Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 34.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 156-6437144
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity Triage Lead Midwife
Band 7
Job overview
In line with the Trust strategy visions of ‘Safe, High Quality Care’ and ‘Journey of Improvement’:
The post holder is responsible for the effective management of telephone and face to face Maternity Triage over the 24-hour period and will support the management of unscheduled care within the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust Maternity Services. As a specialist senior midwife, they will demonstrate clinical expertise and leadership at all times to the midwifery and medical team. They will supervise the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care using BSOTS ensuring that midwifery and corporate standards are maintained and measured.
Main duties of the job
As an experienced clinical practitioner, the post holder will be expected to create an environment of continuous quality improvement and put systems in place to minimise risk in response to clinical incidents, complaints, HSIB, PALS and claims.
We are currently developing our Maternity Triage Service to ensure it prioritises the safety of the families in our care according to their clinical need. We have a well-established telephone triage system ‘Netcall’ and are planning to implement the BSOTS triage system.
The post holder will support the matron to effectively manage on a shift basis with the non-pay resources budget providing expert advice to support any business changes or developments.
See the attached job description and person specification for full details.
Working for our organisation
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital, Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
The Maternity service in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are striving to deliver outstanding care for the local population. We have made improvements over the last three years which is evidenced through local, regional and national feedback including an open culture, flattened hierarchy and good multidisciplinary team working.
Our maternity teams provide care for approximately 3700 people per year who are pregnant, during labour and birth, and after the birth of their babies and offer a full range of choice for people in where they choose to birth their babies including home, 3 standalone birth centres, our alongside birth centre or delivery suite.
Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of further professional development
- Experience in all areas of midwifery
- Recent experience of caring for women with a low risk pregnancy and complex pregnancy
- Taking charge and motivating a team
- Leadership and managerial capabilities
Desirable criteria
- Experience in audit
- Experience of risk management
- Experience of complaints management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage change
Desirable criteria
- Research Skills
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
- Sarah Harvey-Hurst
- Job title
- Maternity Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 252684
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