Job overview

Are you an ambitious, forward thinking, compassionate and experienced midwife looking to take on a leadership and management role on our Antenatal Ward?

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead and inspire a dynamic maternity team at Birmingham Women's, with a ward capacity of 24 Antenatal beds. As the Antenatal Ward Manager, you will be responsible for the day to day management of the Antenatal inpatient ward. You will ensure safe, effective, patient centered care while leading and developing a multidisciplinary team, in a supportive and inclusive environment. Working closely with Senior Maternity Leadership and within a supportive Inpatient Management team, you will help drive improvements, ensure compliance with standards and foster a culture of excellence.

You will provide a clinical presence working alongside your team on the ward for 40% of your hours, providing expertise to facilitate safe, effective, high quality, patient centered care.

You will be part of a forward thinking team, where your voice is valued and your contribution truly makes a difference. If you would like further information, please contact Nicola Round : [email protected]

Main duties of the job

Please ensure that you have read all sections of the job description and person specification before applying.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.