Ward Manager for Maternity Outpatients Areas

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and adaptable midwife to join our dynamic and friendly team here at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital. You will be based and in charge of the antenatal clinic Maternity Day Assessment Unit and maternity helpline . You will work closely with the Birmingham Symptom Specific Obstetric system ( BSOTs) team leader and will cover each others workload . You will also be responsible for coordinating the activities hospital outpatient team and supporting junior staff .We have exciting plans for maternity outpatients and we invite you to become a part of this dynamic team.

Main duties of the job

• You will maintain a high standard of team working and demonstrate an understanding of maintaining our key performance indicators , day assessment workload and supporting the clinical band 7 for BSOTs
• Work with the Outpatients Manager to implement national and local guidelines/protocols. You will also have the opportunity to be part of the quality improvement project for Birmingham Symptom Specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS)
• Develop and evaluate midwifery performance and clinical outcomes to improve standards of patient care. Prioritising the birthing persons' experience at the core of service delivery
• The postholder will show leadership by working clinically, allocation of workload, skill mix, staffing levels and overview of activity
• Maintain professional conduct in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Midwives Code of Practice and Trust.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Teaching Qualification (Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment) or equivalent experience.
• Graduate (degree/diploma in Midwifery) with specialist expertise across a range of midwifery procedures

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience at Band 6 in a relevant clinical setting
• Experience of leading and developing a team
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit

Desirable criteria

• Experience at Band 7 as a team leader

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Organisation, administrative and management skills
• Teaching
• Knowledge of budget management
• Ability to lead a team
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit

Desirable criteria

• Experience of managing complaints

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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 (PDF, 560.5KB)
• Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)