Community Senior Midwife (Team Manager)

Swansea Bay University Health Board reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable., The Midwifery Service at Swansea Bay has ambitious plans for its future. Under the direction of its Head of Midwifery, the service is progressing a transformation programme centred upon the development and opportunities for its maternity workforce, promoting service improvements through prevention, safety, learning and quality, improving women's choice and the personalisation of care. We are looking for experienced midwives with an interest in developing their skills, knowledge and expertise to transform these ambitions into a sustainable, inspiring and achievable reality.
Maternity services in Swansea Bay are organised across Singleton and Neath Port Talbot hospitals, with dedicated Birth centres in both locations, a Labour ward at Singleton hospital and support from highly skilled Community teams supporting antenatal, community based intrapartum and postnatal care., The Community Midwifery Team Manager Role
These are exciting opportunities for experienced midwives to develop and enhance their knowledge and expertise.
We are offering applicants the opportunity to choose between applying for either a permanent post or a six month secondment. Applicants who choose to apply for a six month secondment will require the support of their Line Manager.
To support individuals in the Team Manager role, a bespoke development package has been designed, centred around the unique Community Midwifery Team Manager job description.
The bespoke development package will include 5 core elements.
+ Leadership
+ Operational Management
+ Quality, governance, and safe services
+ Role specific knowledge and core proficiency
+ Communication
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to individualise the package based on their own specific development needs.

Working for our organisation
The Health Board currently finds itself in an exciting position, with the ambition to transform Maternity Services for the region, and is looking to appoint into newly developed Community Team Manager Roles who can develop and oversee the delivery of a range of measures building upon safety, choice and support for the population we serve. As senior midwives within community services, the roles will provide professional and clinical leadership to their teams, demonstrating high levels of compassion, trust and support, to promote a democratic and collaborative leadership style which role models the values of the Health Board and creates an inspiring platform for engagement and innovation.
These exciting roles are designed to harness midwifery specific skill and expertise and will be instrumental in the successful re-establishment of the Freestanding Midwifery Unit in Neath Port Talbot hospital.
The Welsh Government "Maternity Care in Wales - a Five Year Vision for the future" provides a clear route map of the agreed priorities for Unit and Community services to achieve, including the provision of,
+ Family centred care
+ Safe and effective care
+ Continuity of carer
+ Skilled multi-professional teams
+ Sustainable quality services
You will play a pivotal role in shaping the Midwives of the future by providing coaching and mentoring support to newly qualified Midwives joining the service via the All Wales Preceptorship programme, Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English., Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.