Employer East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site William Harvey Hospital Town Ashford Salary £47,810 - £54,710 Pro rate if applicable Salary period Yearly Closing 29/07/2025 23:59
Midwifery Sister
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting new opportunity has come up in the Maternity Department at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent to cover maternity leave - giving opportunity to try a new role and to gain valuable experience.
The Band 7 labour ward co-ordinator/Operation manager will primarily work on the Labour Ward, and will be responsible clinical leadership and co-ordination of the busy level 3 unit. You will provide leadership to the Labour Ward team and be a role model in delivering excellent women centred, evidence based, quality care.
If you would like to be part of our amazing team, this is the job for you.
As a team we are working hard to ensure we put women and families at the heart of everything we do. We are on an exciting improvement journey and can offer you a rewarding, flexible and supportive role providing a full range of midwifery care.
You will have the skills and the experience to support the rest of the unit when required to ensure a co-ordinated approach to the service for women and their families. Leading the service into the future is a key requirement and working closely with the consultant midwife, obstetricians and the matron.
Main duties of the job
Provide effective leadership for all midwifery staff within their clinical area, maintaining clinical / professional competence and credibility. Utilise clinical sessions to role model standards of care and expected behaviour to measure agreed standards of midwifery practice, and gain additional accessibility to patients, families and members of staff.
Actively work to support and empower all midwifery staff to develop and utilise clinical leadership skills, ensuring they are supported to undertake their role effectively in an autonomous and accountable manner
Contribute to the implementation of the Trust Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery utilising the “we care values”.
Maintain a high standard of midwifery care through planning, implementing and evaluating needs of all women in order to ensure safe, effective and high-quality care
To communicate and participate with multidisciplinary team to provide the optimum care for women.
To liaise with the Midwifery Led Unit and Postnatal ward co-ordinators to ensure that there is continuity of care delivered to the women and their families.
To support Maternity Triage and their implementation of BSOTS
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people.
Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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For further information please do no hesitate to contact Jaynie Hollister
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife and eligible to practice
* Working at degree level with Mentorship in practice
* Evidence of further study and development of professional and academic skills
* Leadership/Management course
Clinical Skills
* 5 Years post registration experience in a variety of acute settings
* Can demonstrate, sound Midwifery care and leadership
* Sound knowledge of recent Government/Professional documents with awareness of implication to service provisions
* Experience as Band 7 within an acute setting
* Some experience of budget management
* Knowledge of Health and Safety
* Have participated in audit/research programmes
Governance
* Clinical Governance
* Key issues and development in Midwifery
Personal/Professional attributes
* Current understanding of issues facing the NHS both locally and nationally
* Able to work flexible hours to meeting the needs of the service
* Be aware of the trust Visions, missions and Values
Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the ‘We are the NHS’ campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.
There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation flourishes and you can develop your career. We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work,
there’s never been a better time to join us.To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.
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Name Jaynie Hollister Job title Intrapartum Matron Email address jayniehollister@nhs.net Additional information
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