Consultant Midwife

Powys Teaching Health Board

Bronllys

Salary

£67,583 – £78,530

Posted

5 days ago

About the role

This post is a Secondment for 3 years to cover a Secondment. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and visionary Consultant Midwife to join the Women and Children's Service at Powys Teaching Health Board. The successful candidate will provide expert clinical leadership, strategic influence, education, research and consultancy across maternity services, promoting excellence in personalised, evidence-based and woman-centred care.

Providing expert midwifery leadership and acting as a role model for clinical excellence across maternity services. This will include supporting the Bronze on Call senior management rota.

Supporting midwives in the management of women with complex needs, including the development of individualised care plans and decision-making in complex situations.

Leading strategic service development and quality improvement initiatives to enhance safety, outcomes and experiences for women and families.

Promoting physiological birth, continuity of care and personalised maternity care pathways in line with national and local priorities.

Developing and implementing evidence-based policies, guidelines, standards and care pathways to support best practice in maternity care.

Person specification

Essential

Registered Midwife
Master's degree in relevant subject
Post Graduate Certificate in education or relevant teaching experience
Demonstrate a broad but in-depth knowledge of health policy in relation to midwifery practice, with reference to normality and Public Health agenda
Detailed knowledge of midwifery issues and impact on service delivery
Significant experience in clinical midwifery practice, including responsibility for organising specialist care and advice for complex aspects of pregnancy
Evidence of managing a clinical area, leading elements of service provision and of supporting staff development in the clinical environment
Manage change and develop innovation in practice
Clear portfolio of continuing professional development
Evidence of clinical leadership and supervision of other staff
Evidence of participating in regional and national networks
Multi-agency working
Public speaking
High degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement
Ability to make decisions and be accountable for them
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including delivery of sensitive and complex information
Compile, analyse and disseminate complex information
Excellent report writing and presentation skills
Skilled in use of multimedia resources for networking nationally and for use in presentations
Network across the organisation and at national/international level
Influence and motivate others
Negotiating skills and ability to resolve conflict
Prioritise and meet deadlines
Self-motivating and adaptable
Confident, assertive and self-assured
Visionary and a strategic thinker
Demonstrate a passion for midwifery practice and the role of the midwife promoting and protecting normality for pregnancy and childbirth
Enthusiasm and a positive attitude
Respect of professional colleagues
Reliable and committed
Ability to travel pan Powys

Desirable

Accredited counselling course or experience in providing support in complex/traumatic circumstances
Completed PhD or professional doctorate
Experience of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level within the midwifery profession
Evidence of involvement in research in practice
Evidence of policy development and implementation in practice
Evidence of academic published work or research
Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn