This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Midwifery Leader to join our team to provide professional and pastoral guidance and support to the midwifery workforce.

The PMA role has been developed to replace the role of the supervisor of midwives that was deselected in April 2017 due to legislative change. The model that will support the deployment of this role is called A-EQUIP which provides a continuous improvement process that builds upon personal and professional resilience, enhances quality of care for women and supports preparedness for midwives in appraisal and professional revalidation.

The ultimate aim is that this continuous improvement process of the A-EQUIP model will become an intrinsic part of everyone's job, every day in all parts of the system. Thus the post holder will assist the Trust by implementing the elements of the A-EQUIP model utilising the guidance issued by NHS England in April 2017.

Main duties of the job

Duties will include:

• Support midwives to identify their own personal action for quality improvement
• Lead the team of PMAs who have been appointed on a sessional basis, ensuring that they maintain a rota and develop a database to monitor all the activities that each of the PMAs undertake
• Use their understanding of personal and professional resilience and support others to develop this attribute
• Ensure that there is a strong interface between the PMA and clinical governance at the Trust
• Use expert knowledge in midwifery practice to support Heads of Midwifery and Consultant Midwives in implementing and monitoring midwifery practice ensuring that there are robust clinical governance assurance systems in place relating to midwifery practice
• Provide support to midwives in sharing of good practice learnt through the maternity service's internal risk management process with the aim of reducing the incidence of harm and obstetric litigation cases
• Be involved in continuous monitoring and maintaining quality standards of clinical practice through a variety of ways, for example audit, working clinically with midwives for those who require additional support and development

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please emailmtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.netif this is problematic)and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• PMA qualification
• Leadership experience
• Registered midwife
• Is a qualified sign-off mentor

Desirable

• Previous Supervisor of midwives
• Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• A thorough understanding of The Code (NMC2015)
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its implementation
• Knowledge of issues of confidentiality and demonstrates appropriateness in dealing with sensitive personal, patient and corporate information
• Experience of working as part of a team and can demonstrate principles of effective team working
• Evidence of gathering, analysing, interpreting and disseminating in-depth information
• Experience of working with a wide range of disparate individuals

Skills

Essential

• European computer driving license
• Proven track record of a leadership role
• Management skills including chairing meetings, presentations, report writing, managing change, performance management
• Evidence of working in a complex environment and coping with competing priorities
• Evidence of being able to manage her own diary via Microsoft Outlook, organise and manage meetings as a PMA
• Demonstrates IT skills in using applications e.g. Word, Powerpoint and Excel spreadsheets

Employer details

Employer name

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Address

Maidstone Hospital & Tunbridge Wells Hosptial (Cross Site)

Tunbridge Wells

TN2 4QJ

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