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Job Overview
Maternity Leave cover in Community Midwifery Team for 12 months.
Development Plan: Progression from Band 6 to Band 7 in Community Team Leadership
Objective
To develop and enhance management and leadership skills within the community team, progressing from a senior Band 6 role towards a Band 7 leadership position with the support and mentorship of existing Band 7 Community Team Leaders.
Duration
12 months total
- Phase 1: First 6 months – Focus on skill development and assessment
- Phase 2: Following 6 months – Transition to Band 7 role with continued support and responsibilities
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
- Are you:
- Adaptable and flexible
- Motivated, hardworking, and great at communicating enabling the ability to work well in our multidisciplinary team
- Able to use your own initiative taking the lead in caring for women and their babies, and can identify when care needs to be escalated
- Able to develop your clinical skills and participate in continuing your professional development
- Able to drive or have access to a car
Working for our organisation
- Our Maternity Services at North Bristol NHS Trust include:
- 15 bed Consultant Led Obstetric Unit.
- Alongside Midwifery Unit with 800 births per year.
- Home birth service supporting over 3% of NBT births.
- Community Midwifery service which covers South Gloucestershire, North Bristol and North Somerset.
- Consultant Led antenatal services which work closely with intervention radiology in the management of placenta accreta/percreta providing a 24-hour service which accepts tertiary referrals for women with an abnormally invasive placenta. Our antenatal services includes an extensive maternal medicine service with specialist endocrine, epilepsy, haematology, renal and fetal medicine clinics.
- Gynaecology Service with a clear vision to develop and take the service into the future.
- Tertiary level 3 Neonatal Unit, which is renowned for its excellent outcomes.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We are an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Phase 1: Skill Development (Months 1-6)
- Work under the guidance and mentorship of Band 7 Community Team Leaders.
- Engage in management and leadership activities, including team coordination, service improvement initiatives, and operational planning.
- Attend relevant training sessions or workshops focused on leadership, communication, and team management.
- Document progress through regular reflective logs or supervision sessions.
Assessment
- At the end of 6 months, complete a formal assessment and interview to evaluate skills development and readiness for advancement.
- Review feedback with mentors and supervisors.
Phase 2: Transition to Band 7 Role (Months 7-12)
- Upon successful assessment, formally advance to Band 7 position.
- Take on increased leadership responsibilities within the community team, including decision-making, staff support, and project leadership.
- Continue receiving mentorship and participate in ongoing professional development.
- Regularly review progress and adjust development goals as needed.
- Be a registered midwife, with a minimum of four years comprehensive midwifery experience which has included caring for women during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods, development of antenatal education programmes, and recent experience as the lead professional supporting women through physiological labour and birth.
- Evidence of teaching and assessing in practice in addition to evidence of post-registration education.
- Have knowledge of up-to-date developments and contemporary issues in midwifery policy and practice.
- Have experience in managing a team, including recruitment and selection, appraisal and the management of sickness.
- Have experience in research activities, audit and risk management, in accordance with the clinical governance framework. Contribution may have been through the collection of audit data for Directorate audits, or through the implementation and evaluation of local audits to promote best practice and highlight any risk management issues within the maternity service.
- Have evidence of successful change management such as the implementation of new guidelines or services.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife minimum of 3 years’ experience. Educated to degree level with evidence of post registration education
- NLS Qualification
- Evidence of Management/leadership skills, with Evidence of successful change management
- Able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills and able to work co-operatively with all members of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Knowledge and understanding of risk management, clinical audit, guideline development and training and how these roles complement each other in maintaining patient safety
- Knowledge & understanding of research/evidence based practice and its application to midwifery practice
- Have the ability to utilise the appropriate judgement skills when assessing and advising clients and relatives in crisis situations
- Knowledge and understanding of current developments/issues in midwifery, local, national and NHS recommendations and initiatives for best practice in Maternity Care, relating to patient safety, quality improvement, patient choices and clinical governance
- Knowledge of public health issues/child protection
- A positive attitude, approachable and supportive who is able to promote and display inspirational leadership skills , motivated/Reliable, and adaptable and responsive to changing needs
If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
