Midwife

Community Midwifery Team Leader (Cotswold Birth Centre)NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area

Midwifery

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract

Fixed term: 13 months (From 2nd November 2026 - 5th December 2027)

Hours

Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Job ref

321-SW-8235075-B7

Site

Cotswold Birth Centre

Town

Chipping Norton

Salary

£49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

20/09/2026 23:59

Community Team Leader for the Cotswolds Birth Centre Community Midwifery Team

Band 7 Team Leader

22.5 Hours - maternity leave cover

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as the Team Leader for the Cotswold Birth Centre Community Midwife Team

You will be responsible for leading a small team of Midwives and Maternity Support Workers in the Chipping Norton and surrounding area to provide a community midwifery service.

You will work closely with the Matron for Community Services and Deputy Head of Midwifery for Community, Public Health & Safeguarding.

We are looking for someone passionate about community midwifery and women centred, individualised care. The post holder will need to be invested in nurturing the team to encourage a positive working environment.

If you believe you have the required expertise for this position, we would love to hear from you.

For further information please contact:

Amanda Crudington on

Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders.

The team lead has continuing responsibility for the management of the community team and services in their area or equivalent sphere of midwifery practice. This includes assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards.

The Midwife will facilitate innovative and evidence based midwifery practice through professional leadership and supporting the clinical team.

The Midwife will have managerial responsibility for a group of staff working within their practice area.

The Midwife will act as a credible and professional role model and encourage and empower staff to develop personally and professionally to achieve their maximum potential.

The Midwife will liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team and facilitate a collaborative approach to women, their baby's and family's care to promote the close integration of community and hospital-based care.

The Midwife will report directly to and develop close working relationships with the Matron for Community and the Deputy Head of Midwifery on operational and general management issues and clinical issues relevant to their practice area/team.

The Midwife will liaise with members of the OBU Midwifery Education Team to develop an effective learning environment for students.

The Midwife will assist the Director of Midwifery / Deputy Head of Midwifery in achieving the strategic objectives for the Maternity service.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit

Working as a midwife the post holder will:

Professional / Clinical Practice

• Fulfil the role of a midwife as defined by the World Health Organisation and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Midwifery Rules and Code of Practice and reflect the Trust's guidelines, policies and standards of practice.

• Manage a clinical caseload / area and be accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, responding to the individual needs of women and their babies.

• Maintain and extend clinical skills in all aspects of midwifery practice that are relevant to current developments in the maternity services.

• Participate in and support the development of evidence based clinical practice, ensuring agreed policies, guidelines and standards are implemented and monitored.

• Motivate staff to submit ideas to improve care and in collaboration with colleagues implement change, monitoring and discussing outcomes with relevant personnel.

• Act as a role model in clinical practice and be proactive to implement local, regional and national midwifery policies.

• Liaise with OUH colleagues and other professional and non-professional agencies relevant to the needs of women to ensure health and social care needs are addressed as appropriate.

• Liaise with the Clinical Governance Team on aspects of unsafe practice that do not meet agreed professional standards and take appropriate action as necessary.

• Liaise with the Transformation Midwife to implement and support changes in practice.

• Co-ordinate the day to day running of the team / area.

• Participate in the community maternity service bleep holder rota and to be available for additional clinical advice and operational decision making

• Demonstrates and respects the Trust guidelines and policies that promote equality and diversity.

• Liaise with the Maternity Voices Partnership to ensure services are improved in conjunction with service users

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