Join the Frontline of Maternal Care: Exciting Opportunity for a Registered Midwife
The Northern Care Alliance is thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity for a dedicated and passionate Registered Midwife to join our innovative Complex Pregnancy team. As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you'll play a vital role in providing expert midwifery care to women with high-risk pregnancies, working closely with our renowned Oldham Fetal Medicine Unit and Antenatal Day Unit.
Make a Real Difference in the Lives of Expectant Mothers
In this dynamic and rewarding role, you'll work collaboratively with our team of experienced Midwives and healthcare professionals to deliver personalised care to women facing complex pregnancy challenges, including preterm labour, multiple pregnancies, and other high-risk conditions. Your expertise and compassion will be instrumental in helping us provide exceptional care and support to these vulnerable women, empowering them to have a safe and healthy pregnancy experience.
Main duties of the job
Join us at the forefront of maternal health by assisting our Complex Pregnancy Manager in evaluating and delivering essential components of the SBL care bundle.
Your role will involve actively engaging in the education and training of our multidisciplinary staff, ensuring that each team member receives hands-on, face-to-face training tailored to their needs. You'll manage competence documentation and maintain accurate training logs, ensuring our team is always equipped to provide the best care.
As a critical part of our commitment to excellence, you'll identify risk factors in pregnancies and oversee the referral process for our preterm clinic, guiding at-risk women through the appropriate pathways. Your clinical expertise in the Foetal Medicine Unit and Antenatal Day Unit will ensure that every woman receives evidence-based, compassionate care, with timely referrals to tertiary services when necessary.
You'll also play a key role in conducting regular audits, ensuring that all women attending the unit receive personalised care aligned with their clinical needs and the best current practices. Additionally, you'll contribute to our reporting on the National Preterm Database, helping to shape the future of maternal care.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: NMC Website
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* NMC Midwifery Registration
* Degree / Diploma in Midwifery
* Evidence of CPD
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
* Practice Assessor
* Robust Knowledge of Antenatal Care
* Excellent Interpersonal Skills
Desirable
* Knowledge of the SBL Care Bundle
Employer details
Employer name
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Royal Oldham Hospital
Rochdale Road
Oldham
OL1 2RJ
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