Maternity Inpatients Ward Manager

Job summary
We are looking for an experienced midwife to join our current team.

You will be responsible for the leadership, management and clinical governance on our inpatient wards, ensuring safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care to our women, birthing people, babies and families.

Main duties of the job
The role will involve providing clinical and operational leadership to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring adequate and appropriate staffing, effective patient flow, compliance with maternity and trust policies and standards and improvements in the quality and safety of care.

About us
Our Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid.

We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.

We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities, valuing the perspectives they bring.

Job responsibilities
See job description attached to vacancy.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide visible clinical leadership and professional support to midwives, nurses, maternity support workers, transitional care support workers and the wider MDT.
• Ensure safe, evidence based and person centred care
• Manage staffing, workforce planning, sickness absence and performance
• Monitor incidents, complaints, safeguarding concerns and risk, taking action where needed
• Support staff education, orientation appraisals and ongoing professional development

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree or relevant experience
• Evidence of post-registration education
• Teaching and assessing/ mentorship qualification

Experience
Essential

• Substantial experience of working as a Registered midwife
• Specific experience of working in the antenatal and postnatal Ward setting
• Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the team/ individuals
• Evidence of delivering quality teaching to various staff groups
• To have a knowledge / evidence of research/ audit/ quality improvement initiatives

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Management and leadership skills, including an ability to prioritise own work effectively and being able to direct tasks to others
• Ability to recognise the contributions of all members of the MDT
• Analytical and problem solving skills, including an ability to respond to sudden unexpected events/ demands

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).