Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 381-WC-5964130-A
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Birmingham/Sandwell
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Team Manger - Midwifery Led Unit
NHS AfC: Band 7
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has risen or a band 7 ward manager for Serenity Midwife Led Unit
The successful candidate will be an experienced midwife, passionate about providing individualized care to women and families and promoting best practice in midwifery.
As ward manager you will be responsible for the day to day running of the MLU and working closely with the wider ward management team to ensure the safe running of the wider maternity unit.
The MLU team leader plays a pivotal role in supporting and collaborating closely with the delivery suite manager, fostering a seamless and efficient workflow. Together, they share responsibilities and tasks, ensuring the smooth operation of the maternity unit. Whether it's overseeing patient care, managing staff schedules, or addressing any emergent situations, their partnership ensures comprehensive coverage and support. By working hand in hand, they create a supportive environment where each member of the team can thrive, ultimately leading to enhanced patient care and satisfaction. Their collaboration embodies a commitment to excellence and teamwork within the delivery suite and MLU setting a standard for cohesive leadership in healthcare.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include:
- Act as the professional lead for women with uncomplicated pregnancies, promoting the physiological birthing process
- Provide clinical support and oversight for the midwifery led unit
- Line management of a team of midwives and maternity support workers, including management of training & development and performance appraisal.
- Supporting preceptorship midwives on rotation to MLU
- Working with the wider education team / universities to provide a qualirt placement for student midwives.
- Rostering to ensure safe staffing for the MLU, managing annual & study leave.
- Incident investigation and action planning
- Monitoring of local audits and assurances
- Asset management
- Individualised care planning / birth planning with women & families, working closely with the Consultant Midwife and Obstetric team.
- Management of local patient feedback
- Dissemination and implementation of trust guidance and learning from incident reviews
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details of the roles and responsibilities for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife on part 2 of the register
- Specialist qualification for post
- Management /leadership course.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of clinical/ managerial development
- Significant experience post registration in continuous clinical practice.
- Evidence of working in all areas of midwifery
- Able to take the professional lead in caring for low risk women
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
- Lilian Ghobrial
- Job title
- Inpatient Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07790 946 867
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