SE GMSA Lead Midwife

We are looking to appoint a lead for Midwifery to join the SE GMSA to undertake operational leadership to support the implementation of national and local transformation projects ensuring the mainstreaming of genomics in nursing and midwifery activity. Supported by the Director of Nursing/Midwifery, the roles will be part of the clinical leadership team working together to ensure delivery of the programme., To support the Director of Nursing/Midwifery and lead the nursing/midwifery working group to develop and implement the transformation programme by:
+ Producing a stakeholder map to identify the relevant networks for midwives across the region, develop and implement an appropriate strategy to engage them with the GMSA and wider national midwifery programme.
+ Carrying out a baseline review of current awareness and input from midwives to genomics and related pathways and identify best practice to be shared or gaps where midwifery input regarding diagnosis/care would be beneficial.
+ Lead and develop, in collaboration with other leads, events that will increase awareness of genomic medicine, including but not limited to learning forums, awareness days and network events.
+ Provide clinical leadership for midwifery across all other NHSE funded transformation projects to ensure that learning is embedded into clinical practice across primary and secondary care where relevant and to ensure key performance indicators are achieved
+ Working closely with the Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Education and Training and Workforce Development Lead and Genetic Counselling Lead, develop a strategy for workforce development and delivery of genomics education and training opportunities for the midwifery workforce across the geography.[INS: This will include working with Higher Education Institutions to support embedding of Genomics principles within the undergraduate curriculum. :INS] [INS: :INS]
+ Working closely with the Director of Nursing and Midwifery and Communications Lead to develop an engagement strategy for the nursing workforce across the geography
+ Identify high impact, in terms of benefits to patients, future projects that focus on implementing genomics in midwifery clinical practice; taking into consideration upskilling of the current workforce, new roles and new ways of working
+ Identify and mobilise other midwives or genomics champions across the region who can help with project(s) delivery
+ Work with the GMSA team and Patient and Public Engagement group to review care pathways and ensure they maximise the opportunity for patients to benefit from genomics
+ Participate in the national Nursing and Midwifery Genomics Collaborative[INS: and the Nursing & Midwifery Leads within the NHSE Genomics Unit :INS] , sharing practice, supporting collaborations across the GMS Alliances and providing expert advice - `Genomic Medicine Services Alliances and the role of nurses and midwives within the new structure: Update for Chief Nurses and Heads of Midwifery' (July, 2020) https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/B0164-update-on-genomic-medicine-service-for-nurses-and-midwives.pdf
+ Work with colleagues in the clinical leadership team to optimise the benefits of a multi-disciplinary approach to developing and implementing the business plan and transformation projects.
+ Work with the Director Nursing/Midwifery to support the delivery of GMSA priorities related to the nursing/midwifery transformation programme.
+ Maintain own continuing professional development as appropriate.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.