Ward Manager/ Team Lead

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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

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated midwife looking to take the next step in your career? Join our dynamic Private Midwifery team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Hospital as the Ward Manager for Clayton Ward, a permanent role offering 37.5 hours per week.

About the Role

As the Ward Manager and Team Lead, you'll oversee a dedicated team of midwives and MSWs, balancing 7.5 hours of management duties with hands-on clinical work. With no on-call requirements, you'll focus on ensuring a high standard of care for our private patients.

What We're Looking For

We need a dynamic midwife with leadership experience and a passion for excellence. You should have a background in roster and staff management and be ready to drive service improvements and foster a collaborative work environment. Key responsibilities include:

• Roster, Sickness and People management
• Handling complaints and datix investigations
• Daily ward management and audits
• Leading Quality Improvement projects
• Excellent Communication and planning skills

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality, effective midwifery care that is evidence based and woman centred and helps to promote a positive working environment.
• To manage a team of midwives whilst working closely with other multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure safety outcomes and positive patient experiences are achieved.
• The post holder is also expected to be an expert clinical midwife who will give advice and guidance on the midwifery care of women and pregnant people, babies and their families
• The post holder will provide clinical and managerial leadership for the team on Clayton ward.
• To lead and coordinate midwives to provide midwifery care for private and amenity patients on the ward
• To lead and coordinate the day to day running of Clayton Ward including multidisciplinary ward rounds
• To work collaboratively with the Matrons to provide and develop high quality, safe and effective service

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.

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
• Evidence of continuing post registration education and development.
• Registered Educated to degree level in relevant subject area

Desirable criteria

• Has attained or is working towards a management qualification
• Master's degree in a relevant subject area or working towards this

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post registration experience >3years
• Experience in a range of settings including labour ward
• Experience in change management

Desirable criteria

• Project management experience

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Clinically competent.
• Proven experience in supervision of trained staff
• IT skills
• Excellent communication skills

Desirable criteria

• Quality improvement methodologies

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, 640.5KB)
• FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT FORM (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)