partnership and you will be instrumental in co-designing developments and co-create solutions based on maternal feedback and views.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Working for our organisation
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Person specification
Qualifications and role specific knowledge
Essential criteria
- Current Midwifery registration/nursing registration desirable.
- Degree level education or equivalent.
- Management qualification or equivalent experience.
- A clear understanding of leadership and team dynamics, including what factors make a successful organisation.
- An understanding of all staff groups and agencies/stakeholder across the health community
- A clear understanding of the interface between organisations.
- A clear understanding of and commitment to the current and changing agenda within the NHS.
- Ability to think strategically and analyse complex problems and interact in a complex multidisciplinary organisation.
- Holds a masters degree or evidence of working and undertaking study at level
- Has the relevant managerial and operational experience
- Evidence of working at a strategic level with external partners LMNS, ICB,CQC, HSIB
Desirable criteria
- Recent and proven experience of operationally leading and managing complex services.
- Risk Management Training/ qualification or relevant experience
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Working in an environment which demands high levels of energy, stamina and enthusiasm.
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Provide credible and strong leadership.
- Managing budgets within financial standing orders.
- Management of all staff disciplines, undertaking individual development and performance reviews, managing sickness and capability issues.
- To lead service improvement initiatives and improve service cost efficiency while maintaining high quality services.
- To influence and facilitate service reconfiguration and development.
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of on-going and recent continuing professional development.
- To inspire, lead and motivate staff through positive and confident communication.
- Experience of maternity contracting/commissioning processes.
- Experience of leading cost improvement initiatives.
- Managing risk and governance processes.
- Developing business plans.
- Delegating responsibility and supporting the development of others and appropriately deployment and management of resources.
- Workforce planning, recruitment and selection of staff.
- Working under pressure, prioritising work and meeting deadlines.
- Work without direct supervision to achieve the objectives of the post.
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Utilise a variety of advanced communication skills in order to communicate to a range of different audiences clearly and succinctly verbally, electronically and in writing.
- Being a highly credible leader who is able to command respect.
- Analysing complex information and/or situations and finding appropriate solutions/resolutions, identify priorities for action and make decisions in the best interest of the service and users.
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
- Amanda Pearson
- Job title
- Director of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07889380872
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