Job summary
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for midwives who currently hold a live NMC PIN to join our Maternity Department as a Band 5 rotational Midwife.
The trust provides maternity services for the City of Leeds and beyond - an area with a widely diverse demographic and population.
We have a proven history of investing in further training and development for our staff. We support, nurture and guide them in reaching their full potential, expanding and increasing their skill sets, thereby enabling the provision of the very best possible care to our women and their families.
Main duties of the job
1. Maintain a high standard of women centred care in accordance with Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies.
2. Act as a referral agent and co-ordinator of care provision.
3. Establish effective multi-agency collaboration across the primary/secondary interface to meet the needs of the patients.
4. Act as a role model for the development of clinical skills and knowledge within the department team.
5. Maintain a safe working environment.
6. Support the Senior Midwife in setting and monitoring standards and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including national standards.
7. Promote evidence based practice.
8. Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting quality care.
9. Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care for women and their babies, ensuring written records are kept to NMC standards.
About us
Leeds Teaching Hospital Maternity Services support the birth of approximately 9000 babies per year. We are a tertiary unit with the largest Fetal Medicine Unit in the North.
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Midwife (Rotational)
Reports To: Senior Midwife (Sister)
Accountable To: Matron
Band: 5
Unit/Department: maternity
Location: LGI/St James's
JOB PURPOSE
To provide midwifery care in whichever setting the woman or baby requires care. This will include hospital, health centres, children's centres and women's homes. To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
Person Specification Skills & behaviours Essential
* Capable of lateral thinking.
* Good written and verbal skills.
* Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.
* Understanding of skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members.
* IT skills.
Experience Essential
* Midwifery training.
* Willing to undergo training as necessary.
* Knowledge of specialty.
* Current issues in healthcare.
Qualifications Essential
* Degree or equivalent.
* Registered Midwife.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name: Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address: St. James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF
Employer's website: https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/
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