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NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

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NHS Kent and Medway is the NHS organisation that plans and buys healthcare services to meet the needs of our population.

There are 1.8million people living in Kent and Medway. We have an annual budget of £3.211 billion in 2021/22 to provide the best possible care for the whole county.

As a corner stone of an integrated care system, NHS Kent and Medway will:

  • allow a more coherent commissioning strategy for Kent and Medway as a whole
  • enable and oversee a consistent outcomes-based approach to commissioning across the system that targets population health improvement and maximises the potential for prevention
  • provide oversight and insight across a larger area, helping us identify and share best practice, deliver consistency in commissioning approach and expected outcomes, as well as helping address inequity and inequality across Kent and Medway.

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Address
NHS Kent and Medway
2nd Floor
Gail House
Lower Stone Street
Maidstone
ME15 6NB
Contact Number
01634 335095

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Ref: 095-6714413-TS Vacancy ID: 6714413

Lead Midwife Maternal Medicine Network

Closed for applications on: 2-Nov-2024 00:01

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Closed for applications on: 2-Nov-2024 00:01

Location

Gail House
Maidstone
ME15 6NB
Kent

Contract type & working pattern

Permanent
Part time - 30 hours per week

Salary

£53,755 - £60,504 pro rata, per annum
Yearly

(NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Midwifery
Interview date
15/11/2024

Job overview

Kent and Medway are looking to recruit a Lead Midwife for the Kent and Medway Maternal Medicine Network (MMN). This role will work alongside the Consultant Obstetric Physician and Obstetric System Lead for Maternal Medicine, within the MMN hub at Medway, and across the Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, taking responsibility for contributing to clinical leadership and engagement in the work of the Kent and Medway MMN

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 This role will take a strategic lead on the design and implementation of effective care pathways for pregnant women and birthing people with complex medical conditions with a key focus on addressing inequalities in all aspects of care and delivering care that is centred on the woman/birthing person and their family. The post holder will also be responsible for the midwifery clinical leadership, be the primary source of expert and high quality advice from a midwifery perspective and will implement a strong focus on midwifery practice development within the Maternal Medicine Network in the context of the multi professional team.

This role will take a lead on co-production with service users for the MMN.
This is an exciting strategic leadership opportunity for an experienced midwife with excellent interpersonal communication skills and a strong capability for developing working partnerships with individuals, teams and organisations at both system and regional levels. You will be part of a supportive and highly motivated LMNS and be reporting and professionally accountable to the ICB Maternity and Neonatal Department.

Working for our organisation

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

We work with staff to agree objectives through regular supervision, annual appraisal, and access to training opportunities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity. In order to reflect the diversity of our population, we positively encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation.

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

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • NMC registered Midwife educated to Masters level or equivalent level

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • 2 years recent experience of working in a leadership role at Band 7 or higher

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical Experience of caring for women in pregnancy, including women with medical disorders.

Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Professional and versatile communication skills. Evidence of IT skills with the ability to adapt presentation skills to different audiences.

Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Excellent capability for developing working partnerships between individuals, teams and organisations.

Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Able to inspire, motivate and empower teams around common goals to produce transformation and improvements in clinical practice and quality of service provision

Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise, plan and manage own time and that of others to meet deadlines.

Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Ability to deliver results through a wide range of individuals and teams, many of whom will be outside the managerial control of the post-holder.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Understands the principles of system and network level working.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private, and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system transformation.

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Haywood
Job title
Senior Programme Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Disability confident committed

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