Community Midwifery Team Manager

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Community Midwifery Team Manager to oversee a multidisciplinary team in Nottingham. This role offers the opportunity to manage and lead midwifery practices while ensuring high quality care for women and their families. Candidates should possess strong management and communication skills, as well as a commitment to continuous personal and professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered and practicing midwife.
• Diploma / Degree or evidence of continuing professional development.
• Car Driver / Owner.

Responsibilities

• Support co-ordination of a multi-professional team.
• Manage sickness, performance, and improvements.
• Deliver high-quality care to women in the local population.

Skills

Management

Communication

Organisational Skills

Leadership

Emotional Resilience

Conflict Management

Analytical Skills

Education

Registered midwife

Diploma / Degree in Midwifery

Teaching and assessing qualification

Leadership course

Research training / experience

Job description

Go back Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Community Midwifery Team Manager

The closing date is 29 June 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, highly motivated senior Midwife who possesses excellent management, communication and organisational skills. You will need to be able to manage, lead and motivate a multidisciplinary team whilst demonstrating high levels of professionalism at all times, acting as an exemplary role model with enhanced levels of clinical care.

You will be innovative, enthusiastic, and emotionally resilient, committed to support change in a complex environment in order to provide care for women and their families.

If you are interested in developing both personally and professionally, and are committed to the delivery of high quality midwifery care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 clinically credible midwife with a broad range of midwifery experience. ( Although this job is at 20 hours as a B7 we can also consider other hours alongside this role as a B6) You will utilise your excellent clinical skills to support the community teams to deliver high quality care and be open to embracing positive change and transformation in order to meet the needs of the women in the local population. The post holder will play a key part of the development and transformation of the Maternity Service in line with the recommendations set out in Better Births. You will need to be self -motivated, dynamic, enthusiastic and be an effective communicator. You must possess a distinct passion for the community midwifery service and a drive for ongoing learning and development.

The post holder is responsible for the support and co-ordination of a multi-professional team within the community, providing an interlinked, supportive network across the maternity service and wider Trust.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work with the Matron for community together with the established team of Band 7 community team managers and colleagues as part of the leadership team. The post holder will be expected to manage sickness, performance and improvements.You need to be a car user and have a vehicle available for work use.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Registered and practicing midwife.
• Diploma / Degree or evidence of continuing professional development
• Car Driver / Owner
• Teaching and assessing qualification or evidence of a mentoring course
• Leadership course
• Research training / experience

Experience

• Competent in all areas of midwifery practice
• Proven ability to work inter-professionally with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies.
• Previous experience of change management.
• band 6 experience of 2+ years
• Evidence of leading a team/teams.
• Evidence of leading a community team
• Experience of working in a community setting

Communication and relationship

• Can demonstrate a passion for leadership and an ability to develop excellence in midwifery practice.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate basic IT skills using word, excel and powerpoint
• participation on audit and/or research
• Evidence of ability to manage conflict appropriately.
• Evidence of dealing with complaints

Analytical and Judgement

• Ability to assess, plan and implement action based on a specific need, both client and staff focussed
• Ability to make complex judgements about both clinical and managerial issues.
• Demonstrates an awareness of shared governance and its impact on change management.

Physical Skills

• Will be required to adhere to the Trust policy for Manual Handling
• Frequent use of VDU equipment and keyboard.

Other requirements

• Ability to work night on calls to cover management on-calls
• Full driving licence, with access to a car for business use.
• Ability to travel across all sites and to a range of different venues as required

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Able to prioritise and has effective time management skills
• Able to consider workforce planning, over a 24/7 period and anticipate service needs
• Evidence of being a manager on-call

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.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearper annum pro rata