Job overview

Main duties of the job

A key focus of the role will be to:

• Provide effective clinical, professional and operational leadership to the community midwifery team.
• Effectively manage staff in order to provide safe standards of care.
• Promote safe, compassionate, personalised and evidence-based maternity care.
• Support staff through coaching, supervision, development and effective performance management.
• Maintain a safe clinical environment and promote high standards of quality, governance and professional practice.
• Support the implementation and embedding of national and local maternity safety and improvement initiatives.
• Work collaboratively across maternity services and with multidisciplinary and community partners to improve pathways and outcomes for women, babies and families.
• Promote a positive learning culture and ensure the community setting provides an environment that supports both formal and informal learning.
• Act as a professional role model, demonstrating excellent communication, leadership and clinical decision-making.
• Maintain professional accountability and practise in accordance with relevant NMC standards, professional codes and evidence-based guidance.

The successful candidate will be an experienced midwife with a passion for community maternity care and developing people. They will have the ability to lead with compassion, support change and improvement, and inspire a team to deliver consistently high standards of care.

 

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.