Community Team Leader

6 days ago

Edmonton, United Kingdom North Middlesex University Hospital Full time

Job overview

North Middlesex Maternity: "A career in Midwifery, not just a job.”

The post of community Team leader is an exciting opportunity to take on new role that would give the applicant an opportunity to lead a community team of midwives and support workers in delivering excellent and holistic midwifery care in a diverse area of London. 

We strive to deliver safe and individualised care to the families that we serve, and this role would provide the opportunity for you to take on a leadership role in that setting.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be expected to take on a leadership role within the team overseeing all clinical activity and ensuring support for the team members.

This will include responsibility for all governance and reporting requirements, rota and absence management and staff induction and orientation.

You will also work with the team in carrying out all required clinical duties.

This role will require you to take responsibility for identifying education needs for team members including student midwives and ensuring compliance with all mandatory training. It will give you the opportunity to support Quality Improvement projects and implement new local and national initiatives.

Working for our organisation

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.

Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.

We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities:

The post holder will

Work in accordance with the NMC’s and code of conduct for midwives. Maintain and develop professional knowledge and competence in accordance with the NMC Standard Proficiencies for Midwives. Implement recommendations from Government and professional bodies in relation to maternity care. Act as a role model for midwifery practice to all staff within the directorate. Formulate and ensure all staff are aware and implementing the evidence-based protocols agreed for the Women and Children’s directorate. Take responsibility for the provision of a continuity of care model that meets the demand of the women who book with North Middlesex, regardless of the place of birth. Act as a “Specialist advisor” on issues relating to midwifery care to the members of the team Identify areas of practice, which require further investigation and initiate and participate in both midwifery and medical research and audit programmes. Participate in appraisals of AFC Band 6 midwives, on at least an annual basis in line with Trust policies. Supervise the maintenance of stores and equipment and with due economy requisition supplies, repairs and replacements of equipment. Act on, investigate and report complaints, incidents and accidents to your Midwifery Manager, or the manager on call as appropriate. Ensure that working conditions are safe in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and that staff are working within IPC guidelines. Act up for Midwifery Matron for Community as required. The post holder is required to follow Trust policies and procedures and disseminate and implement any updates. Develop personal management skills, identifies their own personal development needs and plans appropriately with the manager to meet those needs

  Clinical Responsibilities

To possess the midwifery skills to undertake midwifery care for a caseload of women during all stages of their pregnancy, to be able to facilitate and provide continuity of carer across all pathways of care to women and families. Take part in the maternity service bleep holder rota for community to ensure safe staffing on a day-by-day basis across community including support with clinical decision making

Leadership and Managerial

Lead, co-ordinate and manage clinical activities in relation to provision of antenatal and postnatal care in order to maximise continuity of care/carer Participate in appraisals of AFC Band 6 midwives, on at least an annual basis in line with Trust policies. Arrange and develop orientation programmes, which familiarise new members of staff and students with the organisational and clinical demands of the team. Provide a support system for students and midwives within the team. Ensure all KPIs are met, ensuring that sickness and absences are dealt with according to Trust processes and that all team members are compliant with all MaST and Midwifery Training requirements. Participate in the selection process for new staff and student midwives. Plan and initiate induction and orientation programmes, which integrate newly qualified and new members of staff.

Educational

To develop and co-ordinate parenthood Education taking account of the needs of the local population and keep clients informed of new services offered within the Directorate. Participate in the teaching and dissemination of professional and clinical knowledge to all learners and members of staff. Actively support junior staff and students and be a resource for research-based information on midwifery practice. Ensure all training requirements for the team are addressed based on the requirements of the role, the individual, the team and the department. Utilise Annual Reviews to support individual development and identify training needs.

Other Duties

Provide cover for colleagues as appropriate. Assist in producing ad hoc reports Undertake any other duties requested as appropriate to the banding eg bleep holder

Person specification

Other

Essential criteria

Car driver

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Midwife Diploma/First degree in Midwifery Teaching /mentorship course Evidence of continuing development

Desirable criteria

Masters degree or working towards Teaching qualification Hypnobirthing or similar Examination of Newborn

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Minimum of 3 years experience at Band 6 Knowledge of Public health priorities in maternity in relation to Better Births Experience of providing community based antenatal and postnatal care Can demonstrate understanding of managing a caseload midwifery service Can demonstrate ability to act as a specialist advisor to professional groups Able to demonstrate effective working relationships with members of the MDT Can demonstrate clear understanding of the role as a line manager Able to acknowledge importance of evaluation of care and how to monitor team activity

Desirable criteria

Evidence of research and audit Evidence of service redesign

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

Develop and maintain positive work relationships Ability to demonstrate critical thinking in all aspects of work Problem solving Evidence of innovation Ability to influence and effect change Computer skills

Desirable criteria

Ability to undertake audit

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Excellent Inter-personal and communication skills High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement Flexibility in approach and attitude Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role

Values

Essential criteria

Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your  identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit

NMUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of NMUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to NMUH transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

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