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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 26.63 hours per week
Job ref
384-LM-EMF16061
Employer
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Surrey County Hospital
Town
(Bordon and Haslemere area)
Salary
£45,753 - £52,067 per annum pro rata inc HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust logo

Continuity Team Leader

Band 7

Job overview

The Continuity Team Leader will provide clinical leadership, facilitate professional development and operationally manage one or more continuity midwifery teams.

Main duties of the job

  • The role will be part clinical to support the team rota and provide clinical supervisory support to midwives to realise their full potential as autonomous practitioners placing women, babies and their families at the centre of care on a continuity of care pathway.

  •  The post holder will work closely with the Senior Team in maternity services and work collaboratively with specialist midwives, the obstetric team, health visitors and GP practices to further develop pathways so that services are responsive to the needs of women and families.

  •  The women and their families' experience of our services will be dependent on high quality, effective and customer focused care and the post holder will ensure that care provided is in keeping with the Trust’s vision and values.

  •  Maintenance of a twenty-four hour maternity service for women and participate in on-call commitments as required.  The post-holder will be required to work in both the community and the hospital across a 7 day service including night duties. 

  •  The post-holder is expected to supervise junior staff and to be able to teach qualified and unqualified staff, including basic and/or post-basic students.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic midwife to join our innovative and award winning maternity service.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 position to provide leadership to ensure effective management of community/continuity of carer teams in the Bordon and Haslemere area. The teams operate from bespoke maternity hubs which provide a 7 day antenatal and postnatal service for women and birthing people within this geographical area.

Working within the maternity hub model provides enormous job satisfaction, with a great sense of teamwork and it also supports excellent clinical outcomes and a positive and personalised patient experience. The model of care enables midwives to build relationships with the women and families in their care.

This post holder will need to be highly organised with an ability to maintain safe provision of care for women within the team. This will include reviewing clinic capacity, activity and staffing and supporting the clinical provision of care for a proportion of the contracted hours. The post holder will be motivated and demonstrate an ability to facilitate exceptional patient experience as well as provide robust leadership to the midwives within the team.

The maternity department at the Royal Surrey is highly successful; it is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. The service has also achieved joint first for patient experience in the 2023 CQC patient Survey, Gold Accreditation under the Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative and has achieved all 10 safety actions as a part of NHS Resolution’s CNST scheme. The maternity department prides itself on the high quality care it provides to women and families; this is achieved by focusing on innovation, quality improvement and staff health and wellbeing.

For an informal tour, or if you would like to learn more about the role, please speak to Clare Cardu, Head of Midwifery, [email protected] 01483 571122 ext 2319.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Degree in relevant subject
  • Mentorship qualification
  • Car driver

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in community midwifery
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in the continuity models of care
  • Ability to demonstrate experience in intrapartum care
  • Leading elements of service provision and supporting of staff
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Evidence of managing people
  • Demonstrable achievement in changing clinical practice

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident committedStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Clare Cardu
Job title
Head of Midwifery
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For an informal tour, or if you would like to learn more about the role, please speak to Clare Cardu, Head of Midwifery, [email protected] 01483 571122 ext 2319.