Antenatal Clinic Manager

An exciting opportunity exists for an ambitious and motivated midwife to step up as manager of our Antenatal Clinic to cover maternity leave for a 12 month period. This is an opportunity for an aspiring, confident practitioner who is ready to progress in their career. This post will require a unique and talented individual who will continue the strong clinical leadership of our busy Antenatal Clinic. The postholder will work within the team, across the Family Health Care Group (including other Care Groups as appropriate) and with external stakeholders to deliver cohesive, comprehensive and integrated services across maternity at CDDFT.

Main duties of the job

The service is looking for an experienced midwife to manage our busy Antenatal Clinic department. Reporting to the Community/Out Patient Matron and Head of Midwifery, you will be working alongside a group of impressive clinical midwifery matrons and managers across both of our acute sites. The post holder will be responsible for management of Antenatal Clinic, including the support of specialist midwifery posts relating to the management area. You will be responsible for supporting the team in the achievement of excellent, safe, and efficient care. Your influence will have a positive impact on the quality-of-care provision within the maternity service.

The post holder will provide innovative professional leadership, advice and guidance to midwifery staff in their area of responsibility, ensuring the professional contributions of midwives is maximised in order to achieve the Trust's business and strategic goals whilst ensuring professional standards are maintained. The post holder will work with a high level of autonomy in order to support and influence the service including implementation of national initiatives and appropriate models of care.

Job responsibilities

• As one of the Managers of our Antenatal Clinic, you will be a senior post holder in our team at CDDFT and part of the first point of contact for many of our families attending maternity services.
• You will be required to be an inspirational leader and great line manager.
• Promote the Trust's core values of care, quality, respect, leadership and achievement by adherence to the behavioural competencies as detailed on the Trust's website/intranet site.
• Put delivery of high quality services at the forefront of what you do.
• Ensure that excellence in communication and engagement of staff, service users and stakeholders is at the centre of everything you do.
• Challenge the status quo and lead on the development of workforce plans that are cognisant of future developments, new ways of working and new technologies.
• Establish excellent working relationships with clinicians at all levels within the Care Group and across organisations to enable transformation and delivery on all areas of performance.
• Alongside the Clinical matrons, lead on the delivery of all aspects of performance within the Antenatal Clinics, including quality of services, patient experience, access, finance, governance, HR and organisational development.
• Lead and support transformation and integration of services using lean methodologies across pathways and services both internally and with external agencies to achieve improved outcomes for patients and service users, increase productivity and reduce costs.
• Lead on and be proactive in ensuring that the health and well-being agenda is considered in the development of and evident in delivery of all services.
• Demonstrate a can-do approach to problem solving and delivery of services.
• Ensure that robust governance is embedded in your area of responsibility.
• At all times demonstrate behaviours that are consistent with your role as unit manager.

Person Specification

• Ability to use initiative
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to be reflective practitioner
• Committed to professional and personal development
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Proven ability to work effectively independently and within a team
• Approachable and able to build relationships with a wide variety of colleagues
• Keen to develop themselves and others, open to new ideas and willing to share their experiences with others
• Takes ownership of problems
• Experience of linking with outside agencies

Statutory Registration

• NMC UK Registered Midwife

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current UK NMC PIN
• Significant experience within an acute maternity setting at Band 6
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Currently employed within CDDFT.
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Master or equivalent experience
• Trained NIPE practitioner

Special Skills & Knowledge

• Motivational and empowerment skills
• Effective organisational skills, organisation of own workload
• Enthusiastic and supportive
• Confident to work independently
• Excellent communication skills and ability to provide written and verbal reports.
• Able to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs
• Ability to travel across site as required

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.