Enable job alerts via email!

Band 7 - Rotational Midwife - Team Leader

Integrated Care System

London

On-site

GBP 54,000 - 61,000

Full time

Yesterday
Be an early applicant

Generate a tailored resume in minutes

Land an interview and earn more. Learn more

Start fresh or import an existing resume

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife to take on a leadership role within a well-established maternity team in London. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and organizational skills, committed to providing excellent care for women and families throughout their pregnancy and postnatal period.

Benefits

Flexible hours
Generous benefits

Qualifications

  • Qualified midwife (R.M.) with evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Commitment to educating junior staff and understanding current midwifery issues.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a community team of midwives in all aspects of care.
  • Ensure high standards of documentation and training compliance.
  • Manage ward operations and handle conflict effectively.

Skills

Leadership Skills
Communication Skills
Teamwork
I.T. Literacy

Education

R.M.
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Job description

Band 7 - Rotational Midwife - Team Leader

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife to lead one of our community teams.

Previous candidates who were not successful need not apply and if you were unsuccessful before, please do not reply within 6 months.

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 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.

Main duties of the job

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicates required to hold a full driving license and undertake on-calls both day and night.

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 responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
  • R.M
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Willingness to undertake NIPE
Experience
  • 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
  • I.T. Literacy
  • Commitment to educating junior staff.
  • 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
  • Flexibility
  • Commitment to women- centred care
  • Commitment to furthering knowledge and responsibility
Other
  • 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.
  • Car Driver and access to a car
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
Trust Values
  • 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.

Interim Senior Community Maternity Matron

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS

Get your free, confidential resume review.
or drag and drop a PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, or PAGES file up to 5MB.