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Community Midwife

3 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Midwife Practitioner Band 6 Part time (Full time available if preferred)

Are you ready for a change? An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in an established traditional community team in South East London.

Our community midwifery teams provide antenatal care in local community hubs. Postnatal care is provided in both the home and in postnatal clinics in the hubs. This allows a good variation of day to day work and helps to achieve continuity of care.

Closing Date: 20th June 2024 at Midnight

Interview Date: 3rd July 2024

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join an established team of midwives. You will work along side large multidisciplinary team and will liaise with the hospital based team as well as GPs, health visitors and social workers to provide the best possible care to women and their families.

We provide a supportive setting for staff to allow adherence to good practice standards in the interest of high-quality care.

Midwives are expected to work per rota basis to cover midweek and weekend shifts within the team.

Driving is essential for the role. A trust lease scheme is available if you are not a car owner

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide midwifery care to women both high and low risk under the direction of the Midwifery Practice Leader (MPL) and with his/her support, this will include the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of maternity care to women during their antenatal, and intrapartum and/or postnatal period.

The post holder will ensure that the care provided is in keeping with the Philosophy of Care advocated within the Women's Health Directorate of Guys and St Thomas Trust.

Duties and Responsibilities

The postholder will Work in accordance with the NMC rules and code of conduct for midwives. Maintain and develop their professional knowledge and competence in accordance within the NMC recommendations. Work with the Trust policies and protocols and enable all members of the practice to carry out care within these guidelines. Maintain good standards of care within their designated practice and assist in the implementation of recommendations from Government and professional bodies in relation to maternity care. Work with the MPL in the monitoring of standards of care. Maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and staff working within the Trust. Utilise the full skills of a midwife (both integral and extended) in the provision of care to women and their families. In liaison with the MPL ensure that midwifery practice is in keeping with current research findings and is appropriate for each individual woman for whom care is being provided. Participate in both midwifery and maternity education programmes required as per local and trust training needs. Assume responsibility for the safe custody and administration of drugs in accordance with the District Policies and Statutory Rules and Regulations. Assist the MPL with the co-ordination of the clinical activities of the practice and 'act up' when required. Assist with orientation programmes which familiarise new members of staff with the organisational and clinical demands of the unit and group practice. Supervise the work of the non-midwife, qualified or unqualified staff as well as midwifery, medical and nursing students. Maintain stores and equipment ensuring proper economic use. Report complaints, incidents and accidents to the MPL or midwifery manager and assist in their investigation and resolution. Ensure that working conditions are safe in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act. To be fully informed of the risk management strategy, be responsible for reporting incidents, risk assessment and development of action plans to reduce risk.

The post holder is required to follow Trust policies and procedures which are regularly updated including:

Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information

Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. If any member of staff has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person those staff will be liable to dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 1998 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information.

Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005, post holders must apply the Trusts FOI procedure if they receive a written request for information.

Equal Opportunities

Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy and equality laws.

Health and Safety

All post holders have a responsibility, under the Health and Safety at Work Act and subsequently published regulations, to ensure that the Trusts health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees.

Infection Control

All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required by the Trust to reduce HCAIs. Post holders must be familiar with the Trusts Infection Control Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, Personal Protective Equipment Policy, safe procedures for using aseptic techniques and safe disposal of sharps.

Risk Management

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with the Trusts use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager, or stated by the Trust to be mandatory.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Smoking Policy

It is the Trusts policy to promote health. Smoking, therefore, is actively discouraged. It is illegal within Trust buildings and vehicles.

NHS Plan

We are committed to meeting the rights and standards required by the NHS plan. We expect our staff to be aware of these rights and standards and to be fully involved and co-operative in meeting them.

Terms and Conditions of Employment

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and this means that any criminal conviction must be made known at the time of application.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Midwife (Band 6)

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities Essential Profession Requirements Desirable Requirements Knowledge

Registered Midwife

Have completed a preceptorship programme

Mentorship/SSSA

BSc - Midwifery or Public Health

Examination of the Newborn/NIPE

NLS

HDU training

Skills

Previous experience-worked in a variety of settings utilising all midwifery skills

Can demonstrate a forward thinking approach waterbirth and choice

Experience of midwifery research and audit

Experience of taking charge of the ward

Experience

Can practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting

Good written skills, well presented and fully completed application

Confident in teaching and assessing student midwives

Able to act up for the Band 7

Demonstrate forward planning, problem recognition, pre-emption and resolution

Develops action plans to improve the service

Values and Behaviours

Personal statement reflects the trust values

Person Specification

Values and Behaviours

Essential

Personal statement reflects the trust values

Skills

Essential

Can practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute setting Can demonstrate a forward thinking approach waterbirth and choice

Desirable

Experience of midwifery research and audit Experience of taking charge of the ward

Experience

Essential

Well presented and fully completed application with valid reasons for applying for the post Good written skills, well presented and fully completed application

Desirable

Confident in teaching and assessing student midwives Able to act up for the Band 7 Demonstrate forward planning, problem recognition, pre-emption and resolution . Develops action plans to improve the service Develops action plans to improve the service

Education

Essential

Registered Midwife

Desirable

Examination of the newborn/NIPE BSc - Midwifery or Public Health Mentorship/SSSA