Are you passionate about personalised care and the promotion of normal birth ? Do you have a natural ability to lead, inspire, and empower a dedicated clinical team? If so, we want to hear from you
An exciting opportunity has arisen at CHFT for a birth centre clinical manager. Our Birth Centre is committed to providing exceptional, woman-centered maternity care that celebrates the natural process of birth. We pride ourselves on fostering a supportive, nurturing environment where every family's individual needs and choices are respected. If you want to be part of a progressive birth centre focused on natural birth and personalised care with the opportunity to shape and lead a passionate, skilled team in a supportive environment that values continuous learning and professional growth then this is the role for you.
As a Clinical Manager, you will be a pivotal leader in our Birth Centre, driving excellence in care and championing the philosophy of normal birth. You will empower and support the team, ensuring that all staff have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to deliver outstanding personalised care.
Lead, motivate, and develop the birth centre team to achieve the highest standards of care
Promote and support the principles of normal birth and personalised, woman-centered care
Ensure continuous professional development and up-to-date clinical skills for all staff
Foster a culture of confidence, collaboration, and learning within the team
Oversee clinical governance and quality assurance to maintain safety and excellence
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance service delivery and patient experience
The role will be split between clinical & managerial time emphasising agile leadership.
What We're Looking For
Registered Midwife with substantial clinical and leadership experience
A deep commitment to normal birth and personalised maternity care
Proven ability to lead and inspire a team in a fast-paced, clinical environment
Strong skills in staff development, mentoring, and clinical education
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to manage change and promote innovation within a supportive framework
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
* Managerial and professional accountability for the effective delivery of midwifery birth centre care.
* Ensure robust preceptorship and clinical support for midwives on rotation.
* Provide managerial and clinical guidance in the absence of the Matron.
* Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence, acting as a professional role model by providing leadership and support within the midwifery and multidisciplinary teams.
* Support, assist and advise women and their families', where midwifery led care is practised.
* Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure an integrated service for woman's personalised care.
* Ensure midwives contribute to the achievement of the Division's, Directorate's and Trust's objectives, supporting strategic planning.
* Promote the highest standards of audited research based clinical care, maintaining standards in accordance with UK law, NMC, Trust and EU guidelines.
* Maintain a high profile in the clinical areas by working clinically alongside the team, being accessible to women and their families'.
* Support in the development of assessment, implementation and evaluation of the needs and choice of women and babies, promoting the delivery of evidence based care pathways for women and babies.
* Ensure the delivery of safe care within a challenging and changing clinical environment, using persuasion and negotiation skills.
* Provide clinical advice within midwifery services, working closely with the matron and senior team to further develop midwifery led care across the area.
* Manage and lead midwifery practice, working closely with the matron and senior team to ensure protocols, guidelines, policies and procedures are adhered to.
* Implement change initiatives to improve and maintain a high-quality service in line with the national agenda.
* Bring to the immediate attention any issues, which are impeding the provision of an efficient or high-quality service adhering to the escalation policy and the Trust's Incident reporting as relevant.
* Participate in Audit and Research leading to the development of research-based practices and development of Trust midwifery policies and ensure its effective implementation maintaining standards in accordance with the UK Law, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Trust and EU guidelines.
* Receive information which may cause emotional distress to all parties and disseminate contentious, complex and sensitive information appropriately.
* Provide representation advice and guidance to the multidisciplinary team, link regionally and nationally with birth centre/midwifery led care networks
* Promote flexible and integrated working, liaising closely with Clinical Managers in all areas of the service to promote collaborative working relationships which will improve women's experiences.
* Link and liaise with the Safeguarding Team on safeguarding issues to recognise and respond appropriately and effectively to concerns relating to women, children and the unborn baby.
* Ensure the provision of excellent infection control practices as defined by national recommendations and local policies and maintenance of high standards of cleanliness throughout. Provide a clean environment for care, ensuring best practice in infection control and improving clinical care standards.
* Complete Infection Control Audits, Root Cause Analysis and take appropriate action.
* Link with the Trust Band 7s to address corporate issues within the Division as necessary.