Midwifery Team Leader - Burnley Birth Centre

Job summary
Within ELHT Maternity services, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fixed Term 12 month post as Midwifery Team Leader for the Burnley Birth Centre.This is a temporary Band 7 post, involving managerial duties, and clinical duties as required. The post holder will oversee the daily management of the Birth Centre, for a temporary 12 month period.

The successful candidate will oversee the daily management of the Birth Centre and coordination of Community activity and staffing, leading on clinical activity and patient flow, whilst supporting the needs of patients and staff. The role enables opportunity for professional development and leadership within a dynamic area of the Maternity services, supporting the provision of safe, personal and effective care for women and babies throughout pregnancy and the postnatal period.

The successful candidate will work within the Midwife Led alongside Birth Centre, and also in collaboration with the wider Multidisciplinary team and Neonatal colleagues to ensure a high standard of care is maintained.

Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Job Description and person specification for a detailed overview of the main duties of this post.

About us
Thank you for considering East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust as your choice of employer. The aim of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is to provide safe, personal and effective care for patients who access our services. Within East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, we are a forward thinking Maternity service managing over 6 000 births per year with four different birth locations and the provision of services across the East Lancashire footprint. We are currently in progress with a variety of ongoing exciting quality improvement projects in line with the Maternity transformation programme.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and person specification for a detailed overview of the main duties of this post.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife having had experience at a band 6
• Degree (or working towards) in Midwifery or related subject

Experience
Essential

• Experience in a Midwifery leadership or managerial position
• Experience of working with Safeguarding Children legislation
• Experience of developing services as part of multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working in a multi-agency setting
• Experience of managing change

Desirable

• Analysing evidence based practice and statistics
• Managing a budget

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Working knowledge of child protection legislative framework
• Ability to manage conflict constructively
• Knowledge of advantages and barriers to partnership working
• Ability to lead and motivate team
• Understanding the distinctive contribution of other agencies
• Effective management of resources
• Organisational skills, including ability to prioritize workload
• Evidence of continued professional development
• An understanding of IT systems.
• Understanding of the local area and issues
• Working knowledge of governance framework and risk management processes

Desirable

• Ability to design, implement and evaluate monitoring and evaluation processes

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with multidisciplinary agencies
• Highly motivated and able to motivate others
• Able to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary setting
• Able to motivate others through change and negotiate new ways of working across organisational boundaries
• Evidence of well-developed leadership skills

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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