Maternity Triage Team Leader (18.75 hours)

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Chertsey is seeking a clinical lead for the Maternity Triage team. The role involves overseeing triage operations, ensuring quality improvement, and leading a dedicated team. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills, experience in maternity care, and a commitment to high standards of patient care. The Trust offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Flexible work arrangements

Staff benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in maternity care and triage.
• Ability to supervise and lead a team.
• Excellent clinical judgement and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead the Maternity Triage team and supervise staff.
• Ensure 24/7 staffing and escalate staffing issues.
• Lead team building and set priorities and objectives.
• Performance manage triage activity and workforce.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust to co-lead the Maternity Triage team. The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing triage transformation project and quality improvement.

The role will focus on building upon the Birmingham Symptom Specific Obstetric Triage (BSOTS) system and the continuous education of staff around this model of triage and continuing to find ways to improve the service.

• Act as triage clinical midwifery lead for each shift and supervise the midwives and other staff within the team, ensuring that clinical practice is evidence-based and safe.
• Ensure Maternity Triage is staffed 24/7 with the recommended staffing template and escalate staffing and activity where required.
• Work cohesively with the MDT, Team leaders, Maternity Operational Coordinator (MOC) & LW Matron to escalate concerns in a timely manner and ensure appropriate clinical assessment is provided.
• Lead a team, team build, organise others in their actions, and set priorities, objectives, and goals within their sphere of responsibility.
• Exercise excellent judgement in dealing with both clinical and interpersonal challenges.
• Be accountable for stock and equipment in triage; ensuring repairs and replacements are carried out, keeping in line with safe standards on the ward.
• Be responsible for new and ongoing audit work related to Maternity Triage.
• Performance manage both the activity and workforce that operate in triage.
• Make an effective contribution to reaching the Trust's vision, strategic objectives, and key work programmes.
• Ensure effective and safe day-to-day management of triage, supervising and managing all staff to maintain high standards of care.
• Ensure an effective learning environment for both students and qualified staff, identifying learning needs; to liaise with senior midwives with regard to training requirements and participation in the in-house training programme.
• Ensure all activity data for the area is collected and entered onto electronic systems to ensure that the Trust achieves appropriate funding for work undertaken.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow, and beyond.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits, and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.