COMMUNITY MIDWIFERY TEAM MANAGER Band 7

MATERNITY SERVICES - SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

The Midwifery Service at Swansea Bay has ambitious plans for its future. Under the direction of its Head of Midwifery, the service is progressing a transformation programme centred upon the development and opportunities for its maternity workforce, promoting service improvements through prevention, safety, learning and quality, improving women's choice and the personalisation of care.We are looking for experienced midwives with an interest in developing their skills, knowledge and expertise to transform these ambitions into a sustainable, inspiring and achievable reality.

Maternity services in Swansea Bay are organised across Singleton and Neath Port Talbot hospitals, with dedicated Birth centres in both locations, a Labour ward at Singleton hospital and support from highly skilled Community teams supporting antenatal, community based intrapartum and postnatal care.

Main duties of the job

The Community Midwifery Team Manager Role

These are exciting opportunities for experienced midwives to develop and enhance their knowledge and expertise.

We are offering applicants the opportunity to choose between applying for either a permanent post or a six month secondment. Applicants who choose to apply for a six month secondment will require the support of their Line Manager.

To support individuals in the Team Manager role, a bespoke development package has been designed, centred around the unique Community Midwifery Team Manager job description.

The bespoke development package will include 5 core elements.

• Leadership
• Operational Management
• Quality, governance, and safe services
• Role specific knowledge and core proficiency
• Communication

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to individualise the package based on their own specific development needs.

About us

The Health Board currently finds itself in an exciting position, with the ambition to transform Maternity Services for the region, and is looking to appoint into newly developed Community Team Manager Roles who can develop and oversee the delivery of a range of measures building upon safety, choice and support for the population we serve. As senior midwives within community services, the roles will provide professional and clinical leadership to their teams, demonstrating high levels of compassion, trust and support, to promote a democratic and collaborative leadership style which role models the values of the Health Board and creates an inspiring platform for engagement and innovation.

These exciting roles are designed to harness midwifery specific skill and expertise and will be instrumental in the successful re-establishment of the Freestanding Midwifery Unit in Neath Port Talbot hospital.

The Welsh Government Maternity Care in Wales - a Five Year Vision for the future provides a clear route map of the agreed priorities for Unit and Community services to achieve, including the provision of,

• Family centred care
• Safe and effective care
• Continuity of carer
• Skilled multi-professional teams
• Sustainable quality services

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the Midwives of the future by providing coaching and mentoring support to newly qualified Midwives joining the service via the All Wales Preceptorship programme

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife with active NMC Registration

Desirable

• Motivational interviewing training

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent relevant experience or evidence of post registration study

Desirable

• Leadership qualification

Qualifications

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of current professional midwifery issues

Desirable

• PGCE

Qualifications

Essential

• Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults/Children including the Social Services & Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, Wales Safeguarding Procedures 2019, Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 Mental Health Act, 1983

Desirable

• Community PROMPT faculty member

Experience

Essential

• Substantial clinical midwifery experience in all settings

Desirable

• Experience of leading/managing community services and/or a Freestanding Midwifery Unit

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering community intrapartum services within women's home and/or Freestanding Midwifery Unit

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of delivering compassionate, patient-focused and women-centred care and using service user engagement and feedback to improve services

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of recent commitment to continuous development of self and others

Other

Essential

• Frequent travel between multiple Health Board sites (and occasional travel further afield)

Desirable

• Neonatal Life Support training (Resuscitation Council).

Other

Essential

• Ability to participate in Community On-Call rota and Contribute to a 24-hour rota, including night shifts in the FMU, pro-rata

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to suture unsupervised

Desirable

• Ability to speak Welsh

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills

Desirable

• Cannulation Skills

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Work within the NMC Code

Desirable

• Cannulation Trainer

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Actively seek opportunities to continually develop oneself, consistent with the principles of lifelong learning and in line with the NMC continuous professional development requirement

Desirable

• Able to undertake NIPE

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Generate, via PC, reports, databases and spreadsheets requiring keyboard skills

Desirable

• NALS trained
• NLS qualified instructor

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Effective communication skills to all levels of staff

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate diplomacy, empathy and neutrality

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrates clinical leadership skills

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to apply polices & procedures, efficiently and safely to manage services

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to initiate & support change and can demonstrate understanding of principles

Employer details

Employer name

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Address

Neat Port Talbot Hospital

Baglan Way

Port Talbot

SA12 7BX

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

130-NMR398-1224