Midwife

5 months ago


Northampton, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity? 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 Midwifes 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 Care r 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 midwifes who want to be part of our well supported and much valued team, if you have the skills we will have to 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 theatre s 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 dependant on clinical need.

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.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Promote collaborative working partnerships and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

To be responsible for the maintenance and development of her own clinical skills and maintain PREP requirements. Including attendance at Trust mandatory training.

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. Patient/client care

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care, ensuring clinical practice is clinically effective and research based.

Undertake relevant clinical practices in accordance with the Scope of Professional Practice 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

Service development implementation

Assess and teach others in the clinical setting

Participate in Preceptorship and Mentorship within the clinical settings

Attend updates and refresher study session 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 dependant on clinical need.

**Research & development**:
Possess knowledge of the audit process and method


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