Employer: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Ormskirk Hospital
Town: Ormskirk
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 12/03/2025
Governance Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced, motivated and inspirational midwifery leader to join our team of supportive and dedicated Midwifery and Medical staff as we strive to further enhance the outstanding 5-star patient care provided by all.
The post holder will play a key role in supporting the senior maternity team in quality improvement initiatives and the implementation of National recommendations alongside co-ordinating internal and external reporting requirements in relation to risk management and Governance.
They will work alongside the Deputy Divisional Director of Midwifery in ensuring an effective, robust and safe Midwifery Service with a commitment to achieving excellence in maternity care. They will provide professional leadership and management responsibility for maternity staff with direct line management responsibility of the Quality and Safety team and specialist midwives.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing the maternity service with expert knowledge and advice on all Quality and Assurance requirements based on relevant legislation, national and local agreements. They will support service modernisation; workforce planning and play a vital role in the response and delivery of key maternity drivers and National recommendations.
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
Main duties of the job
* Provide effective clinical and professional leadership acting as a role model for all staff within the maternity service.
* Line manager responsibility for the quality and safety team and for the specialist midwives in the post holder’s portfolio.
* Develop and support mechanisms to guide and empower staff in developing and strengthening leadership skills and meeting the responsibilities of their role.
* Actively work to support and empower all staff to develop and utilise clinical leadership, audit and risk reporting skills, ensuring they are supported in appropriate levels of authority to undertake their role effectively in an accountable manner.
* Ensure effective communication systems, written, verbal and the use of Information Technology is embedded in the maternity service.
* Liaise with all support services and departments to ensure they and the organisational cultures are meeting the needs of women and their families in the clinical areas. Facilitate and negotiate change and new ways of working where necessary to support new care delivery process within the directorate.
* In conjunction with the Divisional Deputy Director of Midwifery develop a prioritised action plan for the implementation of identified maternity safety standards, building on current skills, expertise and practice within the department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
* Provide effective clinical and professional leadership acting as a role model for all staff within the maternity service.
* Line manager responsibility for the quality and safety team and for the specialist midwives in the post holder’s portfolio.
* Develop and support mechanisms to guide and empower staff in developing and strengthening leadership skills and meeting the responsibilities of their role.
* Actively work to support and empower all staff to develop and utilise clinical leadership, audit and risk reporting skills, ensuring they are supported in appropriate levels of authority to undertake their role effectively in an accountable manner.
* Ensure effective communication systems, written, verbal and the use of Information Technology is embedded in the maternity service.
* Liaise with all support services and departments to ensure they and the organisational cultures are meeting the needs of women and their families in the clinical areas. Facilitate and negotiate change and new ways of working where necessary to support new care delivery process within the directorate.
* In conjunction with the Divisional Deputy Director of Midwifery develop a prioritised action plan for the implementation of identified maternity safety standards, building on current skills, expertise and practice within the department.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife
* Evidence of post registration education
* Degree in Midwifery
* Masters qualification or evidence of working towards
Knowledge & Experience
* An in-depth understanding of all aspects of evidence-based midwifery practice
* Ability to demonstrate knowledge of governance processes within maternity services
* Able to demonstrate significant personal involvement in change management
* An understanding of confidentiality issues.
* Relevant recent experience encompassing a wide range of midwifery experience.
* Demonstrable experience of developing and implementing new systems
* Experience of staff management and support
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of the National vision for maternity services and the wider health service
* Able to demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement
* Experience of conflict management
* Ability to design and develop support programmes and engagement plans, evaluation and monitoring of plans
* Evidence of guideline, research and audit experience
* Experience and knowledge of the NHSR processes
Skills
* Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels in a sensitive manner.
* Effective leadership skills
* Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and IT skills.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and able to engage and build effective relationships
* Ability to present to large groups of people
* Evidence of excellent report writing skills
* Experience of teaching / facilitating learning in a variety of settings
* Excellent organisational and administrative skills
* Proven ability to negotiate, persuade, influence, motivate, support and gain the respect of other health care professionals
* Able to apply action learning and other methods to facilitate staff development
* Able to work within a given resource and demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
Other
* Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Ability to work without supervision and use own initiative
* Ability to support reflective practice
* Ability to work flexibly and manage completing priorities
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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