Job summary
- Main area
- Community Midwives
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 349-SMH-7288991*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Saint Mary's Hospital at North Manchester
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum (Pro Rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Midwife Band 6 - North Manchester
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
This is a brilliant opportunity for a dedicated, qualified Midwife who wants to take responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care for women and their families. Working on a shift by shift basis, you’ll look after the coordination and effective management of the clinical team and guarantee the maintenance of high standards of quality care in the clinical area. Critically, you’ll ensure there is effective and sensitive communication between the women in your care, their babies and families, and the health professionals you work with.
Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service (MCS) are proud to be the largest maternity service in the country providing care for women and birthing people across Greater Manchester and surrounding areas, supporting around 17,500 births each year, cared for by over 700 whole time equivalent midwives. Saint Mary's MCS is a well-known centre of excellence, with an excellent reputation and a vibrant, lively working atmosphere. We provide community antenatal & postnatal services across our main hospital sites (Saint Mary’s, Wythenshawe and North Manchester General Hospital). This role is based and North Manchester General Hospital covering areas in North Manchester.
If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Community Matron on the below phone numbers:
Farhana Faruque 07973695232 or [email protected]
Mel Coleman 07977644545 [email protected]
Main duties of the job
Using your well honed leadership skills, you’ll act as a support to the Team Leader, deputise for them when necessary, and develop and maintain organisational and managerial skills relevant to the department. Implementing the Trust’s annual appraisal process will be another key duty, as will participating and leading in the Improving Quality Programme.
As a motivating and inspirational practice assessor, you’ll be a resource for all our midwives, support staff and students, encouraging a high level of achievement in everyone you work with. You’ll all ensure the clinical environment is conducive to supporting education and learning, and see that mentorship training is updated annually.
Your organisational and management skills will help you understand and appreciate the cost implications associated with our service, and ensure the effective use of all the resources we use.
The maintenance of your own professional development will be key to your success, and you’ll also help to promote awareness of current developments in midwifery, and look out for every opportunity to increase your own knowledge, skills and expertise.
Dedicated to providing an environment that encourages patient-centred involvement within the community setting, you’ll promote good working relationships with all the internal and external departments you work with, with the ultimate aim of providing the best patient journey possible.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- NIPE trained
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the public health agenda
- Knowledge of multi-agency working together in child protection
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates verbal and written communication and organisational skills
- Clinically competent and demonstrates decision making skills
- Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
- Capacity to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Hold a UK driving license and have access to a car for daily work
- Able to work flexibly
- IT Skills
- Excellent record keeping and documentation
- Inspires others and leads by example
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Awareness of Clinical Governance and audit
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability
Other
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing home births
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Farhana Faruque
- Job title
- Community Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Mel Coleman - Community manager
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