Close Relative Midwife

3 weeks ago

London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom Barts Health NHS Trust Full time

Job overview

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 midwife to work as a Close Relative Marriage Midwife. This is a new role and will work with specific communities to enhance identification, empowered decision making and appropriate referral to genomic services. The role will support families at increased genetic risk associated with close relative marriage. The midwife will also ensure maternity staff are supported to undertake training on genetic literacy. The midwife will work closely with genetic/genomic services.

To join us, you will be an experienced Band 6 Registered Midwife with a desire to make a difference. You’ll find working with us extremely rewarding as part of a team dedicated to providing the best possible care and experience to all our patients. You’ll be joining our Trust at an exciting time as we grow and improve our services, and you will be able to make a positive contribution to its future success.

Main duties of the job

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The ability to support and contribute to a team approach

Excellent time management skills

Experience to manage your own workload

The ability to problem-solve, analyse and resolve issues.

Current NMC registration

In addition to this, you’ll be motivated to develop personally and professionally and have exemplary personal standards of conduct.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Although this position is a 3 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 3 months. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Clinician with current NMC midwifery registration Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes Certificates/portfolio of evidence Ongoing personal/professional development

Desirable criteria

Evidence of genetic training/ experience in field of genetics

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services Experience in communications and stakeholder management Previous experience in similar role in public sector A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it Experience in a leadership role Formal teaching to group of staff Post-registration experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas, including an understanding of both genomics/genetics and midwifery Specialist knowledge in a relevant subject to post graduate level Aware of cultural and social influences on health and importance of respecting diversity and differences Understanding of research and its application to practice Standard-setting and quality assurance Importance of cost containment and resource management Clinical supervision and reflective practice

Desirable criteria

Workforce development knowledge and experience Working knowledge of Microsoft Project Current nursing practice developments and NHS reforms

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Evidence of expanded clinical skills – e.g. IV drug administration, cannulation, phlebotomy etc Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences Evidence of success in effective project and programmed management Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks Ability to analyse and interpret information, prempt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem -solving and analytical skills Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action Skills for supporting project management Previous experience in project management and planning Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets Skills for manipulating information Intermediate keyboard skills Clinical expertise, able to work on own initiative ad sound decision-making Works effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team Understanding of own knowledge and skills Awareness of own limitations, realism in own abilities Ability to work without supervision Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust

Other

Essential criteria

Ability to travel across sites where required Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity

Desirable criteria

Fluent in Urdu

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