Job overview
Suitable for experienced midwives only.
Join us on our improvement journey in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole towards 'Better Births'. There are posts in all aspects of Midwifery and the opportunity to maintain all your skills as a rotational midwife in a forward looking service with staff that has the enthusiasm to improve care for women and families.
The unit has been awarded BFI Level 3. We have exciting opportunities for experienced midwives to join our established team of midwives at NLAG.
Main duties of the job
Working in the Antenatal Day Unit and Consultant-Led ANC, including a Fetal medicine ANC. Performing screening tests and effective monitoring of pregnancies.
Supports, supervises and teaches less experienced staff in the department and relevant clinical and non-clinical procedures and practices.
Works autonomously within the department/team within Trust guidelines and sphere of professional practice.
Working for our organisation
We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
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“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. •NMC registered Midwife
Desirable criteria
2. •Midwifery Degree or working towards
3. •NMC Registered Adult Nurse
4. •Evidence of post registration development in Midwifery
5. •NHS Leadership training
6. •Management qualification
7. •Qualified sign off Mentor or willingness to undertake
Occupational Experience
Desirable criteria
8. •Experience of managing a team or area, or experience of being ‘in charge’ of a shift
9. •Successfully completed preceptor ship package or demonstrable equivalent competencies and skills (Band 6)
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