Job vacancy: Lead Midwife, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff

Job summary

Main area: National Strategic Clinical Network for Maternity and Neonatal Services
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 028-NMR010-0424

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: 1st Floor River House
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £51,706 - £58,210 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/05/2024 23:59

Lead Midwife

Band 8a

Welcome to the NHS Wales Executive, a new national support function, operational from 1 April 2023

Our key purpose is to…

Drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.

To find out more visit NHS Wales Executive.

Our values

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be an experienced senior midwife with proven leadership skills and evidence of collaborative working. They will work in partnership with the Network Clinical Leads and Network Manager in the development and implementation of the work programme in line with identified priorities relating to both the strategic Network and the MatNeo Safety Support Programme. They will provide leadership and support for distinct projects as well as providing expert midwifery advice to other network work streams and aspects of Network business. They will be a champion for Maternity services, acting as an advisory point of contact for stakeholders and provide support and clinical guidance to the Maternity and Neonatal Strategic Network leadership team, to ensure standards of Maternity service provision continue to improve across Wales.

The post holder will have a significant level of experience as a clinical midwife on the practicing register, with evidence of excellent leadership skills, inspiring others to improve standards and consistency of care for women across Wales.

The post is advertised as permanent with the NHS Executive.

The post holder will be required to travel to fulfil the requirements of the role.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post, English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

Essential criteria

Registered Midwife – currently registered with NMC.
Educated to Degree or masters level or accepted equivalent level of knowledge and experience.

Desirable criteria

Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of the ability to think strategically and influence at an operational and strategic level.
Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
Previous experience at senior midwife level with ability to influence at all levels.
Knowledge of Professional Midwifery agenda, Continuous Professional Development, NHS Performance Management, Clinical Governance and Quality & Safety.
Highly developed problem solving skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Strong leadership skills.
Service / quality improvement experience.
Successful management of change and service modernisation.
Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders.
Management of complex, sensitive and contentious situations.
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
Aware of best practice examples and experience of positive management of change.
Proven ability of practice development, continuous professional development and innovation.
An understanding of financial management and resource implications.
Able to work effectively and achieve deadlines, delegating appropriately.
Able to analyse, synthesise and present knowledge and information to influence key decisions.
Able to establish good working relationships.

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential criteria

Knowledge and understanding of clinical audit.
Knowledge of effective research processes and application.
Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice.
Proven ability of practice development, continuous professional development and innovation.
Proven ability to teach/facilitate multi disciplinary teams.
An understanding of financial management and resource implications.
Ability to present information clearly.
Excellent negotiating skills.
Facilitation / Teaching skills.
Ability to prioritise and problem solve.
Excellent Presentation skills.
Excellent, verbal and written skills.
Standard keyboard skills.
Good IT skills.
Able to work effectively and achieve deadlines, delegating appropriately.

Values

Essential criteria

Excellent interpersonal skills.
Organisational ability and time management skills.
Proactive and adaptable in the face of a changing environment.
Able to innovate and encourage innovation.

Welsh Language Requirements

Desirable criteria

The ability to speak Welsh.

Continuous Professional Development

Essential criteria

Maintain professional development in line with NMC requirements.

NHS Wales Executive, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals who may wish to work part time or apply on a job share basis.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our organisation who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.