Midwife/ Hospital-Community Midwife

Job summary

We are seeking highly motivated and dynamic registered band 5 or 6 midwives to join our team who are passionate about delivering high quality care, whilst achieving the best patient experience.

There are opportunities to support all areas within our maternity services including acute services, community settings in North Tyneside and South East Northumberland, and stand alone MLU's; the innovative Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH) has a Birthing Centre, mixed antenatal/postnatal inpatient ward and a 24 hour Pregnancy Assessment Unit. The Birthing Centre offers women low risk midwifery care with state of the art facilities including waterbirth pools, alongside women who require Obstetric care with associated risk factors. We also have 3 stand-alone midwifery led units offering continuity pathways of care.

We offer a comprehensive training package as well as having strong links with local universities and take great pride in the excellent preceptorship package of which we offer to our newly qualified midwives.

For band 5 applicants, this post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Midwifery profession, the successful candidates must hold a valid registration/revalidation. You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication/interpersonal skills, compassion, flexibility and willingness to develop new skills. Successful candidates are expected to participate in Trust statutory/mandatory training on a yearly basis.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people great choice and control over their care and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient and staff experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/unit/caseload including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care. To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team. To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Midwives Rules and Standards. To be responsible for all midwifery care standards and to maintain high clinical standards. To participate in on-call hospital/community rota. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1st Level live NMC Registered Midwife Registered mentor. Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification. (essential requirement or must be gained within 12 months of appointment) Diploma or degree or equivalent relevant experience

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