Community Midwifery Team Manager

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS is seeking a Registered Midwife to join the leadership team within the community setting. The role involves managing team performance and fostering excellent midwifery practice. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong leadership abilities and a commitment to continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered practicing midwife with a diploma/degree.
• Experience in managing midwifery practice.
• Competent in all areas of midwifery practice with at least 2 years in Band 6.

Responsibilities

• Manage sickness, performance, and improvements within the community team.
• Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Assess and implement actions based on client and staff needs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Inter-professional collaboration

Education

Registered midwife

Diploma / Degree in Midwifery

Teaching and assessing qualification

Job description

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Detailed job description and main 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

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification / training
• Leadership course
• Research training / experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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.
• Involvement in midwifery practice development.
• band 6 experience of 2+ years

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of leading a team/teams.
• Evidence of leading a community team
• Experience of working in a community setting

Communication and relationship

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• participation on audit and/or research
• Evidence of ability to manage conflict appropriately.
• Evidence of dealing with complaints

Analytical and Judgement

Essential criteria

• 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.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates an awareness of shared governance and its impact on change management.

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

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

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• 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

Essential criteria

• Able to prioritise and has effective time management skills
• Able to consider workforce planning, over a 24/7 period and anticipate service needs

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of being a manager on-call

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 the 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.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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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

• JD Community (PDF, 424.4KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 184.5KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)