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Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Substantial experience of working as a Registered midwife
- Experience
Specific experience of working in the antenatal and postnatal Ward setting
- Experience
Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the team/ individuals
- Experience
Evidence of delivering quality teaching to various staff groups
- Experience
To have a knowledge / evidence of research/ audit/ quality improvement initiatives
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Attention to detail
- Skills and Knowledge
Management and leadership skills, including an ability to prioritise own work effectively and being able to direct tasks to others
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to recognise the contributions of all members of the MDT
- Skills and Knowledge
Analytical and problem solving skills, including an ability to respond to sudden unexpected events/ demands
- Education and Qualifications
Registered Midwife
- Education and Qualifications
Degree or relevant experience
- Education and Qualifications
Evidence of post-registration education
- Education and Qualifications
Teaching and assessing/ mentorship qualification
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced midwife to join our current team.
You will be responsible for the leadership, management and clinical governance on our inpatient wards, ensuring safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care to our women, birthing people, babies and families.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve providing clinical and operational leadership to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring adequate and appropriate staffing, effective patient flow, compliance with maternity and trust policies and standards and improvements in the quality and safety of care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See job description attached to vacancy.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide visible clinical leadership and professional support to midwives, nurses, maternity support workers, transitional care support workers and the wider MDT.
- Ensure safe, evidence based and person centred care
- Manage staffing, workforce planning, sickness absence and performance
- Monitor incidents, complaints, safeguarding concerns and risk, taking action where needed
- Support staff education, orientation appraisals and ongoing professional development
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.
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This advert is for Maternity Inpatients Ward Manager with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Ward manager role. The advertised salary is £56,276 - £63,176 Per annum including higher cost of living allowance. The contract type is Permanent: 40% clinical - 60%ward management. The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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