Job summary
Employer heading
Maternity and Neonatal Patient Experience Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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Job overview
As the post-holder, you will establish effective and trusted channels of communication with childbearing women, pregnant people and their families. You will ensure all midwives and neonatal nurses are aware of the services and pathways being developed and offered to support personalised patient experience improving in accordance with the Equity and Equality Guidance for Local Maternity and Neonatal Services.
You will provide the Division the intelligence on local data and service user experience and to support the development of a collaborative action plan to improve experiences of care for childbearing women and pregnant people and their families.
You will represents the Trust in engagement with the Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP), London Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, Local Maternity and Neonatal System, wider Integrated Care System and other relevant stakeholders.
You will lead on the allocation and oversight of any non-recurrent funding allocated via ICB /NHS England in relation to patient experience, in conjunction with the Director of Midwifery and Lead for Neonatal Nursing.
Main duties of the job
This new role will co-ordinate aspects of both quality and safety, in line with the maternity and neonatal Clinical Governance strategy and the overarching Trust’s Clinical Governance framework. This will include supporting patient experience and staff experience.
The post holder will implement a consistent approach to the management of concerns raised by patients and their families, and patient feedback, to preserve quality whilst meeting the trust deadlines. They will consider innovative ways to capture patient experience of treatment and care, analyse and prepare the data, and present feedback to local and divisional governance meetings.
They will work closely with the Quality, Governance, Operational and Corporate Management Teams and staff at all levels in the organisation and there will be a requirement to work both independently and as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team.
It is essential they have the skills required to analyse, interpret and present themes from concerns raised and complaints. They must be able to collate lessons learned, share and maintain a log of action plans and improvements via an action tracker.
Working for our organisation
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Education / Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife with active registration and significant experience across all areas of practice, including at a B7 level or above
- Evidence of post-qualification education at Masters level or equivalent
- Mentorship qualification/training
Desirable criteria
- Managerial / leadership training or qualification
- Debriefing training
- RCA training
- Human Rights in Childbirth
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate at all levels within the multidisciplinary team
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Ability to make independent decisions and work autonomously
- Developed IT skills with good understanding of windows applications and clinical records systems
- Effective presentation skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to act as a role model to junior and senior staff alike
- Ability to prioritise a busy workload
- Works well on own initiative as well as working well within a team
Desirable criteria
- Counselling skills
- Motivational interviewing skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of all areas of midwifery
- Evidence of delivering high quality teaching to staff and patient groups
- Experience of working across local agencies and systems
- Audit experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience within similar role at Band 7 or equivalent
- Demonstrable experience of advocating for marginalised groups
- Experience of successfully working with individuals or groups who may be untrusting of statutory services due to previous experiences
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Understanding of NMC Codes of Practice
- Understanding the needs of those from marginalised groups, and those at risk of or experiencing health inequalities
- Detailed knowledge of current midwifery issues
- Knowledge of clinical governance and patient feedback and engagement processes
- Understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change.
- Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit
- A specialist interest in and passion for reducing health inequalities
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mun-Leng Lim
- Job title
- Interim Deputy Director of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07880781191
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