Job overview
Exciting Opportunity: Labour Ward Manager at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
We are delighted to offer an experienced labour Ward Midwife, with a passion to promote personalised maternity care, provide effective management and leadership, the opportunity to join us as Labour Ward Manager at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. You will be pivotal in supporting and co-ordinating the department in delivering a high standard of evidence-based care for birthing people and their families.
You will provide clinical and professional leadership to midwifery, nursing, admin, and support workers, maximising job satisfaction for the team.
The successful candidate will work within a multi disciplinary team to ensure women receive seamless maternity care. They will also provide a specialist and advanced contribution to the provision of maternity services ensuring delivery of high calibre care and efficient use of facilities, manpower and other resources.
If you share our passion, drive and values in ensuring women and birthing people and their families receive quality and compassionate care, then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You will be a visible and credible clinical leader, promoting compassionate leadership within the labour ward whilst engaging your team to improve standards of care.
You will have excellent communication skills and will inspire your team with your drive and passion for developing people and services.
Lead by example and empower staff in their personal and professional development.
Work alongside and support the labour ward team in a clinical capacity when required, being an expert practitioner to guide and advise the multi-disciplinary team as required.
Take the lead role in ensuring the environmental and ward processes are responsive to the needs of women and birthing individuals, providing assurance through agreed mechanisms.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Eduaction
Essential criteria
1. Practising Midwife
2. NMC registered
3. To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
4. Continuous professional development
5. First degree, working towards or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Extensive Midwifery Experience on the Labour Ward environment, with experience coordinating the labour ward
7. Ability to lead, motivate and develop a professional team
8. Ability to prioritise and work as a team member. Leadership skills.
9. Experience in antenatal and postnatal care
Desirable criteria
10. Academic courses relevant to role Leadership/management
Skills and Knowlegde
Essential criteria
11. Evidence of managing change
12. Demonstrates resilience through a good attendance record
13. Ability to communicate effectively including active listening, writing, and verbally, with individuals on a one-to-one basis and with groups.
14. Excellent performance management skills.
15. Highly developed leadership skills with excellent interpersonal skills – ability to form positive relationships at all levels.
16. Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines
17. Persuasion and influencing skills – ability to present ideas and proposals effectively.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
18. Integrity - Cares about and knows the importance of doing the right thing and making a difference.
19. Ownership - Driven to ensure that both they and their team achieve shared goals and excellent standards of care.
20. Sets very high standards for themselves, their team and ward.
21. Delivery Able to multitask and manage competing demands
22. Possesses a ‘can do’ approach to problems and demonstrates resilience in challenging circumstances
23. Relating Understand the importance of developing others
24. Having good emotional intelligence
25. Able to tailor concepts appropriate to the audience
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.
When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system.
You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.
If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
26. Job Description (PDF, 208.4KB)
27. Person Specification (PDF, 224.6KB)
28. Candidate Application Best Practice Guide - please read before completing your application (PDF, 236.3KB)
29. Information for Candidates (PDF, 496.3KB)
30. Getting to Work at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (PDF, 501.0KB)
31. Applicants - How We Use Your Information (PDF, 87.4KB)
32. Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 124.0KB)
33. Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.7MB)
34. A Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence and With Your Personal Statement (PDF, 163.6KB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
NameNaomi PollockJob titleMatron - Intrapartum ServicesEmail addressnaomi.pollock@nhs.netTelephone number0114 2768104Additional information
If you would like further information please contact Naomi Pollock Intrapartum Matron, by email naomi.pollock @nhs.net