Band 7 Lead Midwife - Community Team Leader

• Are you ready to take the next step in your midwifery career and join the dynamic, forward-thinking team at St. George's Hospital.
• To develop and lead our community teams.
• We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated, senior midwife who is very knowledgeable in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.
• You will provide support and leadership to all colleagues, work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, and demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise and team building. Leadership is integral to this role.

Main duties of the job

• You will be responsible for ensuring women are the central focus and provided with excellent care, optimising care personalisation, named midwife throughout pregnancy, birth and postnatal pathways.
• Provided enhanced care for women with the greatest need. You will be supported by and work closely with the Matron and senior team.
• You will manage all grades of midwifery and support staff including student midwives and newly qualified/registered midwives.
• The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with proven experience in working in all areas of the maternity setting inclusive of the community.
• You will lead with audits and roster management, continually review staffing levels/skill mix in accordance with the changing needs of the service, mentor new midwives who join your teams and work with the Matron to meet KPI's and National data submission for your teams.
• It is essential that you bring a flexible and adaptable approach to meet with the challenge of this role, supporting the multi-professional team in personalising care, enhancing quality and improving the experience of women and their families.
• In addition, you will lead on several exciting Quality Improvement (QI) projects for continuity with the support of the QI team and an allocated QI band 6 midwife.
• You be a lead for service change and transformation.

About us

St George's maternity unit provides care to over 5000 women each year. We take great pride in promoting midwifery by delivering holistic woman-centred care to our diverse local community.

The enthusiastic midwifery and obstetric teams work together to meet the specific needs of women who come from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds.

We strive to normalise the pregnancy and maximise the birth experience for women with both high and low complex pregnancies, excelling in the provision of high complexity care for women who require it, while actively increasing our homebirth rate and the option of giving birth in the midwifery led unit.

Our teams are complimented by Consultant Midwives who lead on midwifery-led care, public health and maternal medicine.

We hold the Capital Midwife Quality Kite Mark award for our preceptorship, recruitment, and retention programmes.

All applications should be made on-line. Please ensure that you meet the person specification before applying, and that your supporting statement reflects these criteria.

We offer a comprehensive orientation package, annual mandatory updates and on-going support with professional development. We can provide accommodation upon request, and there is an off-site nursery.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Professional Qualification/ Clinical Experience

Essential

• Degree educated Midwife
• Minimum of 4 years post registration experience.
• Experience working in all areas, including community
• Mentorship/SSSA course

Desirable

• Clinical leadership programme
• NIPE trained

Management and Leadership

Essential

• Evidence of leadership roles and skills.

Desirable

• Attended PDR course

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St George's Hospital

London

SW17 0QT

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200-6521743-MA-AA