Community Midwife Team Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities.

• To take responsibility for the provision of sound clinical, educational and managerial leadership to a team of midwives and support staff within the community setting. You are responsible for providing Leadership and Management skills associated with educational, Health and Safety, audit, reducing risks, supporting staff and self-development, enhancing the team leads structure within the community.
• To provide care, support innovative and up to date advice to women and their families in all care settings, in accordance with the Midwives rules and standards.
• Participate in the on call rota for the homebirth service.
• Support the Head of Midwifery and Matrons in the execution of their role.
• Demonstrate and promote excellent interpersonal skills promoting quality written, verbal and nonverbal communication reports.
• Have sound safeguarding knowledge level 3 and be able to recognise and guide junior staff in all aspects of safeguarding vulnerability within families. Ability to escalate to appropriate levels and to monitor/ risk assess' safeguarding supporting other members of the community team.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of Degree or masters qualification

Desirable criteria

• Research qualification
• Recognised Teaching Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Suitable Post-Registration experience within relevant speciality
• Extensive clinical experience
• In depth knowledge of antenatal and postnatal pathways
• Evidence of the application of management/leadership skills and autonomous practice
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable criteria

• Involvement in audit
• Participation in Research

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Teaching /assessment skills
• Organisational and negotiation skills
• Leadership & motivation skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to motivate self and others Lead and facilitate change

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of audit and change management ability

personal skills

Essential criteria

• Effective communicator both written and verbal
• Ability to take managerial and professional responsibility for team and staff
• Ability to think logically, prioritise and use initiative
• Ability to work autonomously
• Team focussed reliable, adaptable and dependable
• Personal and professional maturity

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 192.4KB)
• Personal Specification (PDF, 48.5KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 176.4KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Bedford Hospital Site map (PDF, 2.6MB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)