Postnatal Core Midwife

4 weeks ago

Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

You will join a committed and experienced team of midwives who work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team. Within this Trust we deliver maternity care to 6000 women.

Within the Postnatal Ward, we have a variety of staff that you will work closely with including; maternity support workers, nursery nurses and the infant feeding team to provide women with the best standard of care. The Postnatal Ward is comprised of 26 single, en-suite rooms across 4 bays. One of the four bays is available specifically for women who have had babies that fall within our Transitional Care criteria. As a Postnatal Core Team Midwife, you will be asked to work on the Transitional Care bay and assist with the daily requirements that these mothers and babies need.

On the Postnatal Ward we are also proud to provide Kangaroo Care as well as Self-Administration of Medications for women who have had an elective caesarean section.

Main duties of the job

The key attributes of a Postnatal Core Team midwife will include:

A passion for infant feeding An understanding of the importance of trying to keep mothers and babies together An understanding of the additional care requirements a mother and/or baby may need NG tube feeding, phototherapy, Monofer/blood transfusions, NIPE etc. Ability to facilitate an elective caesarean section list Confidence with escalation policies Able to work within a large multidisciplinary team with good communication and teamworking skills.

Within the Postnatal Ward we have a number of exciting projects in practice with many more commencing this year. Therefore, within your role, there will be an expectation that you will help to facilitate these projects into practice and continuously look at new ways to improve patient care and staff satisfaction.

You will initially be rotated across all areas within the acute unit in order to ensure that you are confident working in these wards and understand how each ward runs, prior to then commencing your core team post on the Postnatal Ward. We also operate an on-call system for both community and hospital midwifery which you will be willing to participate in.

Please click on the below link for more information about the opportunities that we have and to meet some of our team

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email if this is problematic)and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - (

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RM and eligible to practice. Evidence of further study and development of professional and academic skills.

Desirable

To have obtained or be studying at diploma level.

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

Sound knowledge of recent Government/Professional documents with awareness of implications to service provision. Able to demonstrate motivation to maintain professional development. Ability to work within acute and primary health care settings.

Desirable

Previous community and hospital experience. Ability to use flexible innovative approaches to practice individualised care Knowledge of change management theories and their impact.

Skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills. A positive approach to change. Act as mentor to both qualified midwives and students encouraging evidence based practice. Ability to exercise professional accountability and autonomy. Ability to act effectively within a multidisciplinary team. Ensuring collaboration across professional boundaries. Able to recognise own limitations in order to seek advice appropriately. Computer literate.

Desirable

Be able to prioritise one's workload. A working knowledge of quality assurance.

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