Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced B6 midwife to undertake a 12 month secondment in the post of Antenatal Clinic Manager. The successful candidate will take responsibility for both the Antenatal Clinic and our Antenatal Day Assessment Unit (ADAU)
The successful candidate will be an experienced midwife, passionate about providing individualized care to women and families and promoting best practice in midwifery in the Antenatal Outpatient settings
The successful candidate will be supported to develop their leadership and management skills and will be pivotal in driving forward the move to MMUH in November 2024
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include:
- 24 hour responsibility for Antenatal clinic and ADAU
- Line management of a team of midwives , midwife sonographers and maternity support workers, including management of training & development and performance appraisal.
- Working with the wider education team / universities to provide a quality placement for student midwives.
- Rostering to ensure safe staffing alongside planning of annual and study leave
- Incident investigation and action planning
- Monitoring of local audits and assurances
- Asset management
-Recruitment
- Management of local patient feedback
- Dissemination and implementation of trust guidance and learning from incident review.
-Working closely with the consultant body to ensure seamless running of the Consultant antenatal clinics.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details of the roles and responsibilities for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered midwife on part 2 of the register
- Specialist qualification for post
- Management /leadership course or willing to undertake
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience post registration in continuous clinical practice.
- Evidence of working in all areas of midwifery
Desirable
- previous leadership experience
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
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
SWB NHS Trust
Birmingham/Sandwell
B18 7QH