Maternity Inpatients Ward Manager

at  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwives to join the management team on our Maternity Inpatient Wards.
The successful candidate will have a passion for creating an environment that will promote high quality care, whilst seeking to improve patient safety and in doing so facilitating a positive patient experience in the antenatal and postnatal setting.
Josephine Barnes and Ann Stewart wards have a total of 47 beds, caring for high risk antenatal and postnatal women. It is a fast paced environment staffed by two other Band 7’s, a core and rotational team of enthusiastic staff who show commitment to prioritising care whilst working in partnership with women and the wider team.
Visibility on the wards is essential; this will be achieved by working together ensuring there is clinical leadership across all days of the week. As inpatient ward manager you will be responsible for the transformation programme initiative’s such as length of stay, Baby friendly initiative, keeping positive patient experience at the forefront of our care.
Role will involve the responsibility of ward management to ensure process and audits are in place and regularly reviewed in line with local and national guidance.
The role will also involve daily oversight of patient flow and direct line management of core and rotating staff.
You will be required to exhibit leadership behaviours that demonstrate respect, resilience, trust and energy, positively impacting on the culture of the workforce, leading to a happy workplace.
You will be supported in your role to work 40% clinical and 60% administration. A part of this will be supporting the senior leadership team in covering the maternity unit manager shifts, pro-rata.

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• Our 7,500 staff are recruited from local communities and around the world
• Our staff rate us second a mong acute trusts in London as a place to work
• Despite challenges in the NHS, our low staff vacancy rate remains significantly better than the national average
• We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our staff with a huge support offer, including our nationally-recognised free back-up care scheme and Timewise accreditation as a flexible employer
• We love to develop our people, offering a range of development programmes and apprenticeships, with our healthcare support worker apprentices winning Apprentice of the Year for two years running
• We offer a fantastic range of salary sacrifice schemes, from season ticket loans, bicycles and vehicles, to gym memberships, home electronics and holidays

To act as an effective role model and demonstrate effective organisational and leadership skills.
To maintain a high profile and be seen to be in charge and fulfil management and clinical responsibilities to patients.
To ensure that optimal use is made of available resources to provide appropriate and effective cover over any 24-hour period.
To reassess the staffing rotas in the light of unexpected absences and adjust accordingly to meet the needs of the service.
To escalate to midwifery management team about activity in the Unit and staffing levels and to ensure that appropriate manpower data is available on an ongoing basis.
To assist in orientation programmes and familiarise staff with the organisational and clinical demands of inpatient services.
To ensure that all medical and midwifery students are working in a positive learning environment.
To carry out on behalf of the HMS, annual staff appraisals of junior midwives and maternity support workers.
To create and maintain an effective communication system between all staff groups working in maternity services and to ensure that a positive working environment is achieved.
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