Band 7 Fetal Medicine Ward Manager

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Birmingham is seeking a clinical leader for its maternity unit. The role involves managing a team of midwives, promoting a safe and effective environment, and ensuring high standards of care. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical and leadership skills, alongside excellent communication and organizational abilities. This position is crucial for maintaining operational safety and supporting staff development.

Qualifications

• Sound clinical knowledge base.
• Passion for promoting a team culture.
• Ability to manage a team of midwives.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety for mothers and unborn.
• Supervise and manage midwives, nurses, and students.
• Support the Senior Management Team in running the maternity unit.
• Provide professional midwifery leadership and expert advice.

Skills

Strong clinical skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

In this role you will be expected to demonstrate strong clinical and leadership skills. You will work closely with the ANC/Fetal Medicine/ANNB Screening Matron and the existing ward managers to ensure that the Maternity Unit is operationally safe, effective and well led. You will have a sound clinical knowledge base and a passion for promoting a team culture which supports and encourages innovators and motivators. The role will require you to manage a team of midwives and appreciate the demands of the wider maternity service. You will demonstrate a high level of communication and organizational skills, and be a key stakeholder for the development and management of the individuals within the team. You will ensure high standards of midwifery and obstetric-led care are provided at all times to maintain the safety of women and their families. The Fetal medicine environment is unpredictable and challenging. The Fetal Medicine Manager will be faced with many competing demands for attention and will be expected to exercise excellent judgement in dealing with both clinical and interpersonal challenges.

Main duties

• To promote an environment where safety for the mother/woman and unborn is paramount.
• To have continuing responsibility for leadership, supervision and management of midwives or nurses, students and clinical support workers, ensuring delivery of a professional, efficient and cost-effective service.
• To assist the Senior Management Team in the safe and effective running of the maternity unit both in and outside of office hours, including appropriate escalation to the on-call Midwifery Manager where required.
• To be a professional role model for others, demonstrating competent and accountable clinical practice, forming good relationships with women and their families, and presenting a positive image at all times.
• To share the vision of enhancing cross-site working to support patient safety, shared learning, and positive working relationships.
• To challenge poor practice, with appropriate channels of support, and ultimately to instigate any necessary competency/disciplinary procedures.
• Provide professional midwifery leadership and expert advice to midwives and all other health professionals, working collaboratively and with compassionate leadership.
• Ensure effective, safe and responsive day-to-day management of the maternity unit as a whole, enabling staff to give high quality care and supporting patient flow through the unit.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.