Job summary
Employer heading
Head of Midwifery - Band 8C
NHS AfC: Band 8c
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
- Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
- Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
- Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
- Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
- Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
So, what is in it for you?
- Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.
Types of flexibility could include:
- Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
- Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
- Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
- Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
- Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
- NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
- Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
- Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.
In addition, there is more.
- Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
- Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
- Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
- Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
- Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.
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Job overview
The Head of Midwifery (HOM) holds an important professional role for the delivery of maternity services locally and regionally, providing strong and inspirational leadership to help influence and change the development of these services in Lincolnshire, both in the community and the hospital settings.
ULHT Maternity services are on an exciting improvement journey are are looking to recruit a dynamic enthusiastic Head of Midwifery on our Boston Pilgrim site to support continued improvements. The Maternity service has recently been rated good by the CQC and has been able to submit full compliance with CNST year 5 working towards Year 6.
Midwifery is a great place to work in ULHT, we have a great team who are truly committed to giving outstanding care, we have low sickness, turnover and vacancy rates, our team members enjoy being at work.
Our team members contribution to delivering outstanding care is regularly recognised by the awards won at Trust, Regional and National Level and we are backed by a Board that is extremely supportive of our service.
If you are interested in making a real difference and being part of the leadership team of a forward thinking service, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
With the Director of Midwifery/Nursing – Women’s Services & Breast (DOM), oversee the development, facilitation and implementation of appropriate training and development programmes for midwives, nurses and support staff that enhance practice and care whilst meeting Trust objectives and Government initiatives. To work with local higher education institutions in the development of an appropriate educational curriculum to meet the needs of midwives, nurses, student midwives and student nurses.
Line manage the Matrons for the implementation of robust systems and processes that ensure there is a continuing improvement in the quality of the service provided to women and their babies, safety to staff and visitors to the Trust’s premises, who may be affected by the work of the Trust. Drive change for the benefit of both women and their families, and the staff who provide this care.
Working for our organisation
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife (currently practicing)
- Master’s Degree or equivalent experience
- Experience that recognises highly developed and complex levels of knowledge, which enable the development of in-depth and original responses to complicated and unpredictable problems and situations.
- Demonstrable personal professional development
Desirable criteria
- Management Leadership Qualification, which has been tested in a management post
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective working relationships both inside and outside the organisation
- Proven experience at senior midwifery level in an acute setting with highly developed and detailed knowledge and experience of the Experience in preparing business cases 10 following: - Current health policy and its impact on the management and development of acute health services
- Significant experience of effective staff management to include: - Providing advice to specialist and non-specialist staff
- Experience of service redesign, development and leading change
- A proven record of success in managing significant operational change while also developing and maintaining high standards of care.
- Previous involvement of multi-agency working across the health economy at a senior level
Desirable criteria
- Experience in preparing business cases
Knowledge, Skills and aptitude
Essential criteria
- In-depth knowledge of national nursing and midwifery initiatives, statutory frameworks and policies
- Demonstrable communication skills, including the ability to negotiate in challenging situations
- Strong quality focus with an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems
- A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled with a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority.
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust’s and Divisional performance expectations
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
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
- Emma Upjohn
- Job title
- Head of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07771983465
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