Lead Midwife for Outpatient Services, Home from Home and Community

Lead Midwife for Outpatient Services, Home from Home and Community

Band 8b

Main area: Midwifery Grade Band 8b

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Required to be on call)

Job ref: 196-NM12542

Employer: Guy\’s and St Thomas\’ NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: St Thomas Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £70,387 – £80,465 p.a. Inclusive of HCA

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59

Interview date: 26/02/2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior midwifery leader to provide clinical and professional leadership, expert clinical advice and management support to ensure that midwifery care is delivered to the highest standards.

Main duties of the job

The main duties and responsibilities of the role are the proactive and visible leadership and management of all resources across key areas of the midwifery service.

The Lead Midwife will be responsible for the teams within and the operational running of all outpatient areas and our Home from Home birthing environment. These areas also include: Maternity Assessment Unit, Antenatal Clinic, Community Midwifery services, and Continuity of Care teams. With the support of matrons in each area (3), the Lead Midwife will also be responsible for specialist midwifery services including fetal medicine, bereavement, screening, and digital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Leadership and operational management of the specific clinical areas.
• Communication with a variety of stakeholders in the service, including service users, vaccination and screening teams, along with primary care and service managers of community estates.
• Service improvement in the areas within the portfolio to work in line with the maternity strategy and Good to Outstanding Programme.
• Be responsible for the safety and quality of care provided in the clinical areas.
• Support, educate and develop the teams within the service.

Person specification

Education

• Registered Midwife
• MSc or equivalent experience
• Evidence of CPD
• Teaching and assessing course
• Leadership Qualification
• Evidence of research

Experience

• Experience at Band 8a
• Sound clinical experience
• Staff management
• Operational management
• Experience of leading change
• Experience of representing the professional regionally/nationally

Skills and Knowledge

• Prioritise work and manage multiple demands
• Knowledge of contemporary issues
• IT skills / attention to detail

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well as the needs of the service.

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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.

Name: Gina Brockwell

Job title: Chief Midwife

Email address: gina.brockwell@gstt.nhs.uk

Please do contact Minaz.Miah@gstt.nhs.uk to arrange an appointment to speak to Mrs. Gina Brockwell, Chief Midwife.

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