Antenatal Ward Manager

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a passionate midwife to lead the Antenatal ward team at James Cook University Hospital. The role entails ensuring high-quality, evidence-based midwifery care while managing the ward’s budget and promoting partnerships with families. Ideal candidates will have excellent organizational and leadership skills and a strong commitment to patient safety. Training in leadership development is provided to enhance skills and effectiveness in practice.

Benefits

Leadership and improvement training

Access to additional courses

Qualifications

• Experienced midwife with a passion for antenatal care.
• Strong commitment to patient safety and quality care.
• Ability to lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Antenatal ward team.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality midwifery care.
• Manage the ward budget effectively.

Skills

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Commitment to midwifery practice

Job description

The post holder will hold responsibility for the Antenatal ward team with support from the Band 8A Matron and Head of Midwifery. The post holder will ensure they lead and manage the Antenatal ward to ensure safe, high quality, evidence based midwifery care is delivered to patients whilst respecting and involving families and carers as partners in care.

The post holder in conjunction with the senior management team will manage the budget for the ward to ensure the best use of resources.

They will act as a champion for professional accountability and standards, ensuring that professional practices are in line with the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), and Trust Policy.

We are looking for an experienced midwife with a passion for antenatal care, to provide inspirational leadership and management for our antenatal ward and maternity outpatient clinic in James Cook University Hospital. The individual must have excellent organisational and leadership skills, a strong commitment to midwifery practice and safety. The post holder will work in association with the services multi-disciplinary team, allied health professions, anaesthetic, surgical, emergency care and other associated teams in line with patient safety and quality agenda.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillsEquip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.