Community Team Leader

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 14 March 2025

Job summary

Join Our Leadership Team at the Royal Oldham Hospital.

We're thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity within our dynamic maternity service for a passionate Community Team Leader! Our community midwifery unit proudly cares for approximately 6,000 women each year, making a real difference in their maternity journey.

Are you an innovative and experienced midwife with a strong understanding of community care? Do you have a deep commitment to enhancing safety and enriching the experiences of women and their families? If so, we want to meet you!

In this pivotal role, you'll exemplify compassionate leadership and inspire your team to deliver exceptional care. Your outstanding communication skills and collaborative spirit will be crucial as you work alongside a multidisciplinary team, ensuring every woman receives the support she deserves.

At Royal Oldham, we value your skills and vision, offering an environment where you can truly make an impact. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and contribute to a supportive maternity experience for women in our community, we invite you to apply!

Seize this opportunity to lead, inspire, and transform maternity care.

Main duties of the job

Are you a passionate midwife ready to take your career to new heights? We're seeking an exceptional Clinical Midwife to join our team, providing expert advice and guidance to pregnant individuals and their families.

In this rewarding role, you will work hand-in-hand with the Lead Midwife and Community Managers to develop and deliver a high-quality, safe, and effective service. Your leadership will be key as you manage a dedicated team, ensuring the optimal skill mix for top-notch care and seamless operations.

As the driving force behind our Community antenatal and postnatal clinics, you will oversee daily activities, coordinate home visits, and support our vital home birth service. Your influence will shape the experiences of families in our community, ensuring they receive personalised and compassionate care.

You'll also have direct responsibility for managing a geographical team of community midwives. This includes overseeing staff management, handling recruitment and disciplinary matters, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with Health & Safety protocols.

If you're ready to lead, inspire, and make a meaningful impact in maternal care, we want to hear from you! Join us in creating an exceptional experience for mothers and families--apply today.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Date posted

11 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

236-OCO-NM180-25

Job locations

Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH


Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered RM
  • Degree / Diploma Midwifery
  • Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Robust evidence of CPD

Desirable

  • Practice Assessor
  • Management / Leadership Qualification
  • Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Band 6 Community Midwifery Experience
  • Good Clinical Knowledge
  • Multi-professional team working

Desirable

  • Experience of audit
  • Experience of report writing
  • Awareness of QI

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Self-driven, approachable and well organised
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Leadership Skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered RM
  • Degree / Diploma Midwifery
  • Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Robust evidence of CPD

Desirable

  • Practice Assessor
  • Management / Leadership Qualification
  • Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Band 6 Community Midwifery Experience
  • Good Clinical Knowledge
  • Multi-professional team working

Desirable

  • Experience of audit
  • Experience of report writing
  • Awareness of QI

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Self-driven, approachable and well organised
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Leadership Skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH


Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH


Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Midwife for Community Midwifery

Jen Michaels

jennifer.michaels@nca.nhs.uk

07790922343

Date posted

11 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

236-OCO-NM180-25

Job locations

Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH


Supporting documents

Privacy notice

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust 's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)