Job summary
- Main area
- Head of Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Secondment: 7 months (Fixed term if outside applicant)
- Hours
- Full time - On Calls
- Job ref
- 151-ALG50
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- as set out by agenda for change
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/07/2024
Employer heading
Head of Midwifery
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Job overview
An exciting and unexpected opportunity to cover maternity leave has arisen within the maternity service at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. The role is for the Frimley Park site and is key to the leadership and development of the maternity service and gynaecology nursing service within the trust.
It is an opportunity for a senior midwife with the relevant experience as set out in the job description and person specification to develop their skills and knowledge for 7 months and widen their portfolio. This can be a secondment or fixed term contract with the ability to start in the post on 1st October 2024.
The role is pivotal within the maternity and gynaecology nursing service and involves building relationships across multi professionals and key stakeholders with the trust, Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) and regionally across the South East Coast.
Main duties of the job
The role is a senior leader with professional responsibility for the maternity service and gynaecology nursing service at Frimley Park Hospital, and joint responsibility with the head of midwifery at the Wexham park hospital for gynaecology nursing services at Heatherwood Hospital.
The role includes responsibility for the strategic direction, overall provision and management of the Maternity services within the acute and community settings.
The post holder will deputise for the director of midwifery when required and will provide expert advice to the chief nurse, chief of service, Trust Board, associate director, and Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) on professional midwifery issues.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached job description and person specification for full details of the job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Master degree
- Management Qualification
- Enhance midwifery knowledge
- Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)
Desirable criteria
- Registered Nurse
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Relevant midwifery management experience in both acute and community setting.
- Evidence of managing multidisciplinary clinical services
- Proven ability to communicate with people from all professional social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
- Innovative and responsive to change.
- ability to network and initiate and develop sound relationship with senior colleagues within and external to the Trust.
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries and strategic effective client relationship.
- Addressing professional and ethical issues in midwifery and nursing
- Negotiation skills
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- Excellent time management and self-management with ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload
- Able to adapt to rapid change and able to instigate and lead change
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
- Emma Luhr
- Job title
- Director of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 6131821
- Additional information
Personal Assistant
Maria Wells
phone 0300 6131821
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