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Midwifery Community Team Lead
| Posting date: | 01 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43,742.00 to £50,056.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43742.00 - £50056.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2024 |
| Location: | Stockport, SK2 7JE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9362-24-0800 |
Summary
To have responsibility for leading and coordinating the clinical, managerial and educational requirements for the community midwifery team. To ensure the delivery of high quality evidence-based midwifery care, monitoring and maintenance of standards in accordance with the UK Law, Nursing and Midwifery Councils The Code (2018), alongside Trust and EU Guidelines. To be competent and confident in all areas of midwifery practice and act as an expert resource in low-risk antenatal care, normal birth and postnatal care, able to advise other midwives and medical staff on clinical matters. Ensure an effective 24 hour on-call cover and low-risk birth service. To work in cooperation with other Team leaders and the wider multidisciplinary team to coordinate resources across the service. To deputise for Community matron and BC manager. To effectively support and manage community midwifery teams. To be instrumental in the development of team changes that promote improved Continuity of carer for women and families in line with national drivers Be responsible for development and maintaining high standards of care to women and their families in accordance with unit and national guidelines and policies, and supporting midwives to do so. To offer clinical supervision and oversight of caseloads. To support care plans where women are birthing outside of guidance, ensuring that families are involved in the care planning process. To ensure that standards of care are monitored and evaluated regularly. To facilitate the process of risk management in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. Participates in hospital audit and research programmes in order to rationalise and improve care. Disseminates professional and clinical knowledge to colleagues by participation in presentations, research groups and so forth. To support and promote joined-up working with Stockport family colleagues and, adherence to SG policy. Represent midwifery and actively participate in Trust and external Forums. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.