Band 8c Head of Midwifery

8 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job summary**:
**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
The Head of Midwifery provides operational midwifery leadership across women's services and includes:

- Working to achieve agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints as set out in the business plans for the services delivered by the division.
- Leading on quality, safety and women's experiences across the service.
- Developing, maintaining and providing assurance on clinical and operational governance systems and processes.
- Workforce planning and management.
- Leading the clinical teams to ensure a culture of continuous improvement.
- Maintaining clinical standards.
- Ensuring all trust human resources, clinical risk, infection control and Health & Safety policies are implemented and adhered to.
- Leading on transformation of clinical services to ensure high quality and safe care is delivered.

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

**Job description**:
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:

- Current registration as a registered Midwife on the NMC register
- Leaders / Management qualification and/or experience
- Implemented and lead on practice related changes
- Strong evidence of continuing professional development

**Desirable**:

- Evidence of executive/leadership development
- Recognised Leadership Course

**Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Sound knowledge and experience of all aspects of midwifery practice
- Sound knowledge of current national drives, national maternity agenda, assurance around maternity quality and safety
- Knowledge of issues around safeguarding children and adults
- Knowledge and experience of implementing UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Standards and Accreditation
- Knowledge of (and experience of involvement in) clinical governance and risk management processes
- Knowledge of strategic developments in midwifery, locally and nationally
- Knowledge and experience of equality, diversity an human rights in line with national policy
- Understanding of midwifery A-equip model and restorative clinical midwifery supervision
- Have a wider knowledge of the NHS and the current local and national political agenda

**Desirable**:

- Experience of local or regional strategic working

**Additional Criteria**:
**Essential**:

- Ability to deal calmly and non-confrontationally with a range of personalities and situations
- Able to challenge poor practice in an assertive non-aggressive manner
- Have a non-judgemental attitude
- Commitment to the provision of a quality and evidence-based service
- Commitment to improving women's experience
- Committed to improving the privacy and dignity of users of the service
- Car driver with full driving license, or ability to travel independently between hospital sites or for necessary patient visits
- Ability to work flexible hours and fulfil commitments of on-call
- Ability to co-ordinate and liaise within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to achieve deadlines and work under pressure
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Adaptable and flexible
- Assertive and innovative

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**:
**Certificate of Sponsorship**:
**UK Professional Registration**:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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