Team Leader - Maternity (XR07)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A large teaching hospital in Leeds seeks a Band7 Maternity Ward Manager/Team Leader. The role involves managing a maternity ward, leading a team, and ensuring high standards of care. Candidates should be experienced midwives with leadership skills. This full-time position offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of maternity services and requires a registered midwife qualification.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a senior midwife with management skills.
• Ability to lead and inspire a team effectively.
• Understanding of current healthcare issues and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a team of midwives and maternity support workers.
• Ensure high standards in patient care and management of the budget.
• Participate in the development and evaluation of maternity services.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical skills

Communication

Budget management

Training

Education

Degree or equivalent

Registered Midwife

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Management/leadership qualification

Job description

Band7 Maternity Ward Manager/Team Leader (multiple positions available)

Location:SJUH and LGI

ContractType: Substantive

Hours:Full-Time

Opportunitieshas arisen for a dynamic, extremely motivated, resourceful individual withestablished midwifery, and leadership experience to join our Maternity team.

Workingas part of the senior midwifery team, the post holder will contribute to thefuture development of the maternity service through participation ofdevelopment initiatives.

Main duties of the job

Asa Ward Manager, you will have excellent clinical and communication skills, anability to inspire and support staff and work in partnership with women,their relatives and the multi-disciplinary team in the assessment, planning,delivery and evaluation of seamless care. You will also involve otheragencies and practitioners in care planning to meet complex needs of womenand their babies.

Youwill be a role model and empowered to influence further developments inMidwifery and respond to National Maternity Transformation plans across theunit, acting as a liaison point and contributing to the continual developmentof maternity services. You will have a passion for developing staff andcreating a learning environment in your area and demonstrate exceptionalsituational leadership enabling and empowering your teams.

Forfurther information regarding this post please contact: Sarah Harrington, Maton [e-mail] and Sarah Tuke, Matron [e-mail].

About us

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Job responsibilities

JOBDETAILS

Job Title: Team Leader - Maternity

Reports to: Matron

Band: 7

Department: Maternity

Location SJUH/LGI

JOBPURPOSE

LTHTis made up of two large teaching hospitals and has an annual birth rate ofover 10,000. The post holder will workat both acute units and liaise with relevant health professionals within theTrust and primary care colleagues in Leeds.

Therole requires direct management of a team of midwives and maternity supportworkers.

Thejobholder is responsible for the ward/department clinical budget asdetermined by finance for each year.

TheJobholder will have responsibility for the effective and efficient managementof the maternity ward/department).They will provide clinical and professional management and leadershipfor the team. The jobholder is responsible for ensuring the assessment ofcare needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmesof care are maintained to a high standard.They will manage the administrative and financial aspects ofWard/department and ensuring cost effective use of resources,

Pleasefind attached document for full job description and personal specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• Substantial experience as senior midwife, experience of managing and leading a team.
• Budget management
• Audit & Standard setting
• Current Issues in healthcare
• Experience of providing training
• Experience of delegating workload and monitoring progress
• Evidence of managerial development
• Clinical audit and standard setting

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• Registered Midwife
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Masters degree or working towards
• Recognised management/ leadership qualification

Additional Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
• Understanding of skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
• Excellent presentation skills
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.

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.