Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Operational On Call)
- Job ref
- 284-25-7174377-DWAB
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Women's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 1.5% On Call Operational Manager uplift
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/06/2025
Employer heading
Deputy Head of Midwifery
Band 8b
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
It is an exciting time to join our Trust, or further develop within it. Our Trust has been rated Good by the CQC and is world renowned for our care. We work closely with our partners across the Local MatNeo System.
Main duties of the job
We seek an experienced, inspirational midwife to provide ambitious, brave and compassionate operational leadership based in our Women’s Hospital. Are you dynamic with a passion to drive workforce transformation to support the delivery of high-quality care aligned with the local and national quality and safety agenda? Our families need safe, personalised, expert care. Supported by our Director and Head of Midwifery you will lead and shape our maternity services in collaboration with our maternity teams and Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership. You will champion best professional practice, making sure the voices of those for whom we care are central across our services. As a key member of our multi-professional team you will support and empower leaders to manage services to provide the best possible outcomes and experiences for all.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Register Midwife
- Relevant health care degree at Hons level or equivalent
- Relevant management experience
- Evidence of study at Master’s level (7)
- Evidence of on-going professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive and current operational management experience in a senior leadership position (8a or above), including staff, budgetary and performance management
- Extensive and current operational experience of managing clinical pathways
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of maternity operational issues in an acute setting.
- Demonstrable experience and knowledge of delivering improvements in clinical performance and standards
- Excellent understanding of the evolving NHS environment
- Advanced knowledge & understanding of current nursing/midwifery policy & practice issues
- Expert knowledge of the Governance and Risk frameworks required to deliver safe, high quality clinical care
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Ability to think and plan strategically, including the ability to collaborate effectively both internally and externally to create successful partnership working
- Ability to be intellectually flexible and look beyond existing ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce effective and innovative service delivery
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation and drive for improvemen
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Current knowledge in care of neonates
- Fully conversant with Microsoft office
- Proven ability to produce clear, accurate, written and verbal reports
- Flexibility in approach and attitude, with proven ability in prioritising workload in the face of competing demands
- Fully conversant with Health Roster programmes
PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- Open and honest style with strong personal integrity
- Personal resilience in dealing with emotive situations
- Good health/work attendance and able to work clinical shifts if required
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- Team working
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
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
- Jessica Atoklo
- Job title
- Head of Midwifery/ Associate Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
To discuss or to arrange a visit please do get in touch
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