Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Reporting to the Deputy Lead Midwife - ODNs, the postholder will provide professional midwifery expertise for the West Midlands Perinatal Network to ensure the provision of safe, effective, and high-quality care for women and infants. The role will focus specifically on networking of Fetal Medicine and Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) services across the West Midlands, ensuring that women in the region are able to access the right level of care, in the right place at the right time in their maternity journey.
The postholder will provide clinical expertise as part of developing this new network area and support the overall work programme of the network, together with building, managing and maintaining strong and collaborative working relationships with all the key stakeholders across the networks and their member organisations.
Main duties of the job
1. To review referral data received from all Trusts within the Network and identify themes that can be used to influence decision making for education and training activities.
2. To support the delivery of appropriate training and education to clinicians/medical practitioners in relation to the gaps and needs in service identified across the region.
3. To support the maintenance of up-to-date information on the workplans.
4. To maintain database information ensuring it is up to date and relevant.
5. To ensure that fetal medicine and placenta accreta spectrum related midwifery practice is in keeping with current research by assisting in the development of an evidence-based culture and implementation of research and evidence-based protocols and guidelines.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children, and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neonatal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Person Specification
Personal Skills, Abilities and Attributes
* Resource for communication with and dissemination of information from network meetings.
* Strategies to cope with stress/work pressures.
* Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role.
* Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife BSc or equivalent degree.
* Evidence of professional progression.
* NMC Midwife registration.
Professional, Managerial and Specialist Knowledge
* Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development.
* Demonstrates an awareness of the role of facilitator and evidence of ability to educate others.
* Evidence of good written and oral communication skills.
* Demonstrates understanding of the importance of supportive working in a team.
* Ability to understand and adhere to the equal opportunities policy.
* Willing to complete all mandatory training.
* Willing to work on established Nursing/Midwifery information systems, EPR or the relevant information system related to post.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Confident and competent midwife practitioner.
Knowledge and Nature of Experience
* Evidence of completion of preceptorship programme.
* Effective internet and IT skills, including standard keyboard skills and use of IT equipment.
* Able to demonstrate awareness of research related to midwifery practice.
* Positive attitude to change and inspires confidence.
* Demonstrates innovation.
* Evidence of professional development within fetal medicine.
* Previous experience in managing complex cases.
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.
Address
Birmingham Women's Hospital/Vincent Drive
Job locations
Birmingham Women's Hospital/Vincent Drive
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