Job summary
Are you an
experienced midwife keen to influence the future delivery of safe,
compassionate and effective maternity care? If so, we want to hear from you.
Mid
Yorkshire Teaching Trust is looking for a highly motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic Matron to join our Maternity team,
with an initial portfolio of selected elements from both inpatient and
outpatient areas.
Approximately
4,600 women each year birth at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. We
provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care across the Wakefield district
and North Kirklees. We offer four choices of place of birth: home, freestanding
birth centre at Dewsbury District Hospital and the alongside birth centre and
consultant-led delivery suite in Wakefield.
At
Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust we are continuing to implement the National Maternity
Transformation Programme alongside our colleagues in the Local Maternity and
Neonatal System (LMNS) the Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) and other
community partners.
The Three Year Delivery Plan for Maternity
and Neonatal services and outcomes from Ockenden and East Kent reporting
provide a clear steer on high quality, safe care with improved outcomes, all of
which form part of our co-produced Maternity Strategy.
We are a friendly and supportive team who
welcome hearing the voices of all to develop responsive and innovative ways of
working.
for more information and a tour of then unit please contact.
Michala Little Head of Midwifery [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will demonstrate;
Effective
Leadership of the Midwifery Service.
Will have the Responsibility
for overseeing the management of the service, managing staff and liaising with
others as necessary.
They will act as a role model
to others, providing specialist expertise that is underpinned by some
theoretical knowledge and practical clinical experience and competence.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in
Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our
three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of
innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our
workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful
and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid
Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm
irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and
gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,
or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to
someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the
LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently
under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from
members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all
applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable
guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If
you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our
patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
With the wider maternity staff team contribute
to the realisation of the Maternity Strategy. Maternity transformation plan and
the development of quality services.
Establish and contribute to the continuing
development of the Midwifery service philosophy of care, ensuring that it is
congruent with the beliefs and values upheld within the clinical setting.
Implement a systematic approach to midwifery
care based on accepted evidence based models, ensuring that care is planned,
implemented and evaluated in line with agreed standards, which are robustly
evidence based and planned in partnership with the patient. Utilise the
contribution of support staff appropriately.
Ensure that multi-disciplinary continuity of
carer pathways are implemented.
Keep staff informed on current clinical issues
and professional development.
Maintain clinical records in accordance with NMC
Code requirements
Ensure that a suitably sized sample of clinical
records are audited at least every six months e.g. planned home births, BBAs,
models of ante or post-natal care, labour records etc.
Provide statements as necessary within the
required time frames.
Ensure medicines are stored, supplied and
administered in accordance with Trust Medicines Guidelines and professional
guidance, and that practices are audited at least annually.
Act as an advocate for patients and their
families including the facilitation of choice and provision of support.
Ensure clinical procedures are performed
competently and that support is available for staff in the form of clinical
procedure documents, SOPs and training opportunities.
Respond to health emergencies and where practicable
contribute to the direct care of patients as needed.
Understand the role of the Midwifery Advisor
(MA) and inform the ADN/Head of Midwifery, Midwifery manager on call of any
circumstances in which safe and appropriate care for mothers and babies cannot
be or has not been provided.
Investigate and act upon any reports of
circumstances in which safe care cannot or has not been provided, reporting to
the Assistant Director of Nursing and Midwifery in a timely manner.
Ensure staff have the necessary equipment to
undertake their role, are using the equipment safely and that this is
appropriately monitored.
Ensure patient administration IT systems are
used in accordance with Trust policies and that staff are appropriately
trained.
Ensure appropriate timely communication with
patients, relatives and carers, advising and supporting them as needed. Ensure
support systems e.g. translators, bereavement, chaplaincy etc are used
appropriately.
Ensure the availability of relevant, up to date
patient information in a user friendly, accessible format.
Ensure effective multidisciplinary team working
across the service and also with external agencies.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Act as professional role model
- Professional attitude
- Positive attitude to change
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Ability to work as team member
- Ability to use own initiative, but know when to seek guidance as appropriate.
- To be enthusiastic, motivated, honest and reliable.
- Willing to learn new skills.
- Flexibility with regard to patterns (covering the 24hr period if required) and places of work.
- Willing to participate in the midwifery managers on call rota
- The duties of this post may require travelling throughout the District on a daily basis; therefore the post holder must be independently mobile with access to a vehicle for business use
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience with considerable experience at senior level
- Ability to establish good working relationships and networks.
- Proven leadership/ management experience
- Demonstrate recent experience of managing change in either processes and/or service development.
- Ability to represent the service and contribute effectively at external meetings such as LMS
Desirable
- Evidence of Leading Change
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Extended/advanced clinical skills
- Ability to assess, plan and implement programmes of care for women with complex conditions
- Ability to negotiate with women regarding their birth/care plan
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrate confidence and ability in written and verbal reporting
- Contribute to the development of services
- Interpret guidelines and policy and implement into practice
- Understanding and experience of interagency working and services available within primary/secondary care
- Evidence of ability to act on own initiative and work autonomously
- Leadership skills
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Expert clinical skills/knowledge within Midwifery
- Leadership skills
- Able to apply HR policies/processes relevant to managing a team
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Up to date mandatory training
- Experience of critiquing clinical evidence
- Able to manage conflict situations in a team or with clients
- Computer literate
- Recruitment and interviewing skills
- Complaints training
- Team building skills
- Knowledge of IT/electronic patient record/ admin systems
- Aware of the current national, regional and local midwifery age
- Awareness of own limitations.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife.
- Mentorship Qualification.
- Educated to Masters Degree level of equivalent experience
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Professional midwifery advocate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Pinderfields Hospital
Aberford Road
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG