Job summary
- Main area
- Community midwife team leader
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 110-NMR045-0124-A
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Glanrhyd Hospital & Royal Glamorgan Hospital (Community bases )
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Midwifery Team Leader
Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
We have various hours available for Band 7 Lead Midwives to join our Community Teams.
The Post Holder will provide 24 hour continuous management responsibility for their designated area. This will include co-ordination of all aspects of managerial function across the Directorate in the absence of senior management staff. The Post Holder will ensure the provision of the highest standards of care, which reflects the quality standards and the Health Board ’s mission. The Post Holder will be responsible for appropriate delegation of duties and workload within the Directorate, ensuring duties are carried out to the agreed standards. He/she will provide advice and support on aspects of clinical and managerial issues.
Main duties of the job
The Post Holder will provide clinical care for low and high risk pregnant women in both the community and hospital setting. The Post Holder will provide 24 hour responsibility for the management of their clinical area. The Post Holder will provide advice and support for all levels of staff in their area of responsibility. The Post Holder may work in a variety of settings, including acute and community.
The post holder will require excellent communication skills, ability to navigate various digital systems and have the confidence to manage staff in their hierarchy.
We look forward to welcoming a new team member in to our ever improving/changing Maternity Service .
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
English
Essential criteria
- Current UK NMC Registration
- Appropriate experience as band 6 midwife
Desirable criteria
- Management Qualification
English
Essential criteria
- Competence in Perineal suturing and cannulation
- Flexible approach to work - as role requires flexible working and moving between sites.
Desirable criteria
- Excellent leadership skills
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Debbie Griffiths
- Job title
- Senior Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917650341
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