Community Midwife Team Leader
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and self-motivated Midwife to lead a team of Midwives who care for women in a community setting. The team is based within our Queen Charlottes & Chelsea Hospital catchment area.
We need a motivated and dynamic midwife to lead our community teams of midwives and maternity support workers to ensure continuity of care and carer to our diverse population. Midwives on this team are involved in running antenatal/postnatal clinics from local children's centres as well as conducting home visits. They also provide parent education classes and breastfeeding support sessions. You will be an enthusiastic, confident clinical practitioner with experience in various midwifery settings, ideally within the community but this is not essential. Your ability to influence others will be integral to this role.
The post involves 50% clinical hours and 50% management hours. This includes covering on-calls for homebirths (3-4 times per month), providing cover for maternity escalation and working in partnership with our safeguarding team.
We are looking for Midwives who are ideally car drivers, due to the size of the catchment areas.
We pride ourselves on our reputation for providing an exceptional standard of care to women and their families. We actively encourage career progression and access to educational programmes to encourage our Midwives to achieve their full potential. You will be supported and encouraged during a personalised orientation period, and supported to develop your practice with in-house training andsafeguarding supervision by consultant midwives, senior management team and specialist midwives.
If you are a forward-thinking Midwife with excellent communication skills and have a passion for providing exceptional women centred midwifery care, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder is expected to be an expert clinical midwife who will give advice and guidance on the midwifery care of women and pregnant people and their families
- To lead and coordinate the day to day running of the antenatal/postnatal clinics and home visits and support the home birth service
- To work collaboratively with the Matrons to provide and develop high quality, safe and effective service
- To work collaboratively with patients and user representatives to develop the service in response to feedback received, including local and national initiatives
- Be a mentor to qualified midwives, students and support staff
- To be directly responsible for staff management, recruitment, health and safety, audits and standard setting
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Details
Date posted
20 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£54,320 to £60,981 a year pa inclusive
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
290-WCCS-1957
Job locations
Queen Charlotte's Hospital
London
W12 0HS
Employer details
Employer name
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Queen Charlotte's Hospital
London
W12 0HS
Employer's website
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