Midwifery Sister

2 weeks ago

Margate Kent, United Kingdom East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Welcome to East Kent Hospitals NHS University Foundation Trust and thank you for considering us as your choice of employer.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and proactive Band 7 midwife who is passionate about delivering a high quality service to the women of East Kent.

We embrace learning and development, provide supportive working environments and truly engage with our teams and women. Our recently revamped training programme embraces human factors training as a golden thread throughout helping us to deliver high quality safe care for all.

The Trust covers a population area of 760,000 and we need people like 'You' with fresh ideas and a great attitude to come and join us on our journey. The Trust is in an area that has great transport access to London & the continent but is also set in beautiful countryside with easy access to many great Kentish beaches and towns.

Main duties of the job

The Midwifery sister will provide managerial support and direct line management for the allocated setting they are responsible for, while maintaining their own clinical skills and practice. The post holder will support the Midwifery Matron with the planning and modernising of service delivery which will initially be a key function of the role, while maintaining service provision within area of responsibility and contributing to the delivery of key performance outcomes.

If you feel you have these qualities and want to join our teams at a very exciting time we look forward to hearing from you.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential


  • Significant Experience at Band 6/7
  • Demonstrate evidence of clinical practice
  • Ability to manage and undertake all clinical roles within all clinical settings, including, waterbirth, perineal suturing and high risk intrapartum care with a focus on reducing C/S rate locally
  • Knowledge of current local and national midwifery agenda and priorities

Desirable


  • Experience of service change / change management or project management work
  • Experience of a specialist midwifery role

Skills

Essential


  • Ability to motivate and lead a clinical team
  • Works well under pressure
  • Able to work within a given resource and demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
  • Competent in the use of IT and computer skills, word processing and report writing

Desirable


  • Undertaken leadership programme, e.g. NHS
  • Leadership academy front line staff or in house rising stars programme.
  • Evidence of implementation of skills developed
  • Able to demonstrate significant personal involvement in change management

Knowledge

Essential


  • Able to demonstrate evidence of team working
  • Continuing development of clinical leadership skills
  • Evidence of skills in decision making, diplomacy and negotiation and conflict resolution
  • Able to demonstrate wide knowledge of health policy and application to practice Able to articulate personal development needs and those of colleagues
  • Recognise and value the contribution of others
  • Good knowledge base regarding clinical information systems and the appropriate application of IT to clinical practice
  • Evidence of practice application of evidence based practice and dissemination of authoritative clinical research in the speciality

Desirable


  • Competent in the use of databases and spreadsheets

Qualifications

Essential


  • Registered Midwife
  • Relevant Health Related Degree
  • Teaching qualification and experience
  • Knowledge and experience of dealing with Leadership in Midwifery Services
  • Sign off Mentor

Desirable


  • Supervisor of Midwives
  • Eligible to be a appointed as Supervisor of Midwives
  • Management qualification
  • Masters Degree or working towards
  • Counselling course
  • NLS Course

Other

Essential


  • Upholds and models the Trust values

Desirable


  • Published in professional journals
  • Presentation at local regional and national events
  • Evidence of contribution to original research
  • Evidence of contribution to original research Contribute to scholarly activities and publications

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

QEQM Hospital

Margate

CT9 4AN

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