Community Team Leader

• Provide effective clinical, professional and operational leadership to the community midwifery team.
• Effectively manage staff in order to provide safe standards of care.
• Promote safe, compassionate, personalised and evidence-based maternity care.
• Support staff through coaching, supervision, development and effective performance management.
• Maintain a safe clinical environment and promote high standards of quality, governance and professional practice.
• Support the implementation and embedding of national and local maternity safety and improvement initiatives.
• Work collaboratively across maternity services and with multidisciplinary and community partners to improve pathways and outcomes for women, babies and families.
• Promote a positive learning culture and ensure the community setting provides an environment that supports both formal and informal learning.
• Act as a professional role model, demonstrating excellent communication, leadership and clinical decision-making.
• Maintain professional accountability and practise in accordance with relevant NMC standards, professional codes and evidence-based guidance.

• Provide soundclinical, professional, educational and managerial leadership to midwives and support staff working within the community setting.
• Provide consistent, visible leadership, creating a supportive environment that enables staff to make effective decisions and deliver high-quality care.
• Undertake direct line management responsibilities, supporting staff development and encouraging colleagues to develop their professional, clinical and communication skills.
• Act as a positive professional role model, promoting appropriate professional standards and effective partnership working.
• Ensure community services are appropriately staffed, identify inappropriate staffing levels or skill mix and take appropriate remedial action.
• Take responsibility, alongside the Community Matron, for the organisation of midwifery caseloads allocated to community teams.
• Promote the delivery of safe, compassionate, evidence-based and individualised maternity care to women, babies and their families across care settings and provide up-to-date professional advice in accordance with relevant professional standards.
• Provide clinical support within all aspects of maternity services when required.
• Participate in the community on-call rota, supporting the homebirth service and escalation pathways.
• Promote a culture in whichsafety, quality improvement and learning are embedded within everyday practice.
• Ensure clinical risks are identified and reported through the appropriate clinical risk reporting framework, commence appropriate investigations and monitor outcomes and lessons learned.
• Proactively contribute to the development and improvement of community midwifery pathways.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across maternity services to support safe and effective care.
• Build effective professional relationships and promote partnership working across community and maternity services.

Essential

• Suitable post-registration experience within the relevant speciality, with evidence of the clinical skills, knowledge and leadership capabilities required for the role
• In depth knowledge of antenatal and postnatal pathways
• Evidence of the application of management/leadership skills and autonomous practice
• Evidence of continued professional development

Essential

• Effective communicator both written and verbal
• Ability to think logically, prioritise and use initiative
• Assertive and confident
• Demonstrate good leadership and organisation skills
• Ability to take managerial and professional responsibility for team and staff.
• Team focussed
• Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable