Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced, motivated and inspirational midwifery leader to join our team of supportive and dedicated Midwifery and Medical staff as we strive to further enhance the outstanding 5-star patient care provided by all. The post holder will play a key role in supporting the senior maternity team in quality improvement initiatives and the implementation of National recommendations alongside coordinating internal and external reporting requirements in relation to risk management and Governance. They will work alongside the Deputy Divisional Director of Midwifery in ensuring an effective, robust and safe Midwifery Service with a commitment to achieving excellence in maternity care. They will provide professional leadership and management responsibility for maternity staff with direct line management responsibility of the Quality and Safety team and specialist midwives. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing the maternity service with expert knowledge and advice on all Quality and Assurance requirements based on relevant legislation, national and local agreements. They will support service modernisation; workforce planning and play a vital role in the response and delivery of key maternity drivers and National recommendations.
Responsibilities
* Provide effective clinical and professional leadership acting as a role model for all staff within the maternity service.
* Line manager responsibility for the quality and safety team and for the specialist midwives in the post holder's portfolio.
* Develop and support mechanisms to guide and empower staff in developing and strengthening leadership skills and meeting the responsibilities of their role.
* Actively work to support and empower all staff to develop and utilise clinical leadership, audit and risk reporting skills, ensuring they are supported in appropriate levels of authority to undertake their role effectively in an accountable manner.
* Ensure effective communication systems, written, verbal and the use of Information Technology is embedded in the maternity service.
* Liaise with all support services and departments to ensure they and the organisational cultures are meeting the needs of women and their families in the clinical areas. Facilitate and negotiate change and new ways of working where necessary to support new care delivery process within the directorate.
* In conjunction with the Divisional Deputy Director of Midwifery develop a prioritised action plan for the implementation of identified maternity safety standards, building on current skills, expertise and practice within the department.
About the Trust
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services include:
Our services
Acute Care: Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care: Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services: Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services: We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
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