Job summary
We are excited to have the opportunity to recruit to our Senior Midwifery leadership team in Community Midwifery at UHDB. This post is for a 12 month fixed term contract.
We are looking for a Midwife who has demonstrable leadership skills to take the next step and join our management team. As an experienced Midwife this is an opportunity to influence and shape how community midwifery is delivered at UHDB as part of an established and experienced leadership team.
Main duties of the job
As a senior midwife you will take responsibility in ensuring women and birthing people, babies and families receive safe, clinically effective, individualised care within a team. You will lead by example, offer expert midwifery clinical advice, operationally support and manage teams and homebirth service ensuring the delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate midwifery care.
Senior midwives provide expert clinical and professional midwifery leadership and are responsible for the women and birthing people, babies, public and staff experience. This will be in line with Trust wide policies and procedures and values and behaviours.
Staff wellbeing including appraisals and health and attendance management is vital to this role and requires a confident, inclusive and compassionate leader.
Safe allocation and management of resources are intrinsic to a safe workforce therefore knowledge of workforce rostering and budget management will be required.
The successful candidate will join the Senior Midwifery Team and will be supported to deliver quality improvements in line with our Maternity and Neonatal Improvement Programme and the national maternity agenda.
Closing date of applications: 09 April 2025
Interview date: 24 April 2025
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Date posted: 27 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pa
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 320-W&C-1009
Job locations
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
NMC Registration Essential:
* NMC Registration
Experience Essential:
* Demonstrable-significant post registration experience, with demonstrable experience within a band 6 post
Desirable:
* Previous management experience
Facilitate change Essential:
* Able to implement and embed change
Desirable:
* Develops policies/procedures for defined clinical area
Leadership skills Essential:
* Evidence of compassionate, inclusive leadership skills
* Leadership qualification/course
* Experience of producing, updating and maintaining safe staffing levels
Desirable:
* Previous experience of management of performance & sickness /absences
Disclosure and Barring Service Check:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer's website: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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