Job overview
At Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, we believe that when our colleagues feel valued, supported and safe, outstanding care for women and families follows naturally.
We are looking for an exceptional Consultant Midwife to join us at an exciting and pivotal moment in our journey. With nearly 5,000 births annually, we are a service of scale, ambition and heart, committed to delivering care that is equitable, innovative and truly responsive to the women and families we serve.
You will work alongside our Director of Midwifery and senior leadership team to drive national recommendations, lead practice development, and build workforce capability to innovate from the ground up. At the heart of this role is a commitment to reducing compound disparities in maternal outcomes. You will bring experience of equity-informed care, a coaching mindset, and the vision to challenge assumptions and reimagine how care is delivered.
In return, we offer a supportive senior leadership team, a service investing in its people, and the space to lead with vision and courage.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant Midwife will be a clinical leader and strategic partner in shaping the evolution of maternity and neonatal services to ensure they are equitable, evidence-based and responsive to the changing needs of the women and families we serve. They will be instrumental in delivering the recommendations from the National Maternity and Neonatal Review, local trust reviews, and national inquiries including Ockenden and the Thirlwall Inquiry, whilst building workforce capability for innovation and ensuring that every service redesign decision is informed by equity and the voices of women experiencing compound disparities. This is a pivotal role in transforming how we deliver care at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
Above all, you will share our belief that a cared-for, empowered workforce is our greatest asset
If you want to make a real difference to the women we care for and the colleagues who care for them, we would love to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
Education qualification and training
Essential criteria
1. Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
2. Degree or equivalent
3. Demonstrable knowledge and experience of educational and teaching methods, including design and delivery of clinical education programmes
4. Evidence of further professional, leadership or management development
Desirable criteria
5. Relevant Masters level qualification or working towards one
6. Formal leadership or coaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Significant post-registration experience at senior midwifery level
8. Demonstrable experience in equity-informed or culturally responsive maternity care
9. Experience in service development, redesign or quality improvement
10. Experience coaching or mentoring clinical staff
11. Operational on-call management experience
12. Ability to interrogate and interpret clinical data to inform practice and identify equity gaps
13. Experience of working collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries
14. Knowledge of national maternity policy including the National Maternity and Neonatal Review and relevant national inquiries
Desirable criteria
15. Experience of leading or participating in research or clinical trials
16. Engagement with national networks such as MBRRACE-UK, Birthrights or similar
Skills, knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
17. Has excellent standard of written communication skills
18. Has experience of external collaborative working and understanding of the challenges of providing seamless, equitable care
Desirable criteria
19. Has experience of managing change and understands the principles of successful change management
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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