Job summary
- Main area
- Private Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-PHC-036
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Charlotte's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,698 - £65,095 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Midwifery Matron
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are seeking a positive and expert Midwifery leader with a passion for delivering outstanding midwifery care and an exceptional private patient experience. We invite you to join our team in the dynamic role for our private maternity Stanley Clayton ward based at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in East Acton, London.
You will be motivating and leading our fabulous staff to deliver high quality private care to the women and birthing people on our ward.
You will be working alongside the private maternity services at the Lindo Wing St. Mary’s hospital, allowing you to expand and develop your skillset.
Your management responsibility will include staff management, sickness management, budget management, service development and ensuring the day to day running of the ward is seamless in line with private patient’s expectations.
So if you are ready to make your mark on this fantastic opportunity in one of London’s leading Trusts, we would love to hear from you.
Interviews will be held week beginning 26th August 2024.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will be a professional role model, who will clinically lead, manage and be responsible for the management and midwifery aspects of the Clayton Ward, Private Maternity unit at Queen Charlottes Hospital.
- At all times ensure that the needs of the women and birthing people are placed at the centre of care delivery.
- Support and drive the private patient maternity agenda Trust-Wide, in the provision of safe, high quality patient centred care with an emphasis on customer service and positive patient experience.
- To be accountable for effective management of all resources and income needed to deliver comprehensive compassionate care.
- To act as clinical expert within the Maternity Unit, this will involve dissemination of specialist skills and knowledge to others.
- To be the budget holder for Clayton Ward.
- Contribute to the implementation of the Trust’s Nursing and Midwifery Strategy; and lead on the implementation of national maternity transformation plans for the roll out of continuity of carer teams for women likely to require high dependency or critical level care during their pregnancy and birth.
- Work collaboratively with our NHS maternity service also based at QCCH to support the delivery of safe patient care.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continuing post registration education and development.
- Registered Educated to degree level in relevant subject area
Desirable criteria
- Has attained or is working towards a management qualification
- Leadership qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience in a range of maternity settings
- Have substantial experience of managing a ward or team (at Band 7 level or above)
- Managing and developing people.
Desirable criteria
- Managing and developing people.
- Private patient experience
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Clinically competent
- Proven experience in supervision of trained staff.
- Understanding the principles of private care.
- Excellent communication skills
- Computer literate – Power Point, Word, Excel.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding the principles of private care.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Coe
- Job title
- Divisional Director of Nursing and Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
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