Midwifery Team Leader - Public Health | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 p.a. inc |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, E9 6SR |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6178457/293-SWNS-0334 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Midwife to join the community-based midwifery team as a Public Health Midwife and Team Leader at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a dynamic, empathetic, self-motivated and forward-looking midwife to provide excellence in clinical care for women with socially complex needs, and to provide effective midwifery management to a community midwifery team.
Key details include:
• To provide effective midwifery leadership and management to a team of midwives, working within the community setting.
• To deliver evidence-based midwifery care and promote women centred midwifery care in partnership with women and the multi-disciplinary team.
• To be the Public Health Midwife at an agreed number of GP practices within City & Hackney or Waltham Forest.
• To be responsible for the day to day co-ordination of midwifery care and management of women within the Children Centre area, with complex social, psychological and safeguarding needs.
• To co-ordinate the provision of midwifery care to this group of women during the antenatal and postnatal period.
• To network with other members of the Children Centre multi-agency team in providing enhanced services for the women within the designated area of City & Hackney or Waltham Forest.
Working for our organisation
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024
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