Senior Midwife for West Midlands Maternal Medicine Network

Essential

• RM with current NMC registration
• Degree in Midwifery or equivalent level of study or equivalent experience
• Master's degree or evidence of equivalent academic qualification
• Management Qualification / leadership course or equivalent experience
• Teaching and assessing qualification relevant to clinical specialty, or equivalent
• Highly specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of Quality Improvement to master's level, or equivalent

Desirable

• Proven commitment to CPD, research and academic study
• Qualified Professional Midwifery Advocate

Essential

• A broad range of clinical midwifery experience.
• Experience in a senior midwifery post
• Significant experience of leading clinical teams
• Experience of service development and innovation using recognised quality improvement methodology
• Experience in leading projects
• Formal presentation skills (to groups at all levels, both within the organisation and externally and a local, regional and national level)
• Excellent full range of communication skills across the multi-disciplinary team and external organisations
• Practical problem-solving ability
• High influencing and negotiation skills to contribute to strategic direction of maternity services
• Able to make judgments about highly complex clinical situations

Desirable

• History of publication
• Knowledge and experience in equality diversity and inclusion in relation to maternity and neonatal care provision

Essential

• Ability to apply evidence-base in practice
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, across organisations
• Ability to devise and manage projects and to supervise other staff engaged upon them
• Proven practice and service development skills
• Demonstrable data collection, analysis and evaluation skills
• Can demonstrate professional leadership, influencing and negotiating skills
• Ability to critically appraise research and undertake audit
• Working knowledge of research methodology

Desirable

• Excellent oral and written communication, experience with report writing
• Ability to develop policies and guidelines

Essential

• Detailed knowledge of current midwifery issues at a local and national level
• Detailed knowledge of issues specific to the NHS/health sector and a depth of understanding of NHS culture and sensitivities
• Excellent understanding of wider NHS agenda and drivers for change
• Experience in standard setting and monitoring
• Awareness of current midwifery research and consequences to practice
• Aware of relevant government documents.
• Advanced knowledge of IT systems at operational level.
• Knowledge of NMC policies, standards and guidelines.
• Able to critique evidence and apply to practice
• Highly self- motivated, positive and enthusiastic
• Autonomous practitioner who can act on own initiative
• Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Assertive
• Self-aware and able to develop this in others
• Flexible approach to meet demands of the service
• Proven ability to motivate and lead
• Work creatively, innovate new ways of working
• Able to solve complex problems
• Proven ability to prioritise

Essential

• Can use IT and presentation skills for report writing and public speaking
• Leadership skills and ability to motivate a team
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to network across professional boundaries
• Provide advice, instruction and support to the directorate teams.
• Able to empower and motivate staff
• Willing to challenge the status quo
• Able to present persuasive argument and influence others from a multi professional background
• Able to balance and prioritise conflicting demands
• Able to work across professional and organisational boundaries
• Able to formulate and direct policy
• Able to interpret complex information
• Able to plan, organise and chair meetings ensuring action plans are in place

Essential

• Ability to write legibly, concisely and accurately in the English language
• Ability to produce, analyse and comment on complex reports and policies considering their impact within the Trust
• Able to request, analyse, present and interpret data and apply to practice situations and develop this skill in others
• Able to create, develop and implement patient information and oversee this at clinical level
• Able to maintain patient medical records in accordance with local, corporate and national guidelines, and ensure others within teams do the same.
• Able to use computer software to develop reports and documents e.g. Word, Excel, and Publisher etc.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills (verbal, non-verbal and written) when receiving and dealing with all information including highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, which requires tact and persuasive skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate to overcome barriers to understanding.
• Able to diffuse conflict and manage aggression, formulating action plans to provide short-, medium- and long-term solutions
• Able to articulate information that may be complex in nature (e.g. audit results, new guidelines etc) to wide audiences of varied backgrounds/ professional levels
• Networking skills internally and externally
• Teaching/ Training skills
• Presentation skills using verbal, IT and other appropriate aids.
• Evidence of continued professional development to work across professional and organisational boundaries

Desirable

• Able to create and develop multi-disciplinary documentation and oversee integration of this
• Develop policy and procedures documents