Job summary
Band 7 Midwife - Team Leader Community Midwifery Teams:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife to lead one of our community teams.
The post require an enthusiastic, committed midwife to join our established dynamic and forward thinking maternity team.
The midwife will be a highly motivated practitioner with a vision to support women and families through their pregnancy, birth and postnatal period.
The post holder will be part of a team of highly trained, dedicated midwives with excellent organisational and communication skills. The post holder will require the skills to help the team to working toward providing maternity continuity of carer.
The midwife must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills, be a caring and compassionate individual focused on providing excellent quality care, working within the values held by Royal Free London NHS Trust.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust became a new enlarged organisation on 1st July 2014. We now consist of the Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital. We provide maternity services across a large part of North and Central London and we have services based across the community.
Main duties of the job
- To work autonomously, managing and overseeing practitioners and their caseload whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised care.
- Act as a role model, demonstrating high standards of care and providing expert and professional clinical leadership in the specialist areas.
- Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and highly specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. Provide professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the specialty and to act as a resource for education and clinical expertise in the midwifery service.
- Promote and deliver high standards of practice at all times and assist in the development of the specialist service, through the use of evidence based practice and clinical standards.
See attached JD for full description of duties
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work in accordance with the NMCs rules and code of conduct for midwives.
- Maintain and develop professional knowledge and competence in accordance within the NMC recommendations.
- Act as a role model for midwifery practice to all staff within the directorate.
- Participate in the teaching and dissemination of professional and clinical knowledge to all learners and members of staff.
- Provide a mentor support system for students and midwives within the Midwifery practice.
- Arrange and develop orientation programmes, which familiarise new members of staff with the organisational and clinical demands of the unit and Midwifery practice.
- Ensure that working conditions are safe in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
- To be fully informed of the risk management strategy, be responsible for reporting incidents, risk assessment and development of action plans to reduce risk and complaints.
See attached JD for full description of duties & responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work in accordance with the NMCs rules and code of conduct for midwives.
- Maintain and develop professional knowledge and competence in accordance within the NMC recommendations.
- Act as a role model for midwifery practice to all staff within the directorate.
- Participate in the teaching and dissemination of professional and clinical knowledge to all learners and members of staff.
- Provide a mentor support system for students and midwives within the Midwifery practice.
- Arrange and develop orientation programmes, which familiarise new members of staff with the organisational and clinical demands of the unit and Midwifery practice.
- Ensure that working conditions are safe in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
- To be fully informed of the risk management strategy, be responsible for reporting incidents, risk assessment and development of action plans to reduce risk and complaints.
See attached JD for full description of duties & responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- R.M
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake NIPE
- Mentorship Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience at Band 6 in all aspects of midwifery care
- Experience of ward management
- Experience of conflict management
- Experience of Data Collection and Analysis
- Ability to prioritise workload and delegate as required
- Evidence of child protection awareness and training
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- I.T. Literacy
- Commitment to educating junior staff.
- Effective role modelling
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Understanding of current midwifery issues
- Sensitivity to the diverse needs of women
- Knowledge of change management
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to produce high standards of documentation
Qualities & Atributes
Essential
- Flexibility
- Commitment to women- centred care
- Commitment to furthering knowledge and responsibility
Other
Essential
- Self-motivating with the ability to motivate/lead and manage a team of staff
- Ability to practice within a fully integrated maternity service
- Commitment to the advancement of an integrated maternity service.
- Evidence of initiating and implementing change processes.
- Knowledge and experience of risk management.
- Understanding of complaints management.
- Ability to relate NMC Midwives Rules, Code of Practice, The Scope of Professional Practice, Standards for the Administration of Medicines
- Ability to assess care needs, develop and implement programmes of care
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Trust Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the trust values
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- R.M
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake NIPE
- Mentorship Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience at Band 6 in all aspects of midwifery care
- Experience of ward management
- Experience of conflict management
- Experience of Data Collection and Analysis
- Ability to prioritise workload and delegate as required
- Evidence of child protection awareness and training
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- I.T. Literacy
- Commitment to educating junior staff.
- Effective role modelling
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Understanding of current midwifery issues
- Sensitivity to the diverse needs of women
- Knowledge of change management
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to produce high standards of documentation
Qualities & Atributes
Essential
- Flexibility
- Commitment to women- centred care
- Commitment to furthering knowledge and responsibility
Other
Essential
- Self-motivating with the ability to motivate/lead and manage a team of staff
- Ability to practice within a fully integrated maternity service
- Commitment to the advancement of an integrated maternity service.
- Evidence of initiating and implementing change processes.
- Knowledge and experience of risk management.
- Understanding of complaints management.
- Ability to relate NMC Midwives Rules, Code of Practice, The Scope of Professional Practice, Standards for the Administration of Medicines
- Ability to assess care needs, develop and implement programmes of care
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Trust Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the trust values
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
