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About
We provide a full range of acute clinical services from Northampton General Hospital and Danetre Hospital in Daventry. We are a designated cancer centre and have recently invested in a number of additional specialist services, including in-patient renal services and interventional cardiology. All elective inpatients and emergency admissions are screened for MRSA. As part of our work to improve clinical outcomes we are taking part in a national patient safety programme and have invested in systems to capture patients views on the service we provide. We understand that sometimes a small change can make a big difference for patients.
Our whole focus is on improving the quality of care given to our patients. We see quality as encompassing the following elements:
Clinically effective services
Safe services
The best possible experience for patients
We also believe in involving others in what we do and celebrating success.
Barratt Birth Centre & Balmoral Ward Manager/Labour Ward Co-ordinator
Closed for applications on: 4-Jul-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 4-Jul-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Northampton General Hospital
- Address
- Cliftonville
- Town
- Northampton
- Postcode
- NN1 5BD
- Major / Minor Region
- Northamptonshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum / Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Maternity
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team as a Band 7 at NGH, this post is a hybrid job covering 0.6WTE as Birth Centre Manager and 0.4WTE Labour Ward Co-ordinator. The post holder will have overall responsibility for the operational management of the Barrett Birth Centre and 8 bedded postnatal ward alongside this (Balmoral Ward), alongside coordinating Sturtridge Labour Ward.
With a focus of enhancing women’s experience and maximising resources, this position will provide day-to-day operational management of the birth centre care pathways, ensuring optimal delivery of midwifery led services. The post holder will lead corrective and timely actions to resolve issues that are impacting, or have the potential to impact, on the quality of care for women and their families. Through strong clinical leadership the post holder will support the clinical staff to provide the best possible care to women who birth on the birth centre or spend time postnatally on Balmoral Ward.
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The post holder is also responsible for the support and co-ordination of a multi-professional team within the delivery suite, providing an interlinked, supportive network across the maternity service and wider Trust.
We are looking for a clinically credible Midwife with a broad range of midwifery experience in the acute setting. You will need to be self-motivated, dynamic, enthusiastic with excellent interpersonal skills and possess distinct passion for maternity service and a drive for ongoing learning and development.
You will need to have excellent clinical skills to support the team to deliver high quality care and open to embracing positive change and transformation to meet the needs of the women in the local population.
Working for our organisation
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Demonstrate positive and supportive leadership and motivational skills in the coordination of staff as well as detailed knowledge of midwifery and contemporary maternity care.
• Develop and maintain a departmental culture which promotes an open and honest approach to professional decision making and problem solving.
• Report ward activity to the Operational Bleepholder in a timely way and use a collaborative approach to escalation.
• Lead specific delegated projects to improve the experience of women and their families.
• Promote and maintain organisational and professional standards, ensuring that Trust and Directorate Policies and Guidelines are available, implemented and followed.
• On a daily basis via their leadership role, employ professional behaviour that encourages and coaches their midwives to challenge their current competencies, whilst seeking opportunities to expand their roles.
• Influence and nurture positive attitudes and behaviours within the ward area and wider multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate and promote excellent interpersonal skills promoting quality written, verbal and nonverbal communication styles.
• Ensure adequate staffing forward area, participate in monthly off duty for staff and identify and authorise bank shifts in the absence of the labour ward sister and within allocated budget.
• Ensure staff are managed in line with current Trust HR policies and processes including appraisal.
• Facilitate Preceptorship and Mentorship programmes within the clinical settings by collaborative working with the Practice Development midwives and the wider multi-disciplinary team including the University of Northampton.
• Role model for midwifery, providing midwifery care in accordance with the NMC Midwives rules and codes of practice.
• Lead specific delegated projects relating to the role.
• Manage the ward areas compliance with internal and external health care standards as reflected in the Trust priorities and Directorate objectives; be able to offer assurance through the Governance framework.
• Undertake the investigation of incidents including complaints within the ward area and feedback to staff to ensure lessons are learnt.
Clinical Care Responsibilities:
• Promote awareness of Safeguarding issues, implementing the Trust Safeguarding policy
• Act as a source of expert clinical and professional advice and support to colleagues in their care of women and their families
• Liaise and work together with Obstetricians to ensure the provision of high-quality women centred care – ensuring the smooth running of labour ward.
• Take action to ensure that all clinical risks and complaints are identified, reported within the clinical risk reporting framework and monitor outcomes, which include the investigation of incidents and complaints within the ward area and feedback to staff to ensure lessons are learnt.
• Undertake relevant clinical practices in accordance with the Scope of Professional Practice
• Proactively contribute to the development of care pathways and guidelines within the maternity service
• Take all possible action to minimise clinical risk to women and their babies, utilising all available resources.
• Keep contemporaneous records of the woman and her baby and influence and develop recordkeeping skills amongst midwives and the wider multidisciplinary team
• Act as an advocate for women, carers and staff to ensure their views are represented at all levels
• Support with Infection Control / quality audits for the Labour Ward and report monthly to Intrapartum Matron via the Labour Ward Manager
• As part of your development, assist on specified and agreed directorate and Trust wide Nurse/Midwife Development Projects.
Patient Experience and Safety:
• Be ‘user-aware’ and deal at all times appropriately, i.e. professionally and politely, with all ‘users’ whether women, their relatives, carers, other members of staff or the general public, and ensure this is engendered within areas of responsibility
• Liaise with senior/managerial staff to bring to their attention any problems identified.
• Promote a blame free culture in reporting incidents and where appropriate initiating a local investigation in a timely manner.
Financial & Physical Resources:
• Ensure effective use of resources.
• Ensure all equipment is in working order and undertake risk assessments as necessary; highlight adverse risks to the Labour Ward manager and Intrapartum Matron for escalation and inclusion as necessary in the Directorate Risk Register
Information Resources:
• Able to input information and have a working knowledge of the hospital information systems.
• Adhere to Trust information governance policies.
Research & Development:
• Lead designated audit projects against midwifery standards of care.
• Assess effectiveness of practice against determined midwifery standards of care.
• Involvement in clinical audit and evaluation of practice within the clinical area.
• Demonstrate an ability to critically appraise research findings.
• Contribute ideas and undertake monitoring with regards to quality of women-centred care.
Personal Skills
• Maintain personal CPD and Revalidation requirement.
• Take on delegated responsibilities conducive to service need and personal development.
• Participate in an annual individual performance process where objectives will be agreed, performance monitored, and personal development needs discussed.
• Maintain an awareness of issues relating to midwifery on the national and local agenda.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Co-ordinate the responsibilities, capabilities, and workload of team members
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
- Compassion
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courageous
- Accountable
To apply for this post, scroll down to the bottom of this page and select “apply online now”.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Northampton General Hospital to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority Transfer process should you be appointed to the post.
Due to the high number of applications received we are unable to respond to each application individually. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful in this application.
For further information on nursing, apprenticeships, A&E or any other departments please visit our specific website or pages that are indicated on the right hand side of this advert.
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust recognises that staff of differing backgrounds and life experiences enrich our workforce and bring different skills and knowledge. We therefore encourage and welcome applications for our vacancies from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE VACANCIES PRIOR TO THE ADVERTISED CLOSING DATE WHEN WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS
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.
Person specification
Educations, Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current Professional Registration -Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- NALS
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Practice Assessor
- Management qualification
Desirable criteria
- Degree in higher education or equivalent
- Leadership qualification or completion of leadership programme
- PROMPT
- NIPE qualification or willingness to undertake
- Evidence in facilitating live drills
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate experience of broad knowledge of midwifery practice including normal birth
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the national vision for maternity services and the wider health service
- Able to demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement
- Previous management experience
- Proven ability to negotiate, persuade, influence, motivate and gain the respect of other healthcare professionals
- Knowledge of internal and external Governance Assurance Framework
- Ability to manage people and change
- Experience of conflict management
- Knowledge of clinical governance and risk management
- Ability to support reflective practice
- Up-to-date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Application and understanding of professional policies and procedures
- A sound understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and processes
- Experience of implementing change
- Evidence based/in-depth knowledge of electronic fetal monitoring
Desirable criteria
- Experience in research
- Experience in audit
- Experience in HR and Management related issues
- Able to apply action learning and other methods to facilitate staff development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to review clinical practice and make recommendations
- Ability to identify problems and escalate appropriately
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to self-manage their own diary, being flexible to the demands of the service and the Education and Support team
- Broad clinical skills and experience
- Able to apply research to practice
- Ability to negotiate and influence decision making
- Ability to manage difficult situations effectively
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to work alone and as a member of a team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to carry out audits
- Ability to critically analyse data
Key Competencies, Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Professional credibility and role model
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values
Documents
- Barratt Birth Centre & Balmoral Ward Manager/Labour Ward Co-ordinator JD (PDF, 456.6KB)
- Staff Fair Processing Statement (PDF, 90.4KB)
- Respect and Support Document (PDF, 207.1KB)
- Code of Conduct (PDF, 235.2KB)
- Code of Conduct - Band 7+ (PDF, 140.0KB)
- Benefits and NGH (PDF, 379.3KB)
- Useful Links (PDF, 185.9KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gracie Hall
- Job title
- Intrapartum Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01604544607
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