Midwife - Community

East And North Hertfordshire Nhs Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is recruiting a Community Midwife to provide holistic, evidence-based care to childbearing patients and families across diverse settings. The role includes health promotion, teaching and deputising for senior midwifery duties within a trusted, patient-centred team.

You will work under national guidelines, contributing to staff development and upholding the Trust values of Include, Respect and Improve while delivering high-quality maternity services

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife.
• Willingness to undertake further professional development.
• Willingness to undertake a recognised course of study in teaching and assessing.
• Educated to 1st degree level / diploma.
• Evidence of professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic care of childbearing patients and families with evidence-based planning.
• Utilise full range of midwifery skills in various settings.
• Develop strategies for health promotion and meet patient needs.
• Deputise for all aspects of Band 7 Midwife work and contribute to staff and student teaching.

Skills

Caseload management

Leadership

Communication

Equality and inclusion awareness

Education

First degree or diploma in midwifery

Job description

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Community Midwife who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are proud of the range of maternity services we provide and the excellent high quality care we give to the women, babies and their families. Our facilities are state of the art, with bright airy modern rooms within our midwifery led birthing unit.

You’ll be working as a midwife, according to the World Health Organisation, Local Supervising Authority, and the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Midwives Rule and Code of Practice.

Join us in providing exceptional care to our patients.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the holistic care of childbearing patients and their families. Care provided must be evidence based and planned in partnership to meet the needs of the patient.

You will be required to use the full range of midwifery skills in a variety of settings.

The post holder will need to be aware of national/local health initiatives and develop strategies for the delivery of health promotion to meet the needs of the patient.

You will deputise for all aspects of the work of the Band 7 Midwife and participate in the development and teaching of staff and students.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Willingness to undertake further professional development
• Willingness to undertake a recognised course of study in teaching and assessing
• Educated to 1st degree level / diploma
• Evidence of professional development

Desirable criteria

• Awareness and participation in units’ innovations and audit evidence of ongoing personal development and education i.e. preparation for mentorship preceptor course and other relevant

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of experience and ability to utilise the full range of midwifery skills required to work across the whole aspect of midwifery services. Proactive in local developments including education and practice

Desirable criteria

• Proactive in local developments including education and practice

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to manage an allocated case load

Desirable criteria

• Ability to deputise in taking charge of the wards / practice workload and responsibilities at a senior leve
• Leadership skill / Organisation / communication skill

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Commitment to evidence-based practice.
• Keen to develop own skills and develop Midwifery practice
• Up to date knowledge of current Midwifery issues and changes within the NHS
• Research awareness.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of projects/research undertaken on own initiative/during training

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
• Role model our Trust values every day