Community Team Leader
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- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced and motivated midwife to lead the Fleet & Farnham Community Midwifery Team at Frimley Park Hospital. The Community Team Leader will provide professional, clinical, and operational leadership, ensuring high-quality care for women and families. Key responsibilities include supporting service delivery, staff development, and workforce wellbeing, while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to shape and develop community maternity services. This position offers a senior midwife the chance to enhance leadership skills and positively impact patient and staff experience.
Key responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day leadership and operational management for the Fleet & Farnham Community Midwifery Team.
- Coordinate community staffing, workload allocation and service delivery to ensure safe and effective care.
- Support, supervise and develop midwives and maternity support workers within the team.
- Work collaboratively with obstetric, neonatal, safeguarding and community partners to deliver seamless maternity care.
- Lead on quality improvement, clinical standards, audit and service development initiatives.
- Participate in the community and senior midwife on-call rota and provide leadership during operational pressures and escalations.
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Mentorship / PSPA / SLIP
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience of clinical audit/quality issues within the health care setting.
- Able to demonstrate awareness of research related to midwifery practice.
- Evidence of successful collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams at a senior level.
- Demonstrates strong clinical leadership and influencing skills.
- Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills.
- Effective internet and IT skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Leadership skills.
- Demonstrates: Epidural management, Perineal suturing, IV drugs and cannulation. oWaterbirth. oHome birth.
Desirable criteria
- Working towards Masters
- Leadership/management training
- Experience of undertaking midwifery research and audit.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £51,657 – £58,785 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Community Team Leader
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated midwife to join the Fleet & Farnham Community Midwifery Team as a Community Team Leader. Based within the Frimley Park Hospital maternity service, this role provides professional, clinical and operational leadership to a dedicated team of community midwives delivering high-quality care to women and families across the locality.
As Community Team Leader, you will play a key role in supporting service delivery, staff development and workforce wellbeing while ensuring safe, effective and compassionate care. You will work closely with the Community Matron and multidisciplinary colleagues, helping to shape and develop community maternity services and ensuring women receive excellent care throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.
This is an excellent opportunity for a senior midwife looking to further develop their leadership skills and make a positive impact on both staff and patient experience.
Main duties of the job
- Provide day-to-day leadership and operational management for the Fleet & Farnham Community Midwifery Team.
- Coordinate community staffing, workload allocation and service delivery to ensure safe and effective care.
- Support, supervise and develop midwives an
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