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We are delighted to offer the opportunity for an experienced Registered Midwife to join our leadership team for a fixed term of 23 months.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced midwife to shape the quality of midwifery care and influence the development of a high quality maternity service which puts women and their families at its’ heart. Within NHS Tayside we provide maternity care across our 3 Midwife Led Units, our community settings and in our Obstetric Led Unit in Ninewells Hospital. We have a number of specialist midwives to support service delivery. We are in the process of innovative change to ensure implementation of the recommendations of the 5 year forward plan for maternity and neonatal services in Scotland (Best Start)
This Senior Midwife post is a job share opportunity with the current postholder. There will be professional, operational and managerial responsibility for the midwifery teams across Tayside with specific responsibility for The Angus, Perth and Dundee Midwife Led services, the team of Specialist Midwives and the department of Obstetric Ultrasound. Our service is currently on an exciting journey to implement continuity teams across all services and it will be a key aspect of the Senior Midwife role to support and develop this work further.
The successful candidate will have broad experience of midwifery encompassing both clinical and managerial expertise. They will have experience in managing teams, leading change, supporting quality improvement and working in collaboration with colleagues across complex systems to ensure a safe, compassionate and person centred approach to maternity care. The post holder must have excellent communication and decision making skills. They will work closely with their job share Senior Midiwfe, Lead Midwife, Senior Midwife for inpatient services and the Senior Nurse for gynaecology, providing cohesive leadership. This role includes a close working relationship with Senior Midwife/Nurses and multi-professional leads across the Women and Families care group in developing and delivering key priorities throughout the division.
Applicants for this post must be educated to Masters level or have equivalent post registration education and experience and be registered with the NMC as a Midwife.
Informal enquiries to Donna Brough Lead Midwife, donna.brough@nhs.scot or by telephone on 01382 660111 ext 40206
Hours of work are: 18.75 week
Internal Candidates - Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for a secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.