Preceptorship Midwife

Job summary

Are you a Student Midwife qualifying in 2024?

Are you a highly motivated person with a caring and compassionate personality?

If you answered 'yes' to any of the above, we'd love to hear from you

We are looking for Band 5 Midwives to come and join our fantastic Maternity teams at ESNEFT.

You must be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.

Only students with ESNEFT placement to apply

We are recruiting for both Ipswich and Colchester Hospital. You may be offered a job at the site you did not train in.

Please be advised we will close the advert earlier ifsufficientamount of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work across all areas on maternity rotating through antenatal settings, postnatal/antenatal ward, delivery suite/birthing unit, triage/DAU and community.

The post holder will be responsible for co-ordinating, planning, organising and directing activities to ensure optimum care is achieved and continued learning is created and maintained.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered Midwife oMidwifery Degree

Experience

Essential

oWorked in a variety of settings, utilising all midwifery skills oPrevious experience of midwifery-led care as a student or newly qualified midwife. oValid driving licence and own / access to a car.

Desirable

oFlexible and able to adapt to staff and women's needs

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