Independent Chair - Whiston, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Whiston, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

The Maternity and Neonatal Voices partnership (MNVP) are an independently led group who work together to review and support local maternity and Neonatal services, listen to the voices of service users, co produce the design and implementation of services and support the LMNS to provide quality assurance and surveillance across maternity services.

It is important to have an active MNVP which represents and supports those using the Maternity/ Neonatal Services and enable the services to improve.

Interview date to be confirmed

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and enthusiastic person to be the Independent lead for Maternity and Neonatal Voice partnership, in which you will be the main contact for all enquiries, leading on engagement with people who are using the Maternity and Neonatal services within the St Helens and Knowsley Borough.

The role has a strategic level responsibility with engagement with key stakeholders including the LMNS and commissioners.

We are looking for an individual who is compassionate and driven to advocate for women and their families and be a conduit to the improvement and advancement of our maternity and Neonatal services.

This role will be a flexible role, working at home, within the community and with the ability to travel across the hospital footprint

The role is proposed for 2 years and remunerated on a sessional basis up to £9,000 per year

Please note:

To be considered for this role you must reside in the St Helens or Knowsley area as this is due to the nature of the duties as detailed in the job description and person specification and must be a service user member, current or previous residing in the St.

Helens and Knowsley Borough as this is the area that the MNVP will be working as an advocate for people using the maternity/ Neonatal services.

This role is a lay person role and does not give employer rights

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
SAFETY that is of the highest standards
COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 201
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.

KEY DUTIES

The role of the chair is vital to the smooth running and effectiveness of the Maternity / Neonatal Voices Partnership.

The role holder will act in accordance with the Nolan Principles of conduct in public life in carrying out this role:
selflessness, with integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

Work to ensure service user representatives includes partners and family members, and representation from seldom heard or minority groups, and ensure their views are taken into account to inform service development and improvement.

Demonstrate a methodical approach to work, with clear attention to detail.

MNVP REPRESENTATION

The following is a list of virtual meetings where there may/should be MNVP representation, but this will vary throughout the year.

It is recognised that the Chair cannot be solely responsible for attending all the meetings, so this role could be shared with another service user representative where appropriate:

Attend and contribute to local Maternity Forum on the Whiston hospital site.
Attend and contribute to quarterly Local Maternity Neonatal System meetings.
Attend and contribute to any other local, regional and national maternity gatherings where women's voices need to be heard.

WORK PLAN

Work with the LMNS and local commissioning leads, to codevelop clear and defined mechanisms for reporting locally and at LMNS level. This includes coproducing MNVP work plan in line with LMS targets.
Take forward the work plan working as a 'project manager' to ensure the workplan of the committe