Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a Duty Manager in our Womens and Childrens department. You will be proactive in reviewing the capacity within the unit and supporting the midwives in effective and efficient discharge, ensuring staffing levels are appropriate to provide a safe service.
Provide leadership to midwifery and non-midwifery staff, ensuring effective management of the daily activity and throughout maternity services. This will result in high standards of midwifery care, reduction in length of stay and responsiveness to individualised needs, thus increasing client satisfaction.
Main duties of the job
This role will also support the Matrons and Team Leaders in sickness reviews, ensuring return to works are undertaken and any escalation required in relation to this is addressed.
You will be an effective ambassador for the trust, credible and knowledgeable with the confidence and interpersonal skills to support staff at all levels across maternity services and the wider organisation. The post holder will have knowledge in improvement methodology and a proactive 'can do' approach, be highly motivated and confident in managing challenging and changing workloads. The post holder will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and will bring a strong patient-centred service approach to their role.
This is a new post, which will require a high level of initiative and resourcefulness to develop relationships and introduce systems and processes, including data analysis.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full JD for more information on this role.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level with specialist knowledge of patient quality gained through experience or education.
* Demonstrable Post Registration Practice and relevant competencies.
* Registered Midwife with current registration.
Knowledge and Experience
* Demonstrable Post Registration Practice and relevant competencies.
* Evidence of previously working in leadership/management.
* Evidence of clinical and managerial experience and knowledge acquired through CPD.
Communication Skills
* Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a range of professionals.
* Ability to make decisions and solve complex problems.
* Excellent leadership, influential, motivational and communication skills.
* Excellent abilities in concise and accurate report writing and presentation of information.
* Competent in using Microsoft Office software and the internet for the purpose of researching, monitoring and communicating as well as producing reports.
* Ability to manage own workload and support the team at times of high activity.
* Teaching and presentation skills.
Personal and People Development
* Commitment to continuous improvement activities.
* Occasional flexibility to work outside of normal office hours (e.g., to attend meetings with Divisional representatives).
* Work to deadlines whilst maintaining a high standard with a methodical, systematic approach to work and attention to detail.
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.
Salary: £46,148 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
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