Maternity Inpatients Ward Manager

Job description

Detailed job description and main 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 criteria

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

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

• 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

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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