Delivery Suite Ward Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY
• To provide effective clinical and professional leadership to all midwives, support staff, students and the multidisciplinary team working on Delivery Suite
• To have key responsible for the co-ordination and development of team activities in the delivery suite setting to ensure the delivery of a cost-effective, efficient and quality service.
• Work in collaboration with the Delivery Suite Matron, Clinical Midwifery Manager, Head of Midwifery, lead Obstetrician and other key members of the team to ensure pathways of care reflect best practice and are women centred.

Clinical Responsibilities/Job purpose
• 37.5 Hours per week.
• Provide effective clinical leadership and support to all midwives, support staff and students working on Delivery Suite, continually seeking to develop the service to reflect service and Trust objectives.
• To promote excellence in practice, providing expert advice, developing and ensuring practice is evidence based and to be actively involved in research and audit.
• To support with operational management of the maternity unit (Manager of the Day) and hold the bleep when the rota requires. Weekend working may be required in exceptional circumstances.
• Demonstrate innovation through the introduction and maintenance of a quality approach to service provision by setting, implementing, monitoring and evaluating standards of care. Undertake necessary audits.
• Collect, collate and where needed present clinical and operational data for the service and contribute to the service dashboard.
• Be responsible for overseeing staff duty rotas (completed by the rota co-ordinator) to ensure Delivery Suite has appropriate staff, skill mix and to provide safe care within available resources .
• Possessing the knowledge to deal with complaints and handling sensitive issues . Working closely with the Delivery Suite Matron and Band 7 coordinator to ensure incidents are reported appropriately and reviewed.
• Take the lead for the management of reported Inphase reports pertaining to the Labour Ward. Work with the Clinical Midwifery Manager in the on-going investigations of reported issues.
• Ensure there is effective multi-disciplinary communication within Delivery Suite, the department, the service and with other agencies external to the Trust. Take responsibility for allocating staff members to attend relevant meetings within the service and external to the Trust.
• Provides a management and educational forum for staff by leading service meetings and taking responsibility for the cascade of relevant information to the Delivery Suite midwives and support staff.
• Participates in the selection process for new staff and student midwives. Plan and initiate induction and orientation programmes, which integrate newly qualified and new members of staff alongside the Education Team.
• Undertakes annual appraisal of midwives, build personal development plans with midwives and empower midwives to achieve their objectives by providing ongoing support and expert leadership.
• Responsible for the operational management of personnel issues such as the management of sickness absence, including interviewing staff following each episode of sickness, and take appropriate action in line with Trust policy.
• Work in collaboration with midwifery and nursing leads for Safeguarding Children. Where appropriate initiate and support others in taking action in accordance with local Safeguarding policies.

Responsibilities continued:
• Professional Leadership
• Observe the NMC Code for nurses and midwives (NMC 2015), promote a women centred service, which will ensure continuity of care
• Exercise leadership and maintain professional attitude acting in an exemplary manner at all time.
• Ensure effective communication between clients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
• Develop parent information and education and lifestyle opportunities for women receiving care.
• Provide expert advice on the referral of women to high-risk care.
• Exercise leadership and inspire colleagues to provide a high standard of practice based on current guidelines, policies, and protocols to improve standards quality and to develop professional practice.
• Responsibility for organising the dissemination of findings of local and national midwifery research and act as change agent particularly with regard to the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence based on guidelines, policies, protocols and standards relating to midwifery practice.
• Education and Development-ensure staff are up to date with Mandatory Training.
• Be aware of national and local policies that have impact upon maternity services and take appropriate action.
• Demonstrate the ability to initiate change and develop practice in light of knowledge gained through reflection, research and audit.
• Ensure personal professional requirements are fulfilled.
• Foster and support a working environment within which the midwives can work as autonomous practitioners accountable for their own practice in accordance with the NMC rules and Code of Conduct.
• Foster and support non-trained staff to work within the limits of knowledge, understanding and training, with the Trust's policy.
• Ensure personal professional requirements are fulfilled.
• Actively pursue opportunities for personal development as part of the progress plan emerging from Individual Performance Review.
• Follow Trust disciplinary procedures when dealing with staff disciplinary matters.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Recognised Teaching Qualification
• Evidence of Degree or masters qualification

Desirable criteria

• ALSO (Advanced Life Support Obstetrics)
• Newborn Life Support (NLS) Course
• Management qualification/leadership course
• Degree/Masters

Experience

Essential criteria

• Suitable Post-Registration experience within relevant speciality at band 6 or above
• Extensive clinical experience
• In depth knowledge of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal high risk pathways
• Evidence of the application of management/leadership skills and autonomous practice
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable criteria

• Involvement in audit
• Previous management experience
• Budget and resource management

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Teaching /assessment skills
• Organisational and negotiation skills
• Effective communicator
• Leadership & motivation skills
• Evidence of audit and change management ability
• Computer literate
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Lead and facilitate change

Desirable criteria

• Experience with research

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

• Effective communicator both written and verbal.
• Ability to take managerial and professional responsibility for team and staff.
• Demonstrate good leadership and organisation skills.
• Ability to think logically, prioritise and use initiative
• Report writing skills
• Ability to work autonomously
• Diplomatic
• Assertive and confident
• Personal and professional maturity
• Recognition of own limitations
• Demonstrates enthusiasm
• Open/Reflective/Warm
• Enthusiastic and self-aware
• Creative and Flexible
• Team focussedReliable, Adaptable and Dependable

Desirable criteria

• Counselling skills.
• Participation in guideline development

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Job Description Delivery Suite Ward manager (PDF, 444.2KB)
• Personal specification (PDF, 82.9KB)
• Functional aspects (PDF, 155.5KB)
• L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)