Trinity Ward Leader in Chesterfield

CRH offers a wide range of exciting and rewarding opportunities for people who are passionate about providing exceptional patient care. With more than 350 different careers on offer, there is a job for you no matter what your interests, skills, or qualifications. Are you an experienced, compassionate and motivated midwife ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the leadership team as the Ward Leader for Trinity Ward. Trinity Ward has 21 beds and provides antenatal, postnatal and transitional care. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Ward Leader who is passionate about providing safe, high-quality, person-centred care and who can inspire and support a multidisciplinary team.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of our service, supporting staff development and ensuring that families receive an excellent experience on Trinity Ward. We are looking for someone who:

• Is a confident and experienced midwife with a strong clinical knowledge
• Has a passion for high-quality compassionate maternity care
• Can provide visible, supportive and effective leadership
• Is committed to supporting, empowering and developing staff
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Can work collaboratively across the multi-disciplinary team
• Is committed to patient safety, quality improvement and positive outcomes
• Can lead change and contribute to the continued development of our maternity services

If you are an ambitious midwife who is ready to lead, inspire and make a difference, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job: The Ward Leader for Trinity Ward should be an expert in the assessment, planning and delivery of midwifery clinical care, providing motivational leadership and efficient organisation of the area. They will ensure that the fundamental care standards are achieved, providing a visible presence and being accessible to women, families and staff. The Ward Lead will ensure that quality measures are implemented, and resultant improvement plans delivered.

Working for our organisation: Our vision is exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people. Our mission is to bring our people, communities and partners together, providing patient care we are proud of. We all play a part in achieving this, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. As members of staff, we will always be guided by our Proud to CARE values.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well-performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and Northeast Derbyshire districts with a workforce of around 5,000 staff. We are committed to working with our partners in Health and Social Care to deliver long-term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high-quality services and excellent patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: Please refer to the relevant job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.

Person specification:

• Qualifications and Training: Evidence of study at degree level, Teaching/mentorship qualification, Study at Masters level
• Experience: Relevant operational management experience, Clinically credible, Evidence of achievement in previous roles, Experience of line managing staff, Experience of clinical risk/investigations, Involvement in clinical audit, Experience of leading innovative change
• Skills and Knowledge: Strong Leadership skills, Excellent organisation skills, Developed communication, influencing and negotiation skills, Able to develop people and teams, Ability to use initiative and make decisions under pressure, Comprehensive knowledge of national initiatives and recommendations related to maternity services, Demonstrates our Proud to CARE Values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement
• Personal Attributes: Confident to manage change, Flexible and forward thinking

Flexible Working: If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

UK Points-based immigration system: Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.

Communications: Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield, there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

Employer certification / accreditation badges: You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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