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We would like to invite applications for a Band 7 Community Midwifery Team Leader. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife seeking to develop leadership skills while contributing to high-quality, person-centred maternity care across our local services.
This secondment will involve leadership responsibility across both a Community Midwifery Team and the Community Maternity Unit, providing a unique chance to influence care pathways, support team development, and strengthen continuity for women, birthing people and families, whilst providing support to the Community Midwifery Manger.
The successful applicant will:
- Provide visible, supportive leadership within both the community midwifery service and the community maternity unit
- Oversee safe and effective day-to-day service delivery, including workforce coordination and clinical governance.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to enhance service quality and user experience
- Promote a positive team culture, supporting reflective practice, clinical development and staff wellbeing
- Contribute to improvement activity aligned with NHS Grampian priorities and national maternity service standards
We welcome applications from motivated Midwives with:
- Demonstrable clinical expertise and sound decision making skills
- Experience supporting colleagues or undertaking leadership responsibilities
- A commitment to compassionate leadership, service improvement and person-centred care
- The ability to work flexibly across both community and birth-unit settings.
Please discuss this opportunity with your line manager, secondment hours to be confirmed. If you wish to discuss this opportunity further please contact Lorraine Johnston, Community Midwifery Manager,lorraine.johnston3@nhs.scot
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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
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