Consultant Midwife

This is a strategic clinical leadership role operating at a senior level in the Trust. The post holder will possess a highly developed specialist clinical knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience acquired through direct experience as a midwife, supplemented by specialist clinical, educational, or leadership training to at least master's level. They will be accountable for the direct development and delivery of clinical policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure the highest clinical standards in maternity care, ensuring best evidence is used to inform practice. Playing a lead role in developing and maintaining clinical practice standards in all maternity cases, the post holder will foster a culture of clinical excellence, developing and assuring clinical standards across all allied health profession service lines., The post holder will be a clinical expert in the field of midwifery and will ensure that robust systems are in place to maintain clinical and professional governance in relation to maternity care provided by YAS. They will provide advanced and expert level of practice within the field of midwifery and operational maternity services, planning for health inequalities facing disadvantaged pregnant patients in the access of midwifery and neo-natal care, support the development and provision of maternity education and training, embed evidence-based practice, and align services to national policy and key quality and safety recommendations. Working closely with other service leads and a range of internal and external stakeholders, the post holder will develop and implement the strategic maternity plan, ensuring a workforce that is prepared and equipped to provide clinical excellence and improved patient experience and outcomes in maternal care.,

• Communicate with patients and families regarding patient safety incidents which may involve highly complex extremely sensitive issues regarding the emergency care of a patient in labour. This may include situations where there are communication barriers, safeguarding matters, or pregnancy loss which may be highly distressing and will need
to be managed with a high level of sensitivity.
• Develop strong positive relationships with internal senior managers, staff, and external stakeholders, to communicate service-related information using persuasive, motivational, reassurance skills, and formal presentations where required.
• Engagement with Higher Education Institutions on curriculum design and improvement and to secure effective multidisciplinary CPD offers.
• Strengthen and maintain an effective interface with Professional Bodies and organisations with a remit for developing professions, for example, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the College of Paramedics.
• Build, manage/contribute to local and regional and national networks and partner organisations in all aspects of prehospital maternity care.
• Using digital media to support timely and responsive communication, connecting a disparate workforce.
• The post holder must be an advocate for patients and an ambassador for clinical excellence during all activities, being able to offer challenge in a balanced and objective manner.
• A key point of liaison between Quality, Clinical, Operational, and Academy directorates and the post holder will be required to build and maintain effective working relationships with partners.
• Facilitating rapid improvement programmes, quality improvement and staff forums where clinical improvements can be suggested, considered, and implemented at the discretion of the post holder.
Analytical and Judgemental Responsibilities
• Review, analyse, or interpret highly complex data such as that linked to practice audit, patient demographics, national guidance documents, and therapeutic options and provide recommendations as the subject matter expert to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Undertake appraisal and evaluation of the skills and competency requirements of clinical professionals in YAS, providing professional expertise to inform long term curriculum planning and workforce planning across disciplines in maternity care.
• Interpret relevant areas of national and ICB policies and strategies relating to the workforce, education or clinical practice using expertise to translate information which may be ambiguous and conflicting into a clear position that can be implemented in the Trust.
• Analyse and critically interpret complex information to devise long and short term clinical and professional development plans for maternity care within the Trust.
• Participate in systems to monitor the delivery of maternity care across all areas of Trust activity to ensure the safe and integrated care or treatment for patients across both health and social care systems.
• Act as a key decision maker providing expert professional midwifery advice, support, and guidance across the Trust on the delivery of best practice and on management of complex patient care or professional practice issues.
• Through evidence-based practice or, in the absence of evidence, expert consensus the post holder will identify innovative ways to improve patient care practice and service delivery.
Planning and Organisational Responsibilities
• Plan and organise broad range of complex activities such as multiprofessional development and learning materials, interfacing with the local maternity and neonatal systems across the region and formulate and develop the maternity content of clinical quality implementation plan enable effective delivery of the Trust strategy and business plan.
• Provide professional expertise to clinical developments and standards. Accountable for multiple concurrent complex projects, including the planning, commissioning, and delivery of education and training to groups, including colleagues from the wider system.
• Maintain a clear understanding of the priorities for professional roles and clinical development, working with stakeholders to ensure the workforce meets the needs of service users.
Policy and Service Development Responsibilities
• Responsible for development and implementation of clinical policy at a service level they will represent the Trust at a range of regional and national multi-professional forums.
• Design and implement professional development, preceptorship, mentorship, and clinical supervision processes for maternity care along with supporting policies.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of clinical standards and guidelines for paramedic maternity practice.
• Work with other professional leads to expand quality maternity placement opportunities for pre and post registration learners.
• Ensure a learning culture, designing and assuring robust restorative policies and processes for clinicians whose practice does not meet the required standard.
• Lead and contribute to multi-professional service developments as required and relevant to area of expertise.
• Plan, develop, and lead implementation of service improvements, focussing on the clinical and technical aspects of the patient pathway in maternity care.
• In conjunction with clinical informatics ensure robust mechanism for clinical audit exist, and the audit outputs drive continual improvement in patient care.
• Develop Trust quality standards for clinical care, reducing and mitigating clinical risk in accordance with regional and national regulations, policies and key performance indicators.
Financial, Physical and Information Resource Responsibilities
• Accountability and delegated budget holder for physical assets, projects and costs associated with clinical and professional development.
• Have oversight of and provide strategic clinical leadership to practice educators, supervisors, and clinicians across all service lines.
• Manage resources associated with CPD, including commissioning education, materials,and venues as required.
• Authorised signatory for expenditure as per Trust and NHS procurement policies.
• Leads development of innovative clinical practices, working with procurement and medical devices, to source, evaluate and implement new medical devices and equipment in line with the strategic vision to provide clinical excellence in maternity care.
Research and Audit Responsibilities
• Provide clinical feedback and intelligence to service leads allowing them to maintain a high degree of wider system awareness.
• Carry out regular benchmarking against other health care services to ensure professional standards and practice in the Trust are in line with best practice.
• Lead, sponsor, and co-ordinate research that develops and implements evidence-based practice.
• Ensure organisational learning is shared and informs education and training across the workforce.
• Work collaboratively with other clinical and professional colleagues to develop and implement audit of professional activity and lead the promotion of learning and development priorities relevant to the clinical workforce.
Leadership, Management, Training and Supervision Responsibilities
• Oversee the consistent implementation of professional and clinical standards in the Trust, leading on the interpretation and development of relevant policy, leading plans for implementation and initiating action where necessary to strengthen arrangements or address issues.
• Provide professional leadership to promote paramedic maternity practice within YAS and externally to supporting YAS to become the employer of choice.
• Maintain an up-to-date portfolio of clinical and non-clinical practice, maintaining credibility as a senior clinical leader.
• Contribute professional and clinical expertise to support the wider Trust organisational development programme.
• Lead and contribute professional and clinical expertise to complex investigations, enquiries, serious incidents, and inquests as appropriate. Representing the Trust as a corporate witness in coronial, professional, criminal, and civil proceedings as necessary.
• Provide advice, guidance, and leadership to managers who are supporting staff with ways to improve performance, or through professional disciplinary issues.
• Chairing disciplinary and performance management hearings as required.
• Responsible for setting direction using available intelligence and evidence to determine the clinical priorities at a Trust level to mitigate risk and realise opportunities for development.
• Provide expert professional and clinical advice and support to frontline clinicians and leadership teams relating to matters of patient care and clinical standards.
• Recognise responsibilities under equality and diversity legislation, promoting the Trust's diversity policies and fostering an environment in which individuality is valued.
• Create, foster, and lead a fair, open, inclusive environment where excellence can be delivered through people and all parts of the workforce are enabled to meet required performance standards.
• Work closely with the HR team to ensure compliance with relevant workforce policies and procedures, demonstrating high levels of integrity, transparency, and provision of equal opportunity.
• Identify and nurture talent/future potential and develop that talent to create true succession planning for the organisation wide agenda.
• Actively contribute to matrix working with other members of the senior team including clinical, professional, and operational leads, assuming the lead role in overseeing professional standards across Trust departments and joint responsibility with other managers, for corporate performance and the achievement of the Trust's objectives.
• Contribute as a senior clinical professional to Trust leadership in response to heightened service pressure and critical incidents.
  
  Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live. We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.


• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
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