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Job summary

Main area
Women's
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
337-NP-8705DG
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwick Park/Central Middlesex/Ealing hospitals
Town
Harrow
Salary
£51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/04/2025 08:00
Interview date
29/04/2025

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Antenatal & Postnatal Ward Manager

Band 7

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The post holder will utilize well developed leadership skills and specialist midwifery knowledge to:

 

·         Provide management and leadership throughout the 24 hour period, co-ordination of the shift and managing out of hours

 

·         Maintain adequate staffing levels, through deployment of staff

 

·         Support staff to provide all aspects of clinical care, with a focus on promoting positive outcomes for mother and baby and the wider family

 

·         Understanding physiological birth sharing and inspiring a birthing unit philosophy with safety always being paramount

 

Main duties of the job

·         Provide safe and effective care to pregnant women during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period

·         Provide proactive and effective leadership

·         Expert practitioner

·         Work in partnership with women and their families

·         Work collaboratively as a member of the Multidisciplinary team

·         Highly developed communication skills in challenging situations in which there may be barriers to communication and changing circumstances

 

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Actively maintain NMC Reg
  • Evidence of continual professional development
  • Degree or evidence of level 3 study or diploma
Desirable criteria
  • Management qualities

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • 12 months rotational midwifery experience
  • Act as mentor/assessor
  • Knowledge of safeguarding
  • MSSP/997/998
  • Experience of taking charge

Skills, Abilities & Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Teaching Skills
  • High standards of clinical performance
  • Ability to manage a department and ward
  • Interest in taking midwifery practice forward
  • Dealing with complex situations
  • People Management
  • Demonstrate leadership potential

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Florence Okpara
Job title
Antenatal & Postnatal Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07796 705643
Additional information

Kate Rudd

Development Consultant Midwife

[email protected]

07814 884493

 

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