Home Birth Team Leader

Job summary

Are you ready for your next career move and to utilise your leadershipskills?

Our maternity service at Whipps Cross hospital is provided by asupportive and friendly team dedicated to delivering the highest standardof care to our diverse community in East London.

A great opportunity has risen for an experienced midwife to join andsupport the homebirth team to develop leadership skills and midwiferyexpertise.

You will be expected to work full time (37.5 hours/week) andcollaboratively with homebirth midwives across Barts Health Maternity inco-ordinating the overall caseload of the team, provide comprehensivesupport for the band 6 Midwives as necessary.

You will be expected to have strong yet compassionate leadershippresence and be able to communicate within the MDT effectively.Be able to facilitate care for women seeking to birth outside of guidelinesand to ensure patient safety is upheld.

Ensure the operational aspect of the team is fulfilled and ensure theservice is delivered effectively.

Main duties of the job

To provide management and leadership to the home birth & normality team. Workcollaboratively with the ADoM and Matron to maintain safe staffing for homebirth services.Promote service improvement and ensure appropriate use of available resources.

? As the expert lead, provide support and organisation ensuring a caseloading model ofcare for healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies wishing to give birth at Home.

? To provide all aspect of clinical midwifery care including individual plan of care inpartnership with the women and the multidisciplinary team as required.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.