Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 344-3406WCY
- Employer
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- William Harvey Hospital
- Town
- Ashford
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Effectiveness – Guidelines and Policies Midwife
Band 7
Job overview
In this role you will be a member of the Governance Team under the Clinical Effectiveness working group. You will be responsible for ensuring that all local guidance, policies and SOP’s are updated and published to support the clinical teams in delivery of care.
You will be required to bench mark against national guidance & be responsible for implementation with the MDT.
Main duties of the job
To write and lead the development and implementation of maternity evidence based guidelines, and SOP’s and ensuring staff are fully educated about such guidelines, and promote these into practice
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
• Registered Midwife
Essential criteria
- • Registered Midwife
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of further study
- • Be prepared to undertake further academic study.
Clinical skills and experience
Essential criteria
- • All round Midwifery clinical experience at Band 6/ can demonstrate credible midwifery knowledge
- • Excellent presentation skills
- • Excellent IT skills
- • Ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external partners.
- • Professional decision-making skills
- • Able to demonstrate awareness of national guidance and papers relating to midwifery
- • Previous guideline management
- • Understands the role of the MVP
- • Demonstrates innovation
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of implementing change in clinical practice system wide
- • Previous experience in development of guidelines, SOP’s, PIL’s
Personal/professional attributes
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations.
- • Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others.
- • Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff.
- • Strong organisational and planning skills.
- • Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
- • Willingness to share knowledge and skills to contribute to the professional development of others.
- • Positive attitude to change and inspires confidence
- • Resilient and able to maintain personal effectiveness and work well under pressure
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- • Innovative, self- motivated, enthusiastic.
- • Adaptable in managing workloads, requiring an immediate response.
- • Manage own wellbeing and wellbeing of the team to support high levels of personal and team resilience.
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Bone
- Job title
- Matron for Maternity Governance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01227 783015
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