Band 7 Rotational Midwife-Team Leader

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife to lead one of our inpatient team.

The post require an enthusiastic, committed midwife to join our established dynamic and forward thinking maternity team. The midwife will be a highly motivated practitioner with a vision to support women and families through their pregnancy, birth and postnatal period.

The post holder will be part of a team of highly trained, dedicated midwives with excellent organisational and communication skills.

The midwife must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills, be a caring and compassionate individual focused on providing excellent quality care, working within the values held by Royal Free London NHS Trust.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust became a new enlarged organisation on 1st July 2014. We now consist of the Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital.

Take autonomous clinical decisions in an emergency to ensure safe outcomes for mother and baby.? Advanced practitioner with specialist knowledge, skills,competencies and experience, who can advise, mentor and traincolleagues and students.? Competent in high level of physical skills for epidural management /top ups (inpatients) suturing, cannulation, and water births (acrossall services). Competent at home births when working in the community. Able to demonstrate competency in adult and newborn resuscitation?

Able to provide an environment where these skills are shared through teaching in partnership with the practice development midwife.? Able to demonstrate the skills of facilitation of normal birth, toinclude? Care for women in physiological labour.? Support for women's emotional, spiritual and psychological needs.? Supporting labour with non-pharmacological pain relief i.e.use of water for labour and birth.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

• R.M
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Willingness to undertake NIPE

• Experience at Band 6 in all aspects of midwifery care
• Experience of ward management
• Experience of conflict management
• Experience of Data Collection and Analysis
• Ability to prioritise workload and delegate as required
• Evidence of child protection awareness and training
• I.T. Literacy
• Commitment to educating junior staff.
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Understanding of current midwifery issues
• Sensitivity to the diverse needs of women
• Knowledge of change management
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to produce high standards of documentation

• Flexibility
• Commitment to women- centred care
• Commitment to furthering knowledge and responsibility

• Self-motivating with the ability to motivate/lead and manage a team of staff
• Ability to practice within a fully integrated maternity service
• Commitment to the advancement of an integrated maternity service.
• Evidence of initiating and implementing change processes.
• Knowledge and experience of risk management.
• Understanding of complaints management.
• Ability to relate NMC Midwives Rules, Code of Practice, The Scope of Professional Practice, Standards for the Administration of Medicines
• Ability to assess care needs, develop and implement programmes of care
• Ability to use own initiative.
• Car Driver and access to a car
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Understanding of sickness management.
• Able to use appropriate language according to circumstances
• Legible, literate, grammatically accurate.
• Ability to promote good working relationships within the team.
• Ability to priorities own and others workload.
• Evidence of involvement in Clinical Audit
• Ability to manage junior staff.

• Demonstrable ability to meet the trust values

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£56,276 to £63,176 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS