Job overview
We are looking for an experienced and ambitious midwife to run our Antenatal Clinic in Basingstoke.
You should be experienced in providing high risk antenatal care, working collaboratively within a multi-professional team and leading a team.
You will have line manager responsibilities for a small group of Midwives and Support workers as well as overall operational responsibility of the area.
You must be available to work a minimum of 6x on calls per year.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and managerial leadership for the midwifery teams within the Antenatal Clinic.
The postholder/s will work collaboratively with the Matrons to provide and develop a high quality, safe, effective service that meets the needs of women and families. The postholder/s will work collaboratively with mothers and user representatives to develop the service in response to feedback received and local and national initiatives.
The post includes a clinical component providing hospital on-calls in which the post holder will provide antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care to women and families and act as a mentor to students and less experienced midwives.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification.
For more information please email Sarah Mozley on
Person specification
Training and Qualification
Essential criteria
1. Registered Midwife with the NMC
2. Evidence of continued professional development
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
3. Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of Midwifery
4. Experience of Child Protection issues
5. Experience of working with vulnerable families
Desirable criteria
6. Audit experience
7. Previous similar role
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
8. Capable of providing clinical leadership to the team
9. Excellent clinical skills
10. Understanding of leadership styles and their application
11. Ability to act as a mentor for Midwives, students and MCAs, skilled in teaching trained and untrained staff, carers and patients
12. Able to organise staff and multidisciplinary teams to maximise resources
13. Demonstrates effective management in the clinical environment
Desirable criteria
14. Has participated in research and audit
15. Can demonstrate evidence of involvement in service improvement
16. Knowledge of Safety and Risk Management
Other requirements
Essential criteria
17. Able to identify problems and recommend solutions
18. Good organisational skills
19. Ability to work flexible hours
20. Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work
21. Demonstrate ability to be IT literate, use of word, excel, power point and NHS IT systems
22. Participant on hospital on-calls