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Are you enthusiastic about personalised, woman-centred care?
Are you passionate about delivering high-quality care?
The Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for you, a motivated and inspirational midwife, to join our Maternity Department as a Band 6 Midwife, with plenty of opportunities to rotate in different departments:
* Delivery Suite
* Birth Centre
* Emergency Obstetric Unit
* Antenatal and Postnatal Wards
* Antenatal Clinic
* Community Teams
Our rotational post is an exciting opportunity to utilise and develop your midwifery skills across low and high-risk settings, as well as gain relevant experience including a community-driven antenatal pathway with a dedicated case loading Homebirth Team, an Obstetric led (but Midwifery influenced) Delivery Suite with the very popular Midwifery Led Birth Centre. We are able to offer hydrotherapy and water birth where clinically appropriate throughout all of our departments.
Main duties of the job
* The post holder will be a member of a team of midwives providing all aspects of midwifery care within the hospital and community setting, on a rotational basis.
* The post holder will be responsible for the provision of evidence-based midwifery care working in partnership with women.
* Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.
* Ensure you fulfil your obligations to work responsibly; always evidencing your accountability to the women, the Trust, the NMC and your Supervisor of Midwives.
* An integral part of the role will be the provision of clinical management and leadership in the absence of the Team Leader.
Working for our organisation
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Person specification
Education
* NMC Registered Midwife
* Evidence of professional development and updating
* Mentorship Course & sign off mentor / SSSA training
Skills/Abilities
* Ability to practice in all areas of midwifery in accordance with the NMC Midwives Code of Practice
* Ability to work autonomously
* Able to work with guidance for the preceptorship period
* Able to take the professional lead in caring for low-risk women
* Ability to work unsupervised and manage workload using own initiative to prioritise appropriately
* Ability to lead, motivate and work within a team
* Ability to delegate as necessary
* Possess good written communication skills to maintain clear, concise, contemporaneous records
* Able to speak, receive and issue instructions in English without risk of misunderstanding
* Able to demonstrate effective customer care skills
* Able to communicate effectively with multidisciplinary team and outside agencies
* Able to assess and devise, implement, monitor and evaluate plans of care
* Ability to use MS Office, Cyber lab, EPR, K2
* Experience of successfully managing conflict
Knowledge
* Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
* Knowledge of the need to ensure that practice is evidence-based
* Knowledge of needs of high and low risk women and neonates
* Knowledge of legal and ethical principles in midwifery for choice, consent, client autonomy
* Awareness of clinical governance and its impact
* Awareness of immunisation programmes and its impact
* Good knowledge and understanding of risk management
* Knowledge of child protection issues and when to take action
* Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality
* Understanding the needs of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups
Other Requirements
* Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act
* Understanding of the Trust values
* Flexible in approach to work arrangements
* High level of commitment, motivation and initiative
General Guidance for Applicants
We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.
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