Flow, Safety & Escalation Lead Midwife

York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; Sur place; GBP 43 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Leave for emergency and planned leave

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work

Résumé du poste

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an experienced midwife to join our maternity leadership team as a Band 7 Flow, Safety and Escalation Lead Midwife. You will provide visible clinical and operational leadership to support safe care, manage staffing, capacity, acuity and escalation across maternity services at York and Scarborough.

The role focuses on safe decision‑making, workforce redeployment, timely escalation, and communication during peak periods,

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with substantial acute maternity experience.
• Experience as coordinator, shift leader or midwife in charge.

Responsabilités

• Oversee staffing, capacity and acuity across maternity services.
• Support safe decision-making, workforce redeployment and escalation.
• Contribute to governance, audit and quality improvement.
• Provide leadership across both york and scarborough sites to improve patient flow.

Connaissances

Midwifery

Leadership

Risk assessment

Communication

Description du poste

A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are seeking an experienced, confident and compassionate midwife to join our maternity leadership team as a Band 7 Flow, Safety and Escalation Lead Midwife. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a new role within our maternity service, providing visible clinical and operational leadership to support safe care, effective patient flow and timely escalation across maternity services. The post holder will maintain oversight of staffing, capacity, acuity and operational risk, working closely with labour ward coordinators, ward managers, matrons, the wider multidisciplinary team and operational colleagues. You will support safe decision-making, workforce redeployment, escalation and communication during periods of increased pressure, helping to ensure that women, birthing people, babies and families receive safe, personalised and compassionate care. You will play a key role in supporting patient flow into, through and out of maternity services, including responding to staffing gaps, service pressures, diverts and unit closures in line with Trust policy and agreed escalation processes. The role will also contribute to governance, audit, quality improvement, reporting and service development as the post becomes embedded within the Trust., As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have. We are looking for a registered midwife with substantial acute maternity experience, including coordinator, shift leader or midwife in charge experience. You will be able to demonstrate sound clinical judgement, dynamic risk assessment skills, excellent communication and the ability to remain calm, professional and compassionate in complex and rapidly changing situations. This role will suit someone who is motivated by safety, quality, teamwork and improvement, and who can provide supportive leadership while working collaboratively with colleagues across both maternity sites. You will be committed to inclusive, personalised maternity care and to living our Trust values of kindness, openness and excellence. Our maternity service is committed to providing safe, high-quality, personalised care for women, birthing people, babies and families. We are proud of our multidisciplinary approach and our commitment to compassionate leadership, learning, inclusion and continuous improvement. We welcome applications from colleagues who share our values and who want to make a positive difference to safety, experience and outcomes within maternity care. To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd Our benefits We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages. This is an exciting time to join our maternity teams across York and Scarborough. Following our recent CQC inspection, maternity services at both York and Scarborough were ratedGoodacross all five domains-Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. This achievement reflects the dedication, compassion and professionalism of our workforce, and our commitment to listening to women, families and colleagues to continually improve the care we provide. You will be joining a service that has made significant progress and is proud of what has been achieved, while recognising there is still more to do. We are committed to continuous learning, innovation and improvement, building on strong foundations to shape the future of maternity care across our Trust. This is an opportunity to be part of that journey-joining a forward-looking team that values collaboration, ambition and the voices of women, families and staff as we continue to develop and strengthen our services for the future. A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description. Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. Working for the Trust Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.