Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
About
Serving a population of over 618,000, with a workforce of around 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the UK's largest Trusts.
The Trust provides a wide range of healthcare services at 5 hospitals and 16 community sites.
As a Trust, our vision is to provide 5 Star Patient Care. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should have equal access to the highest standards of quality care.
Our Values
Underpinning our vision are the norms, rituals and expected behaviours within the Trust. Following extensive engagement with staff across the Trust, our Trust values were developed and embedded into the organisation. They are the essence of what Team MWL stands for:
* KIND
* OPEN
* INCLUSIVE
Contact
Key details
Location
Site: Whiston Hospital
Address: Warrington Road
Town: Prescot
Postcode: L35 5DR
Major / Minor Region: Merseyside
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Part time
Salary
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata if part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
Main area: Midwifery
Job overview
Full and Part Time posts available for Band 6 Midwives
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Midwife to join our outstanding team of supportive and dedicated Midwifery and Medical staff, across all areas of Maternity, including Maternity Triage and the Community, helping to further the outstanding 5 star patient care provided by all.
We are expanding our unit due to an increase of expectant mothers choosing to have their care from our Maternity Services. The Maternity Unit is furnished with state of the art, modern facilities for mothers and their babies.
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
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To achieve women's expectations we offer a friendly, supportive and safe service for women, their partners, babies and their families. We believe in promoting normality in pregnancy and Intrapartum care. We will support our women in their choice of Birth place; we currently offer three choices: home, Delivery Suite or our Midwifery Led Unit.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
The midwife is accountable for the personal provision of midwifery care that is evidenced based and woman centred, aiming to continually improve standards, quality of care, and ultimately the woman’s experience.
All employees have a duty and a responsibility to protect and safeguard children and vulnerable adults. The midwife must have an excellent working knowledge of local safeguarding children and vulnerable adult procedures and act in accordance of these at all times, in addition to ensuring mandatory training requirements are up to date.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Undertake holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation within their own sphere of clinical practice.
In conjunction with the ward manager and senior management team, contribute to the development of midwifery models of care to ensure the delivery of evidence based woman centred midwifery care.
Be trained and skilled in undertaking IV drug administration, IV cannulation, perineal suturing, caring for women with epidural anaesthesia, home birth, waterbirth and providing high dependency care.
Promote health education and provide appropriate information and advice to women and their families. Lead and facilitate Parent Education classes if required.
Maintain an up to date Professional Registration and Revalidation status.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Midwife, with current NMC registration
* Educated to degree level or equivalent, or willing to work towards
Desirable criteria
* Recognised Teaching/Mentorship Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
* Knowledge of current Midwifery issues
* Knowledge of current Government NHS Agenda relevant to Maternity Services
* Substantial post registration experience
Desirable criteria
* Substantial post registration experience across all Maternity Pathways
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent communication skills
* Excellent clinical skills
* Good computer skills
Other
Essential criteria
* Evidence of fulfilling PREP
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Jan Bentley
Job title: Intrapartum Matron
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0151 430 1761
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