Senior Midwifery Practitioner - Inpatient Ward Leader

What you will do

As ward lead you will be required to take responsibility for the setting and monitoring high standards required for safety, infection prevention, health and safety, equipment maintenance, drugs and medicine management within the ward area. You will promote excellence in midwifery practice and to act as a clinical leader for midwives and other staff. UHS Maternity Services is a fast paced, evolving service and the post holder will be required to with work with the leadership team to continue looking at facilitating new ways of working to meet the needs of our service users. Visibility on the ward is essential; this will be achieved by working together with the F level leadership team to ensure there is clinical leadership across all days and nights of the week. You will be required to exhibit leadership behaviours that demonstrate respect, resilience, trust, enthusiasm and energy, positively impacting on the culture of the workforce, leading to a happy workplace. If you are an experienced midwife, dynamic, women, birthing people and family-focused and have a passion for continuous improvement then we would like you to be part of our team. The ideal candidate(s) must be able to demonstrate the ability to lead, motivate and manage teams in an ever-changing environment. Applicants must be able to demonstrate evidence of strong leadership skills, previous change management experience and excellent communication.