An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic midwife with significant experience in high risk midwifery to take on the leadership role in the Maternity Day assessment Unit. The candidate will have daily responsibility for managing a clinical team to include operational and leadership skills coordinating the Day Assessment Unit. We are looking for someone who is willing to accept the wide range of ever changing operational challenges in delivering high quality safe care while role modelling Trust Values to the whole multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The Maternity Day Assessment Unit at SFT's ward activity is variable and requires the lead Midwife to remain reactive and responsive to an ever changing situation across the Maternity services.

The successful candidate will be required to work both clinically and non-clinically. In their clinical work they will be expected to role-model excellence in care whilst providing strong leadership and guidance to the whole multidisciplinary team who work within the day assessment Unit. Within the non-clinical role they will take ownership for embedding the current BSOTS triage system. Training and supporting new learners and preceptors and moving the service forward through learning and feedback. The successful candidate will work closely with the risk and governance team.

Please ensure you refer to the job description for detailed duties related to the post.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• At least 3 years experience at band 6
• Previous Leadership experience
• Recent high risk antenatal experience

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ

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