Community Manager with a special interest in continuity

Bradford Maternity Services aspires to be outstanding, to provide excellent care, experience, services and staff development opportunities. We serve a city with a young and diverse population giving us amazing opportunities to adapt and respond to both local and national agendas for maternity care provision, now and in the future. We pride ourselves in working collaboratively across the maternity system and in partnership with service users in developing and improving services.

In line with Better Births, the continuity of carer agenda has rightly featured in our service ambitions and provision. Therefore we are now seeking to recruit a Community Manager who will have direct responsibility for reporting, design, implementation and evaluation of continuity models. The post holder will also have line manager responsibility for defined continuity teams, working with service peers as key leaders in our service.

Are you a dynamic, forward-thinking, experienced midwife aspiring to lead and develop services and people towards excellence in providing midwifery care in the continuity context? We are looking for a candidate who is well equipped to develop self, service and others towards excellence.

Main duties of the job

• To provide expert clinical advice in relation to the education, management and leadership of teams of midwives and support staff.
• To lead, manage and co-ordinate staff and activity within the community and continuity teams.
• To empower and enable midwives to advocate for women in relation to birth choices, complex birth and personalised care planning.
• To provide expert intrapartum care and advice in relation to home births.
• To lead on the development, planning and future implementation of services in line with recent government drivers and local recommendations and initiatives.
• To provide support to the community managers and provide cross cover when required.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job responsibilities

• Professional and leadership responsibilities: will be working as a key member of a multi-professional team and will display excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Managerial responsibilities: to support, direct and have responsibility for activity, staff cover and skill mix in community teams to ensure safe and effective service provision.
• Communication: to establish robust communication mechanisms with teams via meetings, appraisals and probationary reviews.
• Quality assurance: to promote an environment of continuous learning and improvement.

Person Specification

Experience

• Essential: Significant experience of working as a Registered Midwife in a wide range of settings.
• Experience of facilitating teaching and training.
• Good understanding and experience of quality assurance processes/audit/change management and evaluation.
• Desirable: Experience with people management in relation to appraisal performance, recruitment and selection process.
• Good understanding and experience of implementing, providing and evaluating Continuity of Care workforce model.

Skills

• Essential: Evidence of leadership and influencing skills with the ability to motivate and involve individuals, teams and system partners.
• High level of organisational skills, self-motivation, drive for performance and quality improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.

Knowledge

• Essential: Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality.
• Desirable: Knowledge of the improvement agenda within maternity.

Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
• First Degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained in a relevant environment.
• Teaching Qualification (997/SLIPS or equivalent).
• Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice.
• Desirable: Recognised Leadership Qualification or equivalent experience.
• A Masters level qualification in relevant subject or evidence of equivalent knowledge or working towards qualification.

Other Requirements

• Essential: Flexibility to work across sites within the organisation.
• Able to drive with access to vehicle.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.