Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work in implementing a new service to enhance prevention of pelvic floor dysfunction and provide, timely, evidence based treatment for women in the perinatal period. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Midwife with significant clinical experience to provide leadership and service implementation within maternity services.
The successful candidate will provide care for women across our group structure, this is the first role of its kind within our organsiation and gives the successful candidate the opportunity to build a service that highlights our future collaboration as an Integrated Care Trust.
Main duties of the job
For the full details of this job please see the attached job description.
This is a new service that benefits from the support of our Local Maternity Service and the connections this provides to help create a standardised approach for patients within our region.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values, kindness, courage, and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.
Please be aware that all newemployees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
1. Registered Midwife
2. Degree qualification
3. Evidence of level 7 study
4. Midwifery assessor/supervisor
Desirable
5. Management qualification
Occupational experience and abilities
Essential
6. Band 6 experience or above
7. Ability to make clinical judgments which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
8. Experience of working within a MDT at operational and strategic level
9. Experience of facilitating training and educational sessions
Desirable
10. Management experience at ward level
11. Previous involvement in change management
12. Previous involvement in the development, implementation and audit of clinical guidelines and standards
13. Experience of service development
Knowledge and skills
Essential
14. Effective leadership and assertiveness skills
15. Knowledge of current local and national priorities in relation to this role
16. Knowledge of organisational policies and procedures
17. Clear understanding of clinical governance
Personal Qualities
Essential
18. Demonstrate a clear understanding of the core values of the Trust
19. Good understanding of the specialist role
20. Comitted to high professional standards