Job summary The post holder will assist the Director of Midwifery and Head of Midwifery in the development of the professional midwifery agenda to achieve consistency of professional practice and high standards of care and innovation with a strong patient safety focus.
Leading the directorate in Clinical Governance and risk management, the post holder will ensure quality assurance, achieving safety and clinical governance objectives within the Maternity Directorate to meet the wider national ambition and maternity safety agenda.
Main duties of the job Based at Birmingham Women's Hospital site, with a need for visibility amongst clinical and operational teams, the post may also require travel to sites across the region when required ( Birmingham Children's Hospital and Local Maternity and Neonatal System partners).
The post holder will be responsible for the leadership and operational management of the maternity Risk and Governance Team, working collaboratively with the Obstetric Lead to drive the maternity safety agenda.
They will be responsible for oversight of the maternity specific patient experience team; incidents and risk management team; guidelines and audit with direct line management responsibility for the Digital midwife, as outlined in the organisational structure chart.
Working collaboratively with members of the multi-professional team is key to this role to ensure safety actions are embedded to elicit improvements, and positive practice is recognized, celebrated and emanated.
The post holder will participate in the operational manager on-call rota for BWC (site based).
Further information of specific responsibilities and duties is below.
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 with current NMC Registration.
Bachelors Level Degree, or equivalent Root cause analysis training (or equivalent) Desirable Masters, or working towards Management Qualification Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent Subject matter qualification Knowledge and Nature of Experience Essential Experience in a senior midwifery post at Band 7 or above Experience in leading projects Experience in ensuring robust Clinical Governance strategy is in place in Women's Services Desirable Proven experience of service development and delivery and business planning Experience in change management Analytical and Judgment Skills Essential Experience of data analysis, interpretation, understanding, and drawing accurate conclusions to inform and include in reports Ability to critically analyse complex information prepared by others Ability to identify the role of human factors in any situation and adapt approaches accordingly Ability to manage conflict, identify stress in others, and the need to step in or change approach Able to create, develop and implement patient information and oversee this at clinical level Able to articulate information that may be complex in nature ( audit results, investigation reports, new guidelines etc) to wide audiences of varied backgrounds/ professional levels Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge Essential Able to conduct investigations and draw conclusions and make recommendations for Practice, conduct, sickness and absence and capability.
Able to plan, organise and chair meetings ensuring action plans are in place Desirable Awareness of current midwifery research and consequences to practice Evidence of ability to deal effectively with difficult people or performance issues Personal Skills Essential Knowledge of IT systems at operational level.
Ability to adapt and react to changing priorities and deadlines Advanced verbal and written communication skills, and capable of delivering key messages at all levels of the organization and beyond Ability to build productive relationships across professional disciplines and organisational boundaries Ability to work under pressure to meet corporate and national targets.
Ability to be on operational manager on call rota Self aware and able to develop this in others; proven ability to motivate and lead; Team building ability Proven ability to prioritise with proven organisational and planning skills Commitment to personal development Desirable Flexible approach to meet demands of the service, to work creatively, innovate new ways of working and ability to solve complex problems Other Requirements Essential Ability to travel throughout the region and to attend national events