A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Maternity and Neonatal team as a Specialist Midwife for Maternal Medicine and Pre-Term Birth. It is recognised that maternal morbidity and mortality are increased by diseases that pre-date pregnancy, and by complications that arise during pregnancy. This role will support the national ambition to implement Maternal Medicine Networks and Preterm birth prediction, preparation and prevention.
The post holder will work alongside the antenatal team, specialist midwives, obstetric colleagues, and specialist consultants to optimise outcomes and reduce any existing inequalities.
As an autonomous practitioner, promoting the best practice and highest standards within maternity services, you will demonstrate the trust vision and values in all behaviours. As a highly motivated individual, with a passion for providing high quality, research-based maternity care the postholder will be integral to the evolving and developing team.
You will work as part of the senior leadership team to lead and coordinate the clinical, managerial and educational requirements of a defined area.
Leading by example, you will empower staff in their professional development and provide advice, guidance, support and participate in the education and training of midwives, nurses and junior colleagues/students.
As an expert practitioner, you will be responsible for liaising, guiding and advising the MDT and maternity stakeholders in the provision of optimum care. You will be actively involved with audit, governance and quality or service improvement.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
· Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
· 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
· A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
· A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
· Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
· NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
· An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
· Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
We are delighted to be able to offer a range of roles within the maternity department across the Trust following additional investment to enhance services.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Interviews will take place the week commencing the 17th March 2025.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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This advert closes on Monday 3 Mar 2025
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