Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Bank: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 7.5 hours per week (5 days per month)
- Job ref
- 210-2024-553
- Employer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Countess of Chester Hospital
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £150 (£150 per day)
- Salary period
- Daily
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership Lead
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviors.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Part time : 7.5 hours per week
Parents and families from the diverse communities of Chester. This role offers flexibility to accommodate your other commitments, including work and parenting responsibilities.
User feedback is a vital tool for monitoring and improving service quality.
MNVP is an NHS collaborative working group comprising parents and families, service commissioners, Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) Lead
Are you passionate about transforming maternity care for parents, babies, and families in Chester?
Chester Maternity Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) is seeking a new Lead dedicated to enhancing maternity services and engaging with and maternity service providers (including midwives, doctors, and nurses). Together, they review all aspects of the service and use feedback to drive meaningful changes and improvements.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and enthusiastic person to be the independent lead for Maternity and Neonatal Voice partnership, in which you will be the main contact for all enquiries, leading on engagement with people who are using the Maternity and Neonatal services within Chester and West Cheshire. The role has a strategic level responsibility with engagement with key stakeholders including the LMNS and commissioners.
We are looking for an individual who is compassionate and driven to advocate for women and their families and be a conduit to the improvement and advancement of our maternity and Neonatal services.
This role will be a flexible role, working at home, within the community and with the ability to travel across the Chester and West Cheshire footprint
Working for our organisation
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience and Trainin
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of Maternity Services as a service user within the past 3 years.
- Ability to work independently, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines
- Have an understanding and commitment to safeguarding principles
- Ability to show leadership and manage and coordinate volunteers
Desirable criteria
- Service user of The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Maternity Services In the last 3 years
- Experience of working in teams, in partnership with and supporting others
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Significant administrative knowledge
- Knowledge and good use of IT systems and software programs such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams.
- Understanding of Confidentiality and Data Protection Act
- Knowledge of NHS Maternity and Neonatal care and passionate about developing the quality of care.
- Having knowledge and understanding of local women’s diverse needs
- Skills and enthusiasm in networking, connecting, and building relationships in order to work in partnership with service users and professionals
- Ability to review feedback and identify key themes and issues in written or verbal form as appropriate
- Strong organisational skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Natasha MacDonald
- Job title
- Director of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01244 365462
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