Main area: Birth Centre Manager
Grade Band: 7
Contract: Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity leave cover)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On calls)
Job ref: 292-6788858-CHWS
Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Princess Alexandra Hospital
Town: Harlow
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum plus 5% Higher Cost Area Supplement
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/12/2024 23:59
Serenity Birth Centre Manager
Band 7
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated midwife to lead our co-located Serenity Birthing Centre and be an advocate for midwifery care within the core and community settings.
The post holder will be passionate about maternity care and will be required to work closely with the Consultant midwife and community teams to support women and birthing people with their birth preferences.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will be responsible for the day to day management, clinical leadership and standards of the midwifery services, including all staff groups, students and visitors within the Birthing Unit. The Birthing Unit is a co-located unit with direct access to Princess Alexandra Hospital’s Labour Ward.
The post holder will be expected to lead their team, team build, organise others in their actions and set priorities, objectives and goals within their sphere of responsibility. This includes performance management of both the activity and members of the Birthing Unit team.
As a member of the senior Management team, the post holder will act as bleep holder for the maternity unit as required and take part in the Maternity Manager on-call rota. The Birthing Unit Manager will be faced with many competing demands for attention and will be expected to exercise excellent judgement in dealing with both clinical and interpersonal challenges.
Person Specification
Experience
* Has recent evidence of working in an intrapartum area
* Knowledge of safeguarding
* Works with students
Education and Qualifications
* Registered midwife with extensive midwifery experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development and its application
* NIPE trained
Skills
* Leadership and motivational skills
* Previous ward management experience
What We Can Offer You:
* Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
* Free car parking for our staff
* Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
* Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
* Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
* Access to NHS Pension scheme
* Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
* Onsite creche facilities
* Annual appraisals with career pathways
* In-house training courses
* Discounted hospital restaurant
* Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability.
All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months. The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks.
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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