UHN Perinatal Mortality Review (PMRT) Tool Matron

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust; Kettering; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an experienced senior professional to lead maternity transformation initiatives and oversee PMRT reviews.

You will apply strong leadership, data analysis and change-management skills to improve maternity and neonatal services in line with national drivers.

An advanced qualification and ongoing CPD are required, with commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Masters level or equivalent education, training or experience.
• Registered Midwife with professional registration.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Must currently lead PMRT Reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Masters level or equivalent education/training/experience

Registered Midwife

Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Must currently Lead PMRT Reviews

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication

• Maintain effective channels of communication, ensuring effective coproduction and cocreation
• To establish lines of communication with other UHN colleagues in the Trust and wider healthcare community where appropriate, to ensure that improvements and services are integrated.
• Provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or re-assurance skills are required.
• To support a communication structure within the Clinical Management Group to ensure all staff are and remain engaged in the UHN's vision for delivering excellence in all we do.
• Using the highest degree of motivational and negotiating skills ensure an atmosphere of collaboration across the key stakeholders involved in the delivery of change to ensure improvement is achieved.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.

Person specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Clinical professional qualification or operational management qualification or equivalent knowledge gained in a health-related organisation
• Significant experience of working within maternity services
• Comprehensive working knowledge and understanding of the Maternity Transformation Programme and national drivers for change and improvement across maternity & neonatal services
• Management experience to include experience of having undertaken change management
• Experience of analysing complex data with multiple components of information in both qualitative and quantitative formats

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of current NHS structures and health and social care delivery systems
• Knowledge and understanding of NHS commissioning and benchmarking
• Project management at a senior level with evidence of leading and managing improvement projects
• Ability to present complex, sensitive or contentious information to a large group of staff or members of the public

Educations, Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of education, training or experience
• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Must currently Lead PMRT Reviews

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users

Important Information

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

We welcome applications from members of our black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, especially in relation to senior posts within at KGH.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

Appointments will be made on merit.

If you need to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, as a requirement of the role, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check (£49.50) and this amount will be reclaimed from your first salary. From 1st February 2019 all new starters to the Trust are required to join the DBS update service as per Trust DBS Re-checking Policy which has an annual cost of £16. New employees who do not join the update service will be required to pay £49.50 for a new DBS check in 3 years time.

Please note that news starters with KGH are subject to a six month probationary period.

Please ensure that the information you provide on your application form is correct, accurate and that nothing has been omitted. Any information that is stated in your application form in relation to qualifications/training courses/work/education experience/references must be able to be evidenced. Failure to do so may result if your offer being withdrawn.

"Safeguarding is everyone's business. KGH considers Safeguarding a priority amongst its citizen's and a key value for all employed to the service."

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.