Job summary
- Main area
- Women's Health
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 323-NM2203-LM
- Employer
- Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St. Peter's Hospital
- Town
- Chertsey
- Salary
- £72,428 - £83,149 pa inc. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Midwifery
Band 8c
St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey is situated in greenbelt parkland between Woking and Chertsey near junction 11 of the M25. It is also close to junction 2 of the M3 with good transport links to the surrounding area.
The main centres of population served by the hospital are Woking, Weybridge, Chertsey, Staines and Walton on Thames. Originally St. Peter’s Hospital was built to serve casualties of the Second World War. Over the years, the Hospital has been rebuilt, developed and extended to include maternity services, a department/clinic area and a new theatre complex.
Services include:
- Accident and emergency services
- Intensive care
- Emergency surgical and medical care
- Elective and day-case surgery
- Orthopaedics (Rowley Bristow unit)
- Maternity care
- Paediatric services (children’s services)
- Neonatal intensive care unit which provides care for acutely ill babies
- Outpatients and diagnostics; X ray, ultrasound, CT scans, endoscopy (using cameras to look inside the body) and MRI scans
- Pathology services (provided through the Surrey and Berkshire Pathology Service)
Ashford Hospital, situated on the A30 to the west of London, close to the junction 13 of the M25 and Heathrow Airport.
The hospital continues to provide a wide range of medical and mainly day surgical services, outpatients services, ophthalmology, inpatient rehabilitation, and includes the Ashford Walk-in Centre (run by CSH Surrey).
The main centres of population served by the hospital are Ashford, Staines, Sunbury, Shepperton, Feltham, Hanworth, Bedfont, Hampton, Teddington, Wraysbury and Heathrow Airport.
Services include:
- Day-case surgery
- Elective Surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Outpatients (including paediatrics) and diagnostics; X ray, ultrasound, and MRI scans
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Outpatient Midwifery hub
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and senior midwife to contribute to the development and implementation of Key objectives across the Women’s Health and Paediatric Division. The post holder will work alongside the Director of Midwifery, Deputy Chief Nurses, maternity, and Neonatal Senior Leadership Team, and ICB Surrey and Heartlands.
You will contribute to the development of the Maternity and Neonatal Improvement Plan (MNIP), play an active role within the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) and involve in the delivery of the MatNeo Health Strategy.
Following significant investment aligned to our clinical strategy in our women’s health services including Gynaecology and Maternity, we have achieved development of a range of several innovative roles, an upgrade in our departmental estate, and significant success in recruiting midwifery talent to deliver care to our women, birthing partners, and babies in our maternity service.
Our next stage is to recruit our senior leadership team. We seek a successor to our current Director of Midwifery who has led this transformation, and to the Head of Midwifery role to lead our expanding team. Both roles attract a Relocation package.
Important Dates:
Assessments will be held on Friday, 24th May with Interviews on Wednesday 29th May 2024.
Main duties of the job
You will be taking the lead on midwifery and maternity development programmes, midwifery and nurse staffing including recruitment and retention, measuring, and improving standards of care and the women’s experience. The post holder will develop a strong leadership presence in the unit forming strong bonds with the staff and evidencing compassionate leadership.
The post holder is pivotal to ensuring the direct delivery of clinical care is safe, timely and compassionate. The post holder will lead a consistent and standardised approach across the organisation to delivery and achievement of NHS Resolution Safety Actions, as well as supporting CNST recommendations, Ockenden and Kirkup recommendations and implementation of national maternity initiatives.
In addition to Maternity Services, this post will also provide clinical leadership for our gynaecology service and nurses. This role will participate in the Midwifery manager on call rota.
Our ambition is to attain an outstanding service and you will be critical in leading our teams along this journey in partnership with the divisional director and executive colleagues.
We are looking for a high calibre exceptional individual who has an established record of leadership and extensive experience working at Senior Midwifery Leadership level or already working at Head of Midwifery level.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH) serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond.
We employ around 4,600 individual members of staff and our turnover in 2022/23 was around £429 million. The Trust provides a range of Maternity services that supports over 3,000 births a year whilst caring for a very diverse population and we also serve the population with a Level 3 NICU unit.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Head of Midwifery (HOM) will be a senior practicing midwife who provides overall operational leadership and direction for Midwives and Nursing staff within the Maternity and Gynaecology Services.
The post holder will be the lead midwife to support delivery of the maternity transformation Plan and the National Maternity Agenda.
You will be a point of contact for advice and expertise on all matters relating to professional nursing and midwifery issues.
Reporting to the Director of Midwifery - the post holder will deputise for the Director of Midwifery in their absence.
The post holder will lead and deliver the work streams for the maternity transformation programme as outlined within the national maternity agenda including the anticipated single delivery plan.
Working in partnership with women, birthing people and expert consumer groups you will be responsible for designing a quality service that promotes a positive health model delivering change in service provision in line with existing and new government policies.
The post holder will ensure the delivery of key quality, performance and governance plans and work collaboratively to deliver the Trust’s strategic direction, finance and business agenda. Work with the Director of Midwifery for Women’s Health and Paediatrics ( WHP), to develop and implement a strategic vision for maternity /gynaecology services.
The post holder will be responsible for defined initiatives across a range of issues, particularly with respect to continuous improvement in patient care delivery pathways and clinical quality.
Provide assurance of proactive management of clinical and cost improvement plans, ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to identified risks. They will support the DoM for the delivery of a complex agenda which drives efficiency and quality initiatives across maternity and Gynaecology. Integral to the role is the delivery of work streams within the wider health economy and the local maternity system (LMNS) to ensure that maternity care is reflective of the national agenda for maternity services, namely the Three year Delivery Plan -National Maternity Agenda
As Head of Midwifery the post holder will have professional and managerial responsibilities for midwifery within the trust and will deliver services across the 3 maternity pathways for antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care within the acute hospital site and community which includes collaborative working with Surrey Heartlands transformation board and is professionally accountable to the DoM.
Ensure that service user information is current and accurate and helpful for women to make choices about the services being offered and involve users in the production of such information.
Divisional and Strategic Development
- Support the Quadrumvirate team in integrating the work of the midwifery, nursing, administrative and other professional/clinical staff to align these around the delivery of effective and efficient services.
- Contribute to the development of the midwifery profession through proactive involvement in local, regional and national forums.
- Represent the Trust on midwifery and maternity issues when required and delegated by the Chief Nurse or DOM.
- Represent the Director of Midwifery when required
- Support the DoM to ensure professional nursing leadership with appropriate structures are in place which support midwives and nurses at all levels.
- Ensure that all statutory requirements are met and that all midwifery practice is consistent with the NMC rules and codes of practice.
- Support to the Quadrumvirate in identifying key drivers for change and opportunities for growing, improving and redesigning services and initiating strategic implementation plans.
- Lead the continued strategic development of maternity hubs and the continuity of carer model in alignment with NHSE guidance.
- Interpret overall health service policy and strategy in order to establish goals and standards
For more details please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications and Further Training
Essential criteria
- Must be an NMC Registered Midwife (RM)
- Management qualification at diploma level
- BSc in Healthcare or equivalent
- Mentorship/ENB 998 or equivalent
- Evidence of recent clinical update
- Education to Master’s Degree level or equivalent experience
- PMA (Des)
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent senior Midwifery operational role at Grade 8B or above in an acute setting
- Proven Experience of leading clinical teams and professional agendas
- Proven Experience of leading corporate wide/cross boundary projects
- Proven Experience of budgetary/financial management
- Proven Experience of managing the Governance agenda for maternity services
- Proven track record in improving patient experience and gaining patient/public views
- Ability to develop business cases
- Experience of chairing multi-disciplinary meetings
- Complex incident management and support for the wider team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a community setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A sound working knowledge of acute service provision
- Good understanding of current and developing NHS policy
- Knowledge of the governance agenda and role of CQC, NHSI, NHSE etc.
- A sound understanding of the professional Midwifery agenda
- Understanding of the professional educational system and processes
- Knowledge of performance management systems
- Understanding of strategic planning
Skills
Essential criteria
- To have fully developed leadership skills and the ability to engage with and motivate a wide clinical team
- Excellent an effective range of communication skills with a range of people and organisations
- Proven workforce planning and development and negotiation skills
- Be conversant with a wide portfolio and be able to work effectively under pressure.
- Computer literate
- Demonstrable analytic skills and pragmatic approach to the data interpretation
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
- Toby Cooper
- Job title
- Interim Head of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
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