There has never been a more exciting time to join our Trust. Major redevelopment works on both sites at our Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Women's Hospital are planned. Our trust has been rated Good by the CQC and is world renowned for our care.

Our Maternity Services, based at our Women's Hospital, is a leading Perinatal Centre and one of the largest centres in the UK. We are the designated Fetal Medicine Centre, for the West Midlands and Wales. Therefore, we care for women and babies with very complex needs, who need more than standard maternity care. We deliver outstanding care to some of the West Midlands sickest babies from 22 weeks gestation. We are host to the West Midlands Human Milk Bank and we serve a maternity department supporting the births of approximately 8,000 babies per annum.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced midwife to provide inspirational leadership and management for our Delivery Suite, based in our Women's Hospital. This is a substantive permanent position. The successful candidate will be part of our dynamic Intrapartum Care Team, and able to support the Matron. They will be part of managing the clinical front facing team, the daily operational issues to ensure safe and outstanding care for women in the intrapartum period. This extends from, Delivery Suite and our Induction Suite, and cross cover for the Birth Centre manager. There will be very close relationships with our dependent services at all stages of the pregnancy and with our Neonatal Unit, our children's specialty services at our Children's Hospital and our Hub and Spoke centers. Outstanding communication skill is required to ensure good working relationships with a wide-ranging multidisciplinary team and families.

We have excellent professional development opportunities, which will enable you to adapt this role. We offer a family friendly environment for our local community and region.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens 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

• Registered Midwife
• Honours level Degree in Midwifery or evidence of this level of study

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification
• Professional Midwifery Advocate
• Masters degree or evidence of master's level education or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

• Current and extensive experience in midwifery practice

Desirable

• Risk Management experience
• Evidence of management experience and/or training

Knowledge

Essential

• Sound clinical midwife led care leadership
• Knowledge of public health issues and national initiatives relating to health care
• Knowledge of current issues in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care

Desirable

• Effective service management experience

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential

• Relevant knowledge regarding physiological birth
• Ability to produce reports and data at short notice
• Evidence advanced of oral and written communication skills, which may include delivery of bad news in very challenging circumstances, where there are barriers to communication
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Able to manage sensitive or difficult situations effectively
• IT skills including Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Evidence of leading and participating in change managemen

Desirable

• Ability to design rosters to ensure that safe staffing is optimised
• Investigation of PALS & Complaints in a timely manner

Personal Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Friendly, cheerful attitude
• Ability to motivate and lead
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Detailed knowledge of current midwifery practices
• Motivated to lead and manage a team

Other requirements

Essential

• Ability to work and support other areas of Maternity at short notice
• Able to work full time within a system that provides a 24-hour 7 day a week service.
• Work shifts as workload demands
• Must be flexible and adaptable
• Attend Meetings as requested
• To support Research occurring within the department

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Women's Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Edgbaston

B15 2TG

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284-24-6890958-DWNH