Job summary
Employer heading
Project Midwife for Maternity Support Worker Framework Implementation
NHS AfC: Band 7
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
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Job overview
Job Title: Project Midwife for Maternity Support Worker Framework implementation
Hours per week: Part time - 15 hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term: 6 months (Fixed Term for 6 months)
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (noting that this is a fixed term post for 6 months)
Closing Date: 2nd December 2024
Interview Date: 10th December 2024
Here at George Eliot, we are looking for an experienced midwife to lead the development, co-ordination and delivery of the maternity support worker career, education and development framework across the Coventry & Warwickshire LMNS.
The project midwife will link in with each individual maternity unit within the LMNS to review and map out the current maternity support worker workforce.
The post holder will work closely with a wide range of clinical, operational, managerial and service users to ensure all aspects of the projects identified can be delivered
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
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Main duties of the job
The Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System (LMNS) will require a mapping exercise for the existing MSW workforce against the refreshed version of the Maternity Support Worker Framework, utilising the NHSE WT&E Implementation Guide and Toolkit.
This in turn will aid the development of a clear education and training plan, for the following three Trust within the LMNS footprint.
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the mapping exercise of the current maternity support worker workforce for each organisation within the LMNS the project midwife will undertake a learning needs assessment. This in turn will support the development of plans to enable all current and future MSW's to meet the current requirements. This work will be undertaken in line with the NHSE Workforce, Training and Education (WT&E) implementation guide and toolkit.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person specification
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience managing change/ projects
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of change management
- Demonstrable involvement supporting service redesign projects
- Experience of working with multi -disciplinary teams
- Knowledge of innovation and quality improvement tools and techniques
Qualifications and professional training
Essential criteria
- RM with current NMC registration
- Educated to first degree level or evidence of specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory & experience to equivalent level
- Change/ project management training experience.
- Evidence of continuous personal/professional development
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Work autonomously within guidelines and sphere of professional practice
- Demonstrates knowledge in areas relating to Clinical Governance and Risk Management
- Aware of National agenda for maternity service Awareness of NHS systems/processes
- Sound knowledgeable clinician, up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Ability to maintain own statistics and provide written reports as required. Ability to undertake audits and participate in research as required.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Diplomatic
- Personal and professional maturity
- Recognition of own limitations
- Demonstrates enthusiasm
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
- Flexibility
- Organise and prioritise workload
- Works autonomously and has good decision-making skills
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
- Leanne O'flaherty
- Job title
- Maternity Workforce Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07570066729
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