This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Maternity Governance team by assisting in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the maternity clinical audit systems and processes. To support service improvements and implementation of evidenced-based practice and the findings of audit which will be presented to a multidisciplinary audience, you will work closely with Assurance Midwives to ensure SBLv3 and national ambition targets are met. You will work within the governance team who strive to continually improve outcomes for our families and improve their birth experiences by identifying where our service needs targeted work for improvement. You must be confident in creating, interpreting, and presenting data through a variety of channels.
Main duties of the job
To work closely with the Assurance Midwives and be an integral part of the wider Maternity Governance Team. You will need to collate and interpret time-sensitive data and be proficient in Excel, Word, digital maternity systems, and the ability to access guidelines, policies, and procedures to collate data, produce reports, and present findings to various audiences.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment to offering flexible working where we can.
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity, removing all barriers, including discrimination, and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions, and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture that empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and enables people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected, and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* *Midwifery Degree
* *Registered Midwife
* *Current Professional Registration
* *Evidence of CPD Mentor/Assessor training or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential
* *Recent clinical practice
* *Evidence of well-documented and up-to-date CPD portfolio
* *Ability to work autonomously within professional and Trust Guidelines
* *Knowledge of SBL and 3 Year Delivery Plan
* *Knowledge of NHS improvements & priorities
* *Knowledge of local health promotional strategies
* *Knowledge of needs of high and low-risk women and neonates
* *Knowledge of the demands/needs of the diverse service user population
* *Able to give advice on a range of maternity issues to clients, multidisciplinary team, external agencies, and others
* *Knowledge of child protection issues and required actions.
* *Knowledge of legal and ethical principles in midwifery for choice, consent, client autonomy
* *Know the key steps to take in the management of obstetric emergency whilst waiting for medical assistance in the hospital and community
* *Good understanding of quality and safety process management
* *Able to use a variety of computer packages, Excel, Word, digital maternity system, ability to access guidelines, policies, and procedures to collate data, produce reports, and present findings to a variety of audiences
Additional Criteria
Essential
* *Able to assess and devise, implement monitor and evaluate plans of care
* *Good negotiation skills
* *Good organisational skills
* *Ability to delegate
* *Ability to act as preceptorship mentor as required
* *Ability to assess student midwives/others as required
* *Influencing and persuasive skills
* *Ability to co-ordinate staff rota
* *Excellent written skills
* *Possess good written communication skills to maintain clear, concise, contemporaneous records
* *Effective customer care skills
* *Able to speak, receive and issue instructions in English without the risk of misunderstanding
* *Be able to communicate effectively via telephone, individual or within group discussions
* *Have excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills, appropriate across a range of ethnic and socio-economic groups
* *Ability to proficiently utilise interpreters
* *Ability to sensitively communicate distressing information and discuss sensitive issues (I.e. Intra Uterine death, stillbirth, fetal abnormality, child protection issues)
* *Communicate effectively and offer support to aggressive and distressed women/family members
* *To communicate effectively with multidisciplinary team and outside agencies
* *Take opportunities to impart knowledge at an appropriate level for health promotion, parent education and mentoring students and junior midwives
* *Able to work as an individual and as part of a team
* *Have a high level of commitment, motivation, innovation, and initiative
* *Able to ask for support
* *Good problem-solving and decision-making skills
* *Ability to prioritise
* *Able to delegate staff, day to day and in emergency situations
* *Have confidence to be an effective advocate for women
* *Ability to continually update knowledge, skills, and challenge practice
* *Constant application of analytical skills in practice to manage cases individually
* *Able to investigate, analyse and interpret the complexities of cases and formulate plans of care. For example, mental health, child protection, other high-risk cases
* *Able to manage multiple time-sensitive demands
* *Able to teach and support students while undertaking all other daily activities
* *Able to safely move/transport equipment
* *Perform maternal and neonatal resuscitation
* *Know the prevention and management procedure to bodily fluids exposure.
* *Know the prevention and management procedure of exposure to clients with hepatitis b, HIV, tuberculosis, MRSA, sexually transmitted infections
* *Able to cope if exposed to verbal/physical aggression.
* *Ability to contribute to upholding the security of the maternity unit
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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