Midwife in Nottingham

We are looking for innovative, enthusiastic and motivated midwives to join our Maternity Service at Northampton General Hospital. We have openings for you to use your skills within our Inpatient Services which includes Labour Ward, Triage, Birth Centre and our Postnatal ward. We are also looking for midwives who may be interested in working within one of our 4 newly built/refurbished Community Hubs that are placed across West Northamptonshire. We also have opportunities in our Outpatient Service, which include Continuity of Carer teams, Maternity Day Unit and ANC services.

There is much to be proud of within Maternity at NGH and that is why we are looking for dedicated midwives who want to be part of our well supported and much valued team. If you have the skills, we will have the role to match.

Our Maternity services include:

• A modern 3 bed Birth Centre with birthing pools and 8 postnatal beds
• 8 bed consultant-led Labour Ward with a birthing pool
• Two dedicated Obstetric theatres with a recovery ward
• 18 bed Maternity higher observation ward
• In development a dedicated Bereavement Suite with garden
• A Maternity Day Unit and Outpatient Clinic providing Midwifery Led Sonography services
• 23 bedded ward for inpatient antenatal and postnatal mothers and babies

Please note that this role includes on call and will be rotational within different areas of Maternity including inpatient & outpatient areas and community depending on clinical need.

Main duties of the job:

• Responsible for providing holistic women centred midwifery care.
• To support the Senior Midwives in the execution of their role.
• Promote and maintain professional standards ensuring midwifery practice is evidence based.
• Promote midwife led care in partnership with other health professionals.
• Provide effective input into the work of the Trust, to support the achievement of our vision and values.
• To be responsible for the maintenance and development of her own clinical skills and maintain PREP requirements, including attendance at Trust mandatory training.

About us:

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Job responsibilities:

• Promote collaborative working partnerships and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure professional and clinical standards are maintained and developed in response to new evidence.
• Act as a professional role model for midwifery.
• To observe the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care, ensuring clinical practice is clinically effective and research based.
• Maintain standards of recordkeeping within the practice setting, utilising accepted standards where appropriate.
• Support the Ward Manager in clinical developments.
• Act on behalf of women, carers and staff to ensure their views are represented at all levels.
• Provide midwifery care to women during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods in all settings including woman's home, GP, Children's centres and hospital.
• Participate in Preceptorship and Mentorship within the clinical settings.
• Attend updates and refresher study sessions and mandatory study days.

Information resources:

• Input information and have a working knowledge of the hospital and Maternity information systems.
• Attend training and updates on implementation of Maternity Information System.

Please note that this role includes on call and will be rotational within different areas of Maternity including inpatient & outpatient areas and community depending on clinical need.

Personal skills:

• Maintain personal professional profile and Revalidation.
• Identify and negotiate training needs, actively address these through the Trust appraisal system.
• Maintain an awareness of issues relating to midwifery on the national agenda.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Co-ordinate the responsibilities, capabilities and workload of team members.

Other Information:

The postholder may be required to carry out other relevant duties as required. The postholder will adhere to the duties specified under the Staff Responsibilities of the NHS Constitution in their day to day work and behaviours. The postholder will be expected to aspire to the Values of the Trust in their day to day work and behaviours in order to support the Trust in achieving its Vision. The postholder will adhere to, at all times, any Professional, NHS Code of Conducts and legislation relevant for their area of work. The postholder will make themselves familiar with, and adhere to, at all times, the policies and procedures of the Trust, and their area of work. The postholder will be expected to work to any Corporate/Division/Directorate/Department objectives and standards in order to provide an acceptable level of service. The postholder will be expected to undertake training, including mandatory and role specific training, relevant to their role and ensure it is renewed as required.

This job description reflects the present requirements of the post and it does not form part of the contract of employment. As the duties of the post change and develop the job description will be.

Person Specification:

Knowledge and Experience:

• An understanding of integrating theory and practice.
• Experience gained through training.

Education, Training and Qualifications:

• Educated to Registered Midwife level or equivalent level of education, training or experience.
• Teaching & Mentoring Course.

Skills:

• Ability to demonstrate effective communication, verbal and written.
• Ability to exercise professional accountability, autonomy and responsibility.
• Ability to interact effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring collaboration across professional boundaries.
• Ability to work within primary health care settings.
• Able to recognise own limitations to seek advice appropriately.
• Ability to organise/prioritise own workload.
• Demonstrate a broad knowledge of current Midwifery issues.
• Ability to use flexible, innovative approaches to practice which are tailored to meet the individual needs of the clients.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.