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An incredible opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, committed and clinically excellent midwife to take up and develop the role of Consultant Midwife. The aim of the Consultant Midwife is to be a role model leading expert practice in midwifery, and to ensure all midwifery practice is underpinned by a philosophy of maximising health for women of child bearing age. The postholder will empower midwives to promote health throughout the service.
You will be an exceptional individual with vision and drive, passion and intellect as well as a broad range of strategic and professional skills. The individual must be fully committed to midwifery practice, safety and be able to demonstrate a high level of organisational, analytical and leadership skills. The successful candidate must also have excellent communication skills, emotional intelligence and be a team player. Liaison with the Head of Midwifery, the midwifery leadership team, Service team, the consultant body and wider MDT will be a key element of the role. As a visible and credible leader you will provide highly specialist expert advice on all aspects of midwifery care across NHS Lanarkshire with an emphasis on facilitating midwife led practice in midwifery led settings. The individual will provide strategic and operational leadership in the development of NHSL maternity services, raise the profile of Maternity Services and develop excellence in clinical practice contributing to national and local policy.
In addition this, the role will have a clinical element, enabling the post holder to be an expert advisor, a role model and to lead expert practice in midwifery, ensuring all midwifery practice is underpinned by evidence based research and compassion. The postholder will be expected to contribute to the education, training and development of student midwives, midwives, nurses and healthcare support workers. The consultant midwife is expected to develop links with higher education institutions contributing to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of education, and act as a teaching resource in order to ensure that the practice link is robust
The post holder must be a Registered Midwife with valid NMC Registration, educated to masters degree level with evidence of post registration education/development in midwifery. They will also provide evidence of / equivalent training in an aspect of implementation and improvement science / methodology.
To arrange an informal discussion please contact Cheryl.clark@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact recruitment.lanarkshire@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.